Niger - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Niger was 32.59 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 49.56 in 1977, while its lowest value was 18.18 in 2000.

Definition: Preprimary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in preprimary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1973 49.00
1974 43.39
1975 40.53
1976 46.00
1977 49.56
1978 34.63
1979 39.79
1980 27.41
1981 30.13
1982 33.09
1983 33.28
1984 32.12
1985 34.96
1986 34.61
1987 25.89
1989 36.64
1990 39.85
1991 36.90
1992 41.58
1993 34.33
1995 24.85
1996 22.07
1997 23.85
1998 23.81
1999 20.80
2000 18.18
2001 21.28
2002 25.63
2003 25.24
2004 24.22
2005 23.36
2006 25.54
2007 23.40
2008 30.04
2009 30.69
2010 33.92
2011 32.43
2012 31.60
2013 30.68
2014 28.19
2015 26.74
2016 21.54
2017 28.39
2018 32.59

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