Early-demographic dividend | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in primary school. 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. 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).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Early-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source
Early-demographic dividend | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 35.92499
1971 35.78002
1972 35.90741
1973 36.54908
1974 36.3855
1975 36.18169
1976 36.16966
1977 36.8657
1978 36.79176
1979 36.60302
1980 36.48874
1981 36.139
1982 35.71618
1983 34.45534
1984 33.98218
1985 33.52548
1986 33.15765
1987 33.12408
1988 33.19931
1989 32.61015
1990 32.80725
1991 32.70133
1992 32.72575
1993 32.60806
1994 32.62379
1995 32.36577
1996 32.40049
1997 32.07054
1998 31.90109
1999 31.80821
2000 31.84988
2001 31.8511
2002 31.59544
2003 31.72718
2004 31.7082
2005 31.82643
2006 31.48994
2007 31.29214
2008 31.30122
2009 30.65549
2010 29.92575
2011 29.28531
2012 28.94606
2013 27.60211
2014 27.46432
2015 27.0575
2016 27.77988
2017 27.61436
2018 27.85282
2019
2020
2021
2022

Early-demographic dividend | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in primary school. 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. 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).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Early-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source