The Gambia - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in The Gambia was 36.14 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 44.69 in 2014, while its lowest value was 23.31 in 1983.

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 27.47
1972 28.49
1973 28.69
1974 25.43
1975 25.95
1976 25.97
1977 27.14
1978 25.19
1979 25.96
1980 27.21
1981 24.38
1983 23.31
1984 24.95
1985 25.30
1986 24.48
1987 28.75
1989 28.29
1990 31.06
1991 31.30
1992 31.52
1993 30.46
1994 33.40
1995 33.60
1996 30.24
1997 30.38
1998 32.83
1999 36.96
2000 37.44
2001 38.68
2002 37.99
2003 39.40
2004 38.53
2005 36.56
2006 38.48
2007 35.16
2008 34.36
2010 37.48
2011 37.62
2012 33.87
2013 36.13
2014 44.69
2015 37.14
2017 38.68
2018 36.14

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