Pupil-teacher ratio, upper secondary - Country Ranking - Europe

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

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

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Liechtenstein 26.25 2017
2 Finland 18.21 2017
3 Turkey 17.57 2017
4 United Kingdom 16.14 2017
5 Netherlands 15.26 2017
6 Slovenia 15.15 2016
7 Sweden 14.66 2017
8 Montenegro 14.45 2018
9 Germany 14.02 2017
10 Andorra 13.99 2005
11 Albania 13.43 2018
12 Romania 13.21 2017
13 Bulgaria 12.70 2017
14 Iceland 12.45 2012
15 Denmark 12.38 2014
16 Czech Republic 11.79 2013
17 Austria 11.71 2017
18 Slovak Republic 11.32 2017
19 Spain 11.29 2017
20 France 11.22 2013
21 Switzerland 11.18 2017
22 Hungary 10.30 2016
23 North Macedonia 10.13 2017
24 Moldova 10.09 2018
25 Italy 9.87 2017
26 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.86 2018
27 Poland 9.51 2017
28 Portugal 9.49 2017
29 Greece 9.42 2017
30 Latvia 9.17 2017
31 Belgium 9.16 2017
32 Norway 9.11 2017
33 Belarus 8.91 2018
34 Lithuania 8.79 2017
35 Estonia 8.26 2013
36 Serbia 8.12 2018
37 Luxembourg 7.97 2016
38 Cyprus 7.80 2017
39 Malta 7.68 2017
40 Monaco 7.07 2017
41 Croatia 6.06 2016
42 San Marino 5.34 2018

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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