Middle East & North Africa (excluding high 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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Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)
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63
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Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income) | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
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32.95368 1970
32.8796 1971
32.53428 1972
33.37923 1973
32.17207 1974
32.28307 1975
31.54542 1976
30.8893 1977
31.82462 1978
31.42069 1979
30.71633 1980
30.2119 1981
29.48527 1982
26.16168 1983
26.01718 1984
25.52369 1985
25.62725 1986
27.00654 1987
27.27121 1988
24.4899 1989
26.35761 1990
26.55176 1991
26.23427 1992
25.91445 1993
26.44079 1994
25.94089 1995
26.38549 1996
25.32868 1997
25.29301 1998
24.95993 1999
24.4251 2000
23.92836 2001
23.727 2002
23.38881 2003
23.03334 2004
23.40661 2005
23.20169 2006
23.09878 2007
22.8901 2008
22.7445 2009
23.06935 2010
22.38783 2011
21.42142 2012
21.91546 2013
22.05643 2014
22.27264 2015
22.64947 2016
23.19498 2017
23.02361 2018
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Middle East & North Africa (excluding high 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
Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source