Tanzania - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Tanzania was 50.63 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 58.27 in 2004, while its lowest value was 32.97 in 1988.

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
1970 46.75
1971 45.89
1972 45.53
1973 46.60
1974 49.05
1975 53.55
1976 49.77
1977 50.17
1978 46.18
1979 41.53
1981 43.33
1982 39.75
1983 39.65
1984 38.24
1985 34.24
1986 33.28
1987 33.09
1988 32.97
1989 33.12
1990 34.89
1991 35.78
1992 35.57
1993 36.70
1994 36.54
1995 36.83
1996 36.22
1997 36.91
1998 38.02
1999 40.28
2001 45.99
2002 53.00
2003 56.90
2004 58.27
2005 55.86
2006 52.41
2007 53.09
2008 52.39
2009 53.70
2010 50.76
2012 45.83
2013 43.44
2014 43.06
2016 41.77
2017 47.15
2018 50.63

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