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
Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income) | Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 32.95368
1971 32.8796
1972 32.53428
1973 33.37923
1974 32.17207
1975 32.28307
1976 31.54542
1977 30.8893
1978 31.82462
1979 31.42069
1980 30.71633
1981 30.2119
1982 29.48527
1983 26.16168
1984 26.01718
1985 25.52369
1986 25.62725
1987 27.00654
1988 27.27121
1989 24.4899
1990 26.35761
1991 26.55176
1992 26.23427
1993 25.91445
1994 26.44079
1995 25.94089
1996 26.38549
1997 25.32868
1998 25.29301
1999 24.95993
2000 24.4251
2001 23.92836
2002 23.727
2003 23.38881
2004 23.03334
2005 23.40661
2006 23.20169
2007 23.09878
2008 22.8901
2009 22.7445
2010 23.06935
2011 22.38783
2012 21.42142
2013 21.91546
2014 22.05643
2015 22.27264
2016 22.64947
2017 23.19498
2018 23.02361
2019
2020
2021
2022
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