Ghana - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Ghana was 26.99 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 35.39 in 2006, while its lowest value was 23.24 in 1986.

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
1974 30.67
1975 30.34
1976 30.76
1977 29.89
1978 28.16
1979 27.29
1980 28.49
1981 30.11
1982 29.69
1983 29.45
1984 28.66
1985 27.64
1986 23.24
1987 23.81
1988 23.91
1989 25.91
1990 27.09
1991 29.06
1992 27.77
1993 30.21
1994 30.89
1995 29.98
1996 32.78
1997 32.71
1999 29.60
2000 33.79
2001 32.58
2002 32.11
2003 30.99
2004 32.34
2005 32.81
2006 35.39
2007 31.99
2008 32.24
2009 33.11
2011 31.04
2012 32.98
2013 31.68
2014 30.08
2015 31.26
2016 30.58
2017 27.30
2018 27.25
2019 26.99

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