Congo - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Congo was 44.44 as of 2012. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 82.80 in 2004, while its lowest value was 44.44 in 2012.

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 61.85
1972 64.20
1973 63.43
1974 63.04
1975 60.79
1976 58.72
1978 51.80
1979 52.51
1980 55.90
1981 54.37
1982 58.14
1983 57.70
1984 56.79
1985 60.70
1986 61.43
1987 63.77
1988 66.10
1989 63.00
1990 64.43
1991 65.18
1992 63.20
1993 69.06
1994 73.42
1995 82.17
1996 72.75
1997 72.92
1998 63.96
1999 61.23
2000 60.48
2001 59.49
2002 56.21
2003 65.17
2004 82.80
2006 54.80
2007 58.48
2008 51.80
2009 64.38
2010 49.15
2011 47.09
2012 44.44

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