North Macedonia: Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.16 in 2001 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.81 in 1999. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2008 to 2017 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.5 a year. A straight line explains 89% of the movement over 8 observed years.

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

How it compares

In 2017, North Macedonia had the 27th highest value of the 31 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to North Macedonia in the 2017 ranking

• Estonia — 24th of 31: 8.64
• Poland — 25th of 31: 8.64
• Greece — 26th of 31: 7.8
• Austria — 28th of 31: 7.73
• Latvia — 29th of 31: 7.48
• Maldives — 30th of 31: 5.93

What this measures

Lower secondary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in lower secondary 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 18 values

Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary in nearby economies

• Albania — 9.88 (2018)
• Austria — 7.73 (2017)
• Belgium — 8.69 (2017)
• Bulgaria — 12.72 (2017)
• Croatia — 7.56 (2016)
• Cyprus — 8.95 (2017)
• Estonia — 8.64 (2017)
• Finland — 8.93 (2017)
• Germany — 11.09 (2017)
• Greece — 7.8 (2017)
• Hungary — 9.72 (2016)

More education data for North Macedonia

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 8 (2025)
• School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) — 55.01% (2023)
• School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.3 (2023)
• School enrollment, tertiary, female (% gross) — 64.97% (2023)
• School enrollment, tertiary, male (% gross) — 45.52% (2023)
• Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) — 50.09% (2023)

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Questions people ask

What is North Macedonia's pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary?

7.78 in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1998?

It is down 57.25% from 18.19 in 1998 (4.37% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 18.19 in 1998 and the lowest 7.78 in 2017.

How does North Macedonia rank?

27th highest of 31 economies with data for 2017.

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.SEC.ENRL.LO.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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