Fragile and conflict affected situations - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 30.49 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 36.88 in 1977, while its lowest value was 30.41 in 2016.

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 36.42
1971 36.31
1972 36.18
1973 36.26
1974 36.45
1975 36.83
1976 36.74
1977 36.88
1978 36.30
1979 36.39
1980 36.24
1981 36.27
1982 35.98
1983 34.94
1984 34.68
1985 34.48
1986 34.13
1987 34.04
1988 34.16
1989 34.01
1990 33.15
1991 33.99
1992 34.26
1993 33.91
1994 34.27
1995 34.04
1996 33.13
1997 32.75
1998 32.35
1999 31.04
2000 31.14
2001 31.58
2002 32.47
2003 32.94
2004 33.20
2005 32.64
2006 32.40
2007 32.09
2008 32.30
2009 32.14
2010 32.24
2011 32.16
2012 31.60
2013 31.84
2014 31.50
2015 30.81
2016 30.41
2017 30.50
2018 30.49

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