Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 29.74 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 31 years was 33.90 in 2017, while its lowest value was 29.17 in 2007.

Definition: Preprimary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in preprimary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1987 31.52
1988 31.01
1989 30.42
1990 30.99
1991 30.79
1992 30.69
1993 30.54
1994 30.33
1995 30.19
1996 29.98
1997 29.74
1998 29.62
1999 29.33
2000 30.26
2001 30.06
2002 29.83
2003 30.27
2004 30.47
2005 30.77
2006 30.39
2007 29.17
2008 31.61
2009 32.15
2010 30.11
2011 30.38
2012 31.64
2013 30.78
2014 29.46
2015 29.50
2016 29.59
2017 33.90
2018 29.74

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