Kazakhstan: Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary

Key figures

Since 1999 it is up 26.2% from 11.94 in 1999 (1.17% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 9 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.4 in 2016 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.94 in 2017. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2010 to 2019 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 2% of the movement over 9 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

Closest to Kazakhstan in the 2019 ranking

• Georgia — 2nd of 2: 7.44

What this measures

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

Limitations: 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.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 12 values

Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary in nearby economies

• Albania — 14.07 (2018)
• Andorra — 4.43 (2018)
• Armenia — 6.92 (2018)
• Austria — 7.18 (2017)
• Azerbaijan — 9.92 (2018)
• Belarus — 13.86 (2018)
• Belgium — 16.95 (2017)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 9.37 (2018)
• Bulgaria — 11.25 (2017)
• Croatia — 9.76 (2016)
• Cyprus — 13.91 (2017)
• Estonia

More education data for Kazakhstan

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 4 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 10 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 1.58 million (2025)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 97.33% (2025)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 96.2% (2025)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 98.43% (2025)
• Primary education, teachers — 113,317 (2025)
• Primary education, teachers (% female)

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Questions people ask

What is Kazakhstan's pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary?

15.07 in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1999?

It is up 26.2% from 11.94 in 1999 (1.17% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 17.62 in 2006 and the lowest 11.94 in 1999.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.TER.ENRL.TC.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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