Djibouti - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Djibouti was 29.37 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 48.30 in 1983, while its lowest value was 29.37 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 35.68
1972 30.56
1973 37.77
1974 37.22
1975 37.08
1976 36.43
1979 39.44
1980 42.30
1981 40.19
1982 41.08
1983 48.30
1984 44.05
1985 44.10
1987 43.98
1988 44.04
1989 43.87
1990 44.13
1991 42.73
1992 43.24
1993 42.84
1994 41.94
1995 39.75
1996 36.04
1997 33.66
1998 38.77
1999 39.54
2004 34.55
2006 33.63
2007 35.48
2008 34.03
2009 34.14
2011 35.24
2012 34.93
2013 34.22
2014 33.24
2015 33.02
2016 31.10
2017 30.42
2018 29.37

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