European Union - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in European Union was 12.77 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 21.54 in 1975, while its lowest value was 12.65 in 2014.

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

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

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Year Value
1970 21.08
1971 21.10
1972 20.92
1973 21.36
1974 21.49
1975 21.54
1976 21.24
1977 20.80
1978 20.74
1979 20.26
1980 20.02
1981 19.69
1982 19.25
1983 18.95
1984 18.66
1985 18.49
1986 18.35
1987 18.20
1988 17.95
1989 17.66
1990 17.35
1991 16.83
1992 16.92
1993 16.87
1994 16.68
1995 16.66
1996 16.69
1997 16.52
1998 16.17
1999 15.53
2000 15.24
2001 14.81
2002 14.93
2003 13.95
2004 13.88
2005 14.05
2006 13.76
2007 13.59
2008 13.36
2009 13.23
2010 13.15
2011 13.09
2012 13.00
2013 12.69
2014 12.65
2015 12.88
2016 13.01
2017 12.81
2018 12.77

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