Mauritania - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Mauritania was 34.28 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 52.93 in 1994, while its lowest value was 22.04 in 1972.

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 24.00
1972 22.04
1975 33.13
1976 35.07
1977 38.74
1978 41.33
1979 44.38
1980 45.66
1981 41.47
1982 43.66
1983 44.73
1984 45.39
1985 46.34
1986 50.58
1987 49.82
1988 49.70
1989 48.80
1990 44.36
1991 44.70
1992 46.69
1993 51.28
1994 52.93
1995 51.53
1996 51.24
1997 50.23
1998 46.74
1999 47.00
2000 44.99
2001 41.76
2002 39.12
2003 41.06
2004 40.76
2005 40.32
2006 41.41
2007 42.51
2008 37.23
2009 39.07
2010 37.15
2011 39.29
2012 40.13
2013 35.38
2014 34.38
2015 35.81
2016 36.37
2017 36.35
2018 34.28

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