Burundi - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Burundi was 42.52 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 70.74 in 1988, while its lowest value was 30.86 in 1976.

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 36.68
1972 36.00
1973 34.64
1974 31.51
1975 31.14
1976 30.86
1977 30.94
1978 32.44
1979 32.80
1980 34.55
1981 36.60
1982 39.30
1983 47.08
1984 52.31
1985 54.26
1986 56.21
1987 62.35
1988 70.74
1989 68.91
1990 65.87
1991 66.90
1992 65.86
1993 62.60
1996 45.02
1998 47.86
1999 55.41
2000 55.36
2001 50.20
2002 49.08
2003 49.91
2004 51.25
2005 48.70
2006 54.19
2007 52.00
2009 51.36
2010 50.60
2011 48.31
2012 47.10
2013 45.00
2014 43.65
2015 43.22
2016 49.66
2017 49.61
2018 42.52

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