Senegal - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Senegal was 36.32 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 59.74 in 1995, while its lowest value was 31.74 in 2016.

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 45.23
1972 44.09
1973 45.99
1974 40.76
1975 41.51
1976 41.17
1977 43.34
1978 42.34
1979 42.92
1980 42.77
1981 45.75
1982 42.76
1983 43.60
1984 41.24
1985 46.11
1986 46.49
1987 50.79
1988 53.57
1989 51.24
1990 57.59
1991 52.89
1992 58.95
1993 58.19
1994 57.74
1995 59.74
1996 58.20
1997 57.63
1998 55.87
1999 48.60
2000 50.92
2001 50.84
2002 48.89
2003 46.05
2004 43.20
2005 41.67
2006 38.53
2007 34.21
2008 36.44
2009 34.66
2010 33.65
2011 33.31
2012 32.69
2013 32.25
2014 32.23
2015 32.09
2016 31.74
2017 32.81
2018 36.32

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