Guinea - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Guinea was 47.15 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 49.19 in 1996, while its lowest value was 31.29 in 1984.

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 43.66
1972 37.07
1973 42.56
1974 43.42
1975 44.17
1976 39.95
1977 44.89
1978 42.30
1979 38.15
1980 38.41
1981 35.95
1982 32.36
1983 31.35
1984 31.29
1985 36.22
1986 36.35
1987 36.05
1988 39.91
1989 38.58
1990 38.22
1991 39.87
1992 48.74
1993 49.19
1994 48.55
1995 46.73
1996 49.19
1997 49.10
1998 48.60
1999 46.84
2000 45.59
2001 44.36
2002 47.23
2003 44.99
2004 45.24
2005 44.87
2006 44.46
2007 45.36
2008 44.11
2009 43.69
2010 42.19
2011 44.08
2012 43.56
2013 44.21
2014 45.59
2016 47.15

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