Small states - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Small states was 22.18 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 31.78 in 1971, while its lowest value was 22.18 in 2018.

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
1970 31.74
1971 31.78
1972 31.11
1973 31.46
1974 31.50
1975 31.26
1976 30.93
1977 30.33
1978 30.01
1979 29.94
1980 29.37
1981 29.22
1982 29.09
1983 28.35
1984 28.57
1985 28.90
1986 28.78
1987 28.95
1988 28.65
1989 28.65
1990 28.80
1991 28.76
1992 28.52
1993 28.11
1994 28.25
1995 28.18
1996 27.97
1997 27.93
1998 27.82
1999 27.93
2000 27.86
2001 27.85
2002 27.36
2003 26.78
2004 26.54
2005 25.92
2006 25.56
2007 24.92
2008 24.60
2009 23.95
2010 23.72
2011 23.49
2012 22.84
2013 22.68
2014 22.85
2015 22.66
2016 22.40
2017 22.21
2018 22.18

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