Rwanda - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Rwanda was 59.51 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 69.29 in 2007, while its lowest value was 46.71 in 1984.

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 59.65
1972 56.53
1973 52.66
1974 51.14
1975 49.24
1976 50.05
1977 53.20
1978 57.00
1979 60.61
1980 55.92
1981 51.65
1982 49.61
1983 47.48
1984 46.71
1985 47.36
1986 48.46
1987 48.95
1988 49.74
1989 50.21
1990 50.10
1991 50.58
1992 54.27
1997 57.08
1998 56.64
1999 54.31
2000 54.03
2001 51.42
2002 58.97
2003 59.91
2004 62.03
2005 68.95
2006 65.93
2007 69.29
2008 67.73
2009 68.30
2010 64.62
2011 58.09
2012 59.28
2013 59.82
2014 58.25
2015 58.34
2016 58.46
2017 57.86
2018 59.51

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