Mali - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Mali was 37.83 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 80.44 in 1997, while its lowest value was 34.03 in 1986.

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 40.05
1972 40.92
1973 40.34
1974 43.04
1975 41.00
1976 40.62
1977 40.66
1978 42.88
1979 42.64
1980 42.34
1981 42.43
1982 40.06
1983 37.36
1984 35.07
1985 34.84
1986 34.03
1987 34.92
1988 37.86
1989 43.27
1990 44.90
1991 48.47
1992 54.08
1993 56.93
1994 66.61
1995 74.02
1996 78.36
1997 80.44
1998 79.51
1999 62.08
2000 65.30
2001 63.38
2002 56.41
2003 57.34
2004 52.24
2005 54.39
2006 52.76
2007 51.67
2008 51.44
2009 50.15
2010 50.40
2011 48.47
2013 41.30
2014 42.47
2015 42.71
2016 39.09
2017 38.22
2018 37.83

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