Niger - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Niger was 36.34 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 43.69 in 2004, while its lowest value was 35.65 in 1985.

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 38.94
1972 37.44
1973 40.08
1974 40.36
1975 40.68
1976 39.31
1977 39.69
1978 41.04
1979 41.00
1980 39.17
1981 41.47
1982 42.12
1983 40.29
1984 39.50
1985 35.65
1986 37.37
1987 38.17
1989 40.50
1990 40.73
1991 41.74
1992 41.89
1993 38.50
1995 39.46
1996 39.04
1997 40.81
1998 41.76
1999 41.07
2000 40.67
2001 41.91
2002 41.27
2003 41.73
2004 43.69
2005 43.68
2006 39.98
2007 39.67
2008 40.72
2009 38.83
2010 38.61
2011 39.00
2012 38.76
2013 36.31
2014 35.75
2015 36.63
2016 36.26
2017 36.34

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