Madagascar - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Madagascar was 39.81 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 65.03 in 1971, while its lowest value was 37.11 in 1996.

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 65.03
1972 64.58
1973 62.15
1974 63.24
1975 60.63
1976 60.14
1977 54.78
1978 51.11
1979 46.03
1980 46.35
1981 43.67
1982 41.03
1983 38.76
1984 38.26
1985 38.27
1988 39.74
1989 40.49
1990 39.87
1991 40.34
1992 37.76
1993 38.47
1994 39.94
1995 38.06
1996 37.11
1998 46.56
1999 47.15
2000 47.95
2001 46.70
2002 47.49
2003 51.65
2004 52.38
2005 53.59
2006 48.14
2007 48.73
2008 47.16
2009 47.90
2010 40.14
2011 43.24
2012 43.07
2013 39.77
2014 41.72
2015 41.19
2016 40.61
2018 39.81

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