Togo - Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary

Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary in Togo was 21.33 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 69.15 in 2007, while its lowest value was 8.70 in 1975.

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

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

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Year Value
1971 18.46
1972 15.18
1973 10.13
1974 9.43
1975 8.70
1976 8.71
1978 14.13
1979 13.93
1980 12.50
1981 15.99
1982 12.63
1983 10.84
1984 13.53
1987 17.29
1988 18.90
1991 22.65
1992 25.82
1993 21.15
1994 23.78
1995 26.86
1996 26.27
1998 36.82
2006 61.71
2007 69.15
2011 27.07
2012 26.84
2013 19.01
2014 16.16
2015 18.03
2016 19.48
2017 19.51
2018 21.33

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