Togo - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Togo was 40.15 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 63.79 in 1992, while its lowest value was 33.60 in 2005.

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 58.46
1972 60.38
1973 59.49
1974 59.50
1975 58.55
1976 59.69
1977 60.57
1978 58.12
1979 55.43
1980 54.29
1981 55.08
1982 51.84
1983 48.20
1984 45.08
1985 44.42
1986 46.06
1987 50.26
1988 51.66
1989 54.61
1990 55.64
1991 58.26
1992 63.79
1994 53.11
1995 54.86
1996 50.85
1997 46.38
1998 45.51
1999 41.28
2000 37.46
2001 34.34
2002 35.20
2003 35.45
2004 39.08
2005 33.60
2006 37.56
2007 39.14
2008 41.33
2009 43.51
2010 40.57
2011 40.95
2012 41.68
2013 41.09
2014 41.14
2015 44.21
2016 41.40
2017 40.13
2018 40.15

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