Benin - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Benin was 39.20 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 62.17 in 2003, while its lowest value was 30.55 in 1990.

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 41.37
1972 44.26
1973 47.29
1974 45.80
1975 51.83
1976 53.43
1977 48.34
1978 46.42
1979 56.04
1980 54.58
1981 47.53
1982 38.95
1983 37.76
1984 35.29
1985 33.48
1986 33.02
1987 33.33
1988 33.43
1989 34.91
1990 30.55
1991 36.16
1992 39.85
1993 45.50
1994 48.34
1995 49.90
1996 52.00
1997 49.98
1998 52.57
1999 53.40
2000 52.65
2001 53.52
2002 52.96
2003 62.17
2004 51.58
2005 46.83
2006 43.62
2008 44.55
2009 44.87
2010 46.39
2011 44.20
2012 44.15
2013 43.73
2014 45.92
2015 45.04
2016 41.64
2017 43.57
2018 39.20

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