Burkina Faso - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Burkina Faso was 39.72 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 67.55 in 1987, while its lowest value was 39.72 in 2018.

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 44.45
1972 47.16
1973 47.18
1974 45.03
1975 47.50
1976 47.11
1977 47.78
1978 49.92
1979 52.32
1980 52.96
1981 54.49
1982 59.79
1983 60.35
1984 57.70
1985 56.49
1986 57.76
1987 67.55
1988 64.78
1989 57.36
1990 55.18
1991 56.66
1992 57.83
1993 59.78
1994 58.26
1995 50.98
1996 49.94
1998 46.50
1999 49.00
2000 48.88
2001 47.42
2002 45.38
2003 44.66
2004 48.69
2005 47.18
2006 45.83
2007 47.66
2008 48.92
2009 48.90
2010 52.40
2011 52.69
2012 48.24
2013 46.10
2014 44.50
2015 42.18
2016 41.55
2017 40.68
2018 39.72

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