European Union - Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary in European Union was 11.79 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 14.40 in 1973, while its lowest value was 11.53 in 2011.

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

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

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Year Value
1970 14.13
1971 14.15
1972 14.09
1973 14.40
1974 14.27
1975 14.11
1976 13.96
1977 13.86
1978 13.84
1979 13.73
1980 13.63
1981 13.56
1982 13.50
1983 13.46
1984 13.40
1985 13.32
1986 13.33
1987 13.25
1988 13.12
1989 13.05
1990 12.74
1991 12.46
1992 12.33
1993 12.20
1994 12.25
1995 12.35
1996 12.21
1997 12.22
1998 12.41
1999 12.54
2000 12.33
2001 12.22
2002 12.25
2003 12.30
2004 12.03
2005 11.82
2006 11.78
2007 11.59
2008 11.61
2009 11.60
2010 11.63
2011 11.53
2012 11.57
2013 12.01
2014 12.02
2015 11.92
2016 11.74
2017 11.78
2018 11.79

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