Pakistan - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Pakistan was 44.08 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 47.63 in 2016, while its lowest value was 33.00 in 2000.

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
1971 41.47
1972 38.98
1973 41.29
1974 41.60
1975 40.44
1976 40.19
1977 41.47
1978 37.33
1979 37.49
1980 36.99
1981 36.49
1982 36.10
1983 34.97
1984 36.17
1985 38.15
1986 39.28
1987 40.33
1988 40.56
1989 40.66
1990 41.07
2000 33.00
2001 34.74
2002 35.00
2003 34.82
2004 37.50
2005 38.34
2006 39.01
2007 39.95
2008 40.67
2009 39.69
2010 40.45
2011 39.83
2012 41.35
2013 42.55
2014 46.52
2015 46.34
2016 47.63
2017 44.78
2018 44.08

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