Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 39.66 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 45.98 in 2003, while its lowest value was 37.06 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
1970 39.90
1971 40.05
1972 40.19
1973 40.01
1974 40.36
1975 40.60
1976 40.75
1977 40.85
1978 40.24
1979 39.90
1980 40.65
1981 40.95
1982 40.19
1983 39.43
1984 38.82
1985 38.17
1986 37.06
1987 37.18
1988 37.52
1989 37.17
1990 37.56
1991 38.18
1992 37.37
1993 37.67
1994 39.01
1995 39.70
1996 39.85
1997 42.21
1998 42.55
1999 41.62
2000 43.54
2001 44.30
2002 45.32
2003 45.98
2004 45.46
2005 45.22
2006 44.30
2007 44.11
2008 44.01
2009 43.50
2010 42.30
2011 42.13
2012 41.22
2013 40.91
2014 40.49
2015 39.91
2016 39.67
2017 39.64
2018 39.66

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