Korea - Pupil teacher ratio

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Korea was 13.03 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 38.83 in 1982, while its lowest value was 12.48 in 1973.

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
1971 13.42
1972 13.11
1973 12.48
1974 13.48
1975 13.80
1976 14.88
1977 16.26
1978 17.34
1979 18.58
1980 19.83
1981 19.90
1982 38.83
1983 38.78
1984 32.15
1985 33.87
1986 33.91
1987 29.96
1988 33.31
1989 30.99
1990 27.60
1991 22.39
1992 21.56
1993 21.34
1994 25.87
1995 26.00
1996 25.13
2013 14.67
2014 13.63
2015 13.36
2016 13.25
2017 13.03

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Korea was 16.29 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 56.87 in 1971, while its lowest value was 16.29 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 56.87
1972 55.97
1973 54.66
1974 53.07
1975 52.30
1976 51.78
1977 50.25
1978 48.80
1979 48.63
1980 48.09
1981 47.52
1982 45.52
1983 43.87
1984 41.67
1985 39.93
1986 38.31
1987 37.88
1988 36.67
1989 36.37
1990 36.28
1991 35.59
1992 34.43
1993 32.82
1994 31.25
1995 29.71
1996 28.39
1997 30.91
1998 30.90
1999 32.23
2000 32.12
2001 32.02
2002 31.26
2003 30.10
2004 29.02
2005 27.93
2006 26.62
2007 25.59
2008 24.07
2009 22.38
2010 20.92
2011 19.05
2012 17.88
2013 16.85
2014 16.50
2015 16.55
2016 16.31
2017 16.29

Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary in Korea was 13.56 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 23 years was 26.79 in 1995, while its lowest value was 13.56 in 2017.

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

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

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Year Value
1994 25.27
1995 26.79
1996 26.56
1997 23.85
1998 22.48
1999 21.83
2000 21.47
2001 20.96
2002 20.66
2003 19.87
2004 20.29
2005 20.72
2006 20.71
2007 20.46
2008 20.10
2009 19.77
2010 19.28
2011 18.06
2012 17.33
2013 16.78
2014 15.81
2015 15.08
2016 14.17
2017 13.56

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary in Korea was 13.27 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 39.12 in 1981, while its lowest value was 13.27 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 36.51
1972 36.47
1973 36.64
1974 36.75
1975 37.21
1976 37.13
1977 37.65
1978 37.92
1979 36.51
1980 38.14
1981 39.12
1982 37.19
1983 36.44
1984 36.33
1985 35.89
1986 35.01
1987 34.32
1988 32.08
1989 30.42
1990 27.67
1991 25.23
1992 23.53
1993 23.16
1994 23.77
1995 24.60
1996 24.68
1997 23.68
1998 22.69
1999 22.13
2000 21.02
2001 19.91
2002 18.24
2003 17.68
2004 17.81
2005 18.10
2006 18.04
2007 18.11
2008 18.05
2009 18.02
2010 17.64
2011 16.21
2012 15.98
2013 15.61
2014 14.91
2015 14.41
2016 13.84
2017 13.27

Pupil-teacher ratio, upper secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, upper secondary in Korea was 13.03 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 23 years was 23.53 in 1997, while its lowest value was 13.03 in 2017.

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/)

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Year Value
1994 22.28
1995 22.42
1996 22.87
1997 23.53
1998 22.88
1999 22.38
2000 20.63
2001 19.00
2002 16.28
2003 15.86
2004 15.69
2005 15.83
2006 15.67
2007 16.04
2008 16.28
2009 16.52
2010 16.24
2011 14.72
2012 14.86
2013 14.64
2014 14.16
2015 13.86
2016 13.58
2017 13.03

Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary

Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary in Korea was 14.28 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 42.44 in 1986, while its lowest value was 14.28 in 2017.

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

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

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Year Value
1971 19.30
1972 19.65
1973 19.08
1974 19.75
1975 20.79
1976 20.81
1977 24.25
1978 24.97
1979 26.31
1980 28.10
1981 30.58
1982 34.07
1983 37.26
1984 39.92
1985 41.59
1986 42.44
1987 41.88
1988 26.99
1989 26.08
1990 23.50
1991 23.18
1992 22.74
1993 23.07
1994 22.77
1995 22.15
1996 21.46
1997 20.82
1998 20.82
1999 20.73
2000 20.83
2001 20.75
2002 19.62
2003 18.68
2004 18.31
2005 16.85
2006 16.64
2007 15.90
2008 15.39
2009 14.93
2010 14.69
2011 14.59
2012 14.60
2013 14.66
2014 14.78
2015 14.52
2016 14.55
2017 14.28

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Inputs