Togo - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Togo was 28.44 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 61.93 in 1971, while its lowest value was 16.23 in 2001.

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
1971 61.93
1972 50.24
1973 55.55
1974 52.70
1975 46.58
1976 50.55
1977 42.64
1978 42.53
1979 40.78
1980 38.83
1981 33.59
1982 33.96
1983 28.55
1984 26.96
1985 26.82
1986 26.76
1987 32.17
1988 29.70
1989 29.17
1990 27.13
1991 28.59
1994 26.65
1995 25.56
1996 23.22
1997 22.36
1998 20.69
1999 19.86
2000 16.90
2001 16.23
2002 16.70
2003 18.46
2004 20.22
2006 23.72
2007 25.46
2008 29.20
2009 25.20
2010 26.06
2011 30.54
2012 32.68
2013 29.24
2014 30.01
2015 30.68
2017 29.19
2018 28.44

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