Low income | 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).
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The World Bank
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Low income
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Low income | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
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1969
1970 37.85643
1971 37.77586
1972 37.8839
1973 37.6868
1974 38.1987
1975 38.33735
1976 38.50424
1977 38.65196
1978 38.27923
1979 38.16029
1980 38.72851
1981 39.2711
1982 38.55447
1983 37.785
1984 37.05013
1985 36.23678
1986 35.4682
1987 35.52555
1988 36.03924
1989 35.88669
1990 35.89419
1991 36.12411
1992 35.45572
1993 35.46944
1994 36.66761
1995 37.4148
1996 37.59193
1997 39.87831
1998 40.17711
1999 39.67975
2000 41.30806
2001 42.01079
2002 44.21167
2003 45.35075
2004 44.89205
2005 45.4124
2006 44.78245
2007 45.17992
2008 45.24996
2009 44.28558
2010 43.14874
2011 42.53344
2012 41.65819
2013 41.48549
2014 40.90913
2015 40.13131
2016 39.76567
2017 39.80427
2018 39.82732
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Low income | 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
Low income
Records
63
Source