Lesotho - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Lesotho was 32.95 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 56.44 in 1987, while its lowest value was 32.63 in 2013.

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 44.25
1971 44.22
1972 44.82
1973 47.45
1974 52.68
1975 52.51
1976 52.45
1977 52.51
1978 51.69
1979 49.27
1980 48.04
1981 48.42
1982 52.49
1983 51.07
1984 52.67
1985 55.45
1986 55.28
1987 56.44
1988 55.64
1989 55.59
1990 54.53
1991 54.02
1992 51.43
1993 48.58
1994 49.37
1995 47.71
1996 47.43
1997 45.60
1999 44.37
2000 47.88
2001 47.36
2002 47.00
2003 46.24
2004 42.73
2005 41.59
2006 40.78
2007 37.20
2008 35.04
2009 33.76
2010 33.77
2011 33.88
2012 34.08
2013 32.63
2014 32.78
2015 33.09
2016 33.76
2017 32.95

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