St. Kitts and Nevis: Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary

Key figures

Since 1979 it is up 21.31% from 6.3 in 1979 (0.54% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 27 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

Closest to St. Kitts and Nevis in the 2015 ranking

• Angola — 2nd of 5: 25.52
• Poland — 3rd of 5: 17.1
• Ecuador — 4th of 5: 16.59

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 10 values

Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary in nearby economies

• Aruba — 8.57 (2016)
• Belize — 13.94 (2017)
• Brazil — 19.24 (2017)
• Colombia — 14.85 (2018)
• Cuba — 4.79 (2018)
• Ecuador — 16.59 (2015)
• El Salvador — 17.99 (2018)
• Honduras — 21.46 (2018)
• Mexico — 11.44 (2017)
• Panama — 11.54 (2016)
• Peru — 19.25 (2017)
• St. Lucia

More education data for St. Kitts and Nevis

• Primary school starting age (years) — 5 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 5,110 (2023)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 121.12% (2023)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 117.03% (2023)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 125.28% (2023)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.95 (2021)

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Questions people ask

What is St. Kitts and Nevis's pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary?

7.64 in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1979?

It is up 21.31% from 6.3 in 1979 (0.54% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 9.5 in 1987 and the lowest 5 in 1980.

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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