Arab World - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Arab World was 20.78 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 31.31 in 1970, while its lowest value was 19.22 in 2013.

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 31.31
1971 31.24
1972 31.17
1973 31.21
1974 31.06
1975 31.08
1976 30.72
1977 30.18
1978 29.96
1979 29.93
1980 29.50
1981 29.13
1982 28.76
1983 27.69
1984 27.39
1985 26.57
1986 26.15
1987 25.75
1988 25.63
1989 22.64
1990 24.07
1991 24.04
1992 23.53
1993 23.06
1994 23.58
1995 22.95
1996 23.19
1997 22.44
1998 22.56
1999 22.91
2000 22.39
2001 21.97
2002 21.79
2003 21.53
2004 21.24
2005 21.59
2006 21.35
2007 21.26
2008 20.91
2009 21.03
2010 21.06
2011 20.36
2012 19.47
2013 19.22
2014 19.42
2015 19.57
2016 20.02
2017 20.63
2018 20.78

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