Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 21.37 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 24.16 in 2004, while its lowest value was 20.97 in 2017.

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
1971 21.54
1972 21.67
1973 21.74
1974 22.12
1975 22.44
1976 22.72
1977 22.93
1978 23.12
1979 23.16
1980 23.49
1981 23.45
1982 23.37
1983 23.29
1984 23.18
1985 23.24
1986 23.40
1987 22.74
1988 22.37
1989 22.25
1990 22.42
1991 22.32
1992 22.23
1993 22.20
1994 22.58
1995 22.90
1996 22.72
1997 22.66
1998 22.86
1999 22.95
2000 23.44
2001 23.31
2002 23.64
2003 23.55
2004 24.16
2005 23.88
2006 23.93
2007 23.63
2008 23.70
2009 23.30
2010 23.24
2011 23.31
2012 23.05
2013 22.07
2014 21.89
2015 21.44
2016 21.19
2017 20.97
2018 21.37

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