Austria - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Austria was 10.02 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 21.54 in 1972, while its lowest value was 10.02 in 2017.

Definition: Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in primary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 21.44
1972 21.54
1973 21.27
1974 20.63
1975 20.27
1976 19.03
1978 16.39
1979 17.09
1980 15.96
1981 14.55
1982 13.97
1983 13.26
1984 12.69
1985 12.17
1986 10.48
1987 10.36
1988 10.52
1989 10.73
1990 10.86
1991 10.81
1992 10.85
1993 11.42
1994 11.90
1995 11.69
1996 12.45
1997 12.22
1998 12.15
1999 13.46
2002 13.27
2003 13.18
2004 13.13
2005 12.41
2006 12.23
2007 11.86
2008 11.63
2009 11.36
2010 11.03
2011 10.89
2012 10.82
2013 10.70
2014 10.72
2015 10.58
2016 10.30
2017 10.02

Development Relevance: The pupil-teacher ratio is often used to compare the quality of schooling across countries, but it is often weakly related to student learning and quality of education.

Limitations and Exceptions: The comparability of pupil-teacher ratios across countries is affected by the definition of teachers and by differences in class size by grade and in the number of hours taught, as well as the different practices countries employ such as part-time teachers, school shifts, and multi-grade classes. Moreover, the underlying enrollment levels are subject to a variety of reporting errors.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Pupil-teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the number of students at the specified level of education by the number of teachers at the same level of education. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Inputs