Eswatini - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Eswatini was 26.60 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 40.48 in 1970, while its lowest value was 26.60 in 2017.

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
1970 40.48
1971 37.71
1972 37.89
1973 38.68
1974 38.79
1975 37.89
1976 36.90
1977 36.24
1978 35.30
1979 35.02
1980 34.17
1981 33.44
1982 33.25
1983 33.09
1984 33.31
1985 33.93
1986 33.15
1987 33.11
1988 32.77
1989 32.18
1990 32.75
1991 32.34
1992 32.76
1993 32.70
1994 32.72
1995 34.02
1996 33.88
1997 33.78
1998 33.70
1999 33.16
2000 31.28
2001 32.87
2002 31.07
2003 31.20
2004 32.31
2005 32.87
2006 33.26
2007 32.44
2009 31.65
2010 32.32
2011 30.49
2012 29.06
2013 28.10
2014 28.03
2015 27.58
2016 27.27
2017 26.60

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