Mozambique - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Mozambique was 55.27 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 87.46 in 1979, while its lowest value was 52.44 in 2017.

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 68.82
1972 60.02
1973 69.26
1977 85.10
1978 84.44
1979 87.46
1981 81.46
1982 68.62
1983 55.98
1984 56.51
1985 61.52
1986 60.73
1987 61.66
1988 56.03
1989 57.57
1990 54.54
1991 54.75
1992 53.37
1993 54.80
1994 57.75
1995 57.60
1998 60.88
1999 61.49
2000 63.99
2001 65.94
2002 67.24
2004 65.23
2005 66.34
2006 67.26
2007 64.80
2008 64.00
2009 61.29
2010 58.49
2011 55.42
2012 54.84
2013 54.92
2014 54.83
2015 54.66
2016 53.61
2017 52.44
2018 55.27

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