Cameroon - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Cameroon was 44.83 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 62.72 in 2001, while its lowest value was 41.47 in 2015.

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 47.69
1972 48.55
1973 48.83
1974 51.43
1975 51.63
1976 50.56
1977 49.78
1978 50.02
1979 50.48
1980 51.52
1981 51.53
1982 50.51
1983 48.61
1984 50.40
1985 50.95
1986 50.76
1987 50.25
1988 51.31
1989 50.51
1990 51.48
1991 51.11
1992 47.86
1995 46.30
1997 48.78
1998 51.78
1999 51.86
2001 62.72
2002 60.80
2003 57.06
2004 53.90
2005 47.81
2006 44.69
2007 44.43
2008 46.04
2009 46.32
2010 45.79
2011 45.44
2012 45.56
2014 44.20
2015 41.47
2016 42.74
2017 44.61
2018 44.83

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