Uganda - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Uganda was 42.66 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 59.43 in 2000, while its lowest value was 27.69 in 1992.

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 33.98
1971 34.71
1972 32.59
1973 32.08
1974 33.34
1975 33.95
1976 34.84
1977 35.00
1978 35.33
1979 33.58
1980 33.90
1981 34.75
1982 36.39
1983 35.16
1984 33.82
1985 34.47
1986 30.13
1987 31.64
1988 31.99
1989 29.07
1990 29.35
1991 32.92
1992 27.69
1993 29.11
1994 33.19
1995 35.20
1996 37.62
1997 59.43
1998 58.51
1999 57.30
2000 59.43
2001 54.32
2002 52.72
2003 52.39
2004 50.09
2005 51.73
2006 49.05
2007 49.56
2008 49.93
2009 49.28
2010 48.58
2011 47.78
2012 48.80
2013 45.59
2015 42.92
2016 42.72
2017 42.66

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