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Pupil-trained teacher ratio in pre-primary education (headcount basis) by country

Average number of pupils per trained teacher at a given level of education, based on headcounts of both pupils and teachers. Divide the total number of pupils enrolled at the specified level of education by the number of trained teachers at the same level. A trained teacher is defined as a teacher who has fulfilled...

Countries reporting
70
Highest
208.16 headcount basis
Tanzania
Lowest
8.47 headcount basis
Bhutan
Median
21.04 headcount basis
Years covered
45
1976–2020
Data points
1,066

What the numbers show

Pupil-trained teacher ratio in pre-primary education (headcount basis) is currently reported for 70 countries. The highest value is 208.16 headcount basis in Tanzania; the lowest is 8.47 headcount basis in Bhutan.

The median across all reporting countries is 21.04 headcount basis, and the mean is 31.15 headcount basis.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 25.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 44 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 181.6%), and the largest decrease in Senegal (down 68.4%).

Pupil-trained teacher ratio in pre-primary education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tanzania 208.16 headcount basis 2016 down 22.7% falling
2 Democratic Republic of Congo 112.85 headcount basis 2015 up 1.0% flat
3 Niger 89.36 headcount basis 2018 up 181.6% volatile
4 Rwanda 82.29 headcount basis 2019 down 18.1% falling
5 Eritrea 70.54 headcount basis 2018 up 25.0% rising
6 Nicaragua 63.67 headcount basis 2010 down 27.9% falling
7 Benin 62.92 headcount basis 2019 down 29.9% volatile
8 Senegal 57.2 headcount basis 2019 down 68.4% falling
9 Cape Verde 55.14 headcount basis 2018 down 33.5% volatile
10 Burundi 52.06 headcount basis 2019 down 18.4% falling
11 Ghana 51.06 headcount basis 2019 down 67.0% falling
12 Gambia 50.33 headcount basis 2017 — falling
13 Sierra Leone 44.25 headcount basis 2019 up 8.8% rising
14 Ethiopia 43.01 headcount basis 2009 down 25.3% falling
15 Togo 39.65 headcount basis 2019 down 20.8% rising
16 Bolivia 37.55 headcount basis 2018 down 22.0% falling
17 Mongolia 34.21 headcount basis 2018 up 35.3% rising
18 Cambodia 33.59 headcount basis 2019 up 18.4% rising
19 Belize 33.27 headcount basis 2019 down 67.9% falling
20 Bahamas 32.67 headcount basis 2018 down 56.0% volatile
21 Grenada 32.16 headcount basis 2018 down 0.4% falling
22 Kenya 31.94 headcount basis 2014 down 3.7% falling
23 Cameroon 30.63 headcount basis 2017 down 25.6% rising
24 El Salvador 29.67 headcount basis 2018 up 7.1% falling
25 Antigua and Barbuda 29.5 headcount basis 2012 up 114.6% volatile
26 United Arab Emirates 29.27 headcount basis 2016 down 21.3% falling
27 Dominica 27.62 headcount basis 2019 — volatile
28 Colombia 25.63 headcount basis 2011 — rising
29 Kyrgyzstan 24.69 headcount basis 2013 down 57.1% falling
31 Guyana 23.99 headcount basis 2012 down 40.1% falling
32 Brunei 23.86 headcount basis 2019 down 22.4% falling
33 Ecuador 22.58 headcount basis 2007 up 29.8% rising
34 Nepal 22.32 headcount basis 2019 down 26.9% falling
35 Seychelles 21.29 headcount basis 2019 up 39.6% rising
36 Botswana 21.08 headcount basis 2013 down 20.3% falling
37 Dominican Republic 20.99 headcount basis 2018 down 32.1% falling
38 Barbados 20.66 headcount basis 2019 down 38.8% falling
39 Laos 20.63 headcount basis 2019 down 26.8% rising
40 Oman 20.28 headcount basis 2019 up 4.3% flat
41 Azerbaijan 19.64 headcount basis 2019 up 103.0% rising
42 Suriname 19.58 headcount basis 2018 down 8.9% flat
43 Cote d'Ivoire 19.56 headcount basis 2019 up 12.8% flat
44 Aruba 19.55 headcount basis 2012 down 17.6% falling
45 Malaysia 18.75 headcount basis 2018 down 5.0% falling
46 Myanmar 18.37 headcount basis 2018 down 45.5% falling
47 Morocco 18.15 headcount basis 2012 up 4.7% rising
48 Maldives 17.18 headcount basis 2018 down 65.7% falling
49 Vietnam 16.89 headcount basis 2019 down 13.9% falling
50 Croatia 16.67 headcount basis 2003 — falling
51 Saudi Arabia 16.61 headcount basis 2019 up 72.5% rising
52 Jordan 16.45 headcount basis 2019 up 0.5% flat
53 Palestine 15.77 headcount basis 2019 down 18.7% falling
55 Sri Lanka 15.05 headcount basis 2018 down 19.9% falling
56 Macao 14.2 headcount basis 2019 down 22.2% falling
57 Qatar 14.02 headcount basis 2019 — flat
58 Bahrain 14.01 headcount basis 2019 down 57.5% falling
59 Cuba 13.09 headcount basis 2011 down 28.8% falling
60 Costa Rica 13.02 headcount basis 2019 down 27.6% falling
61 Tajikistan 12.93 headcount basis 2016 down 19.4% falling
62 Andorra 12.56 headcount basis 2019 down 4.0% flat
63 Kuwait 12.24 headcount basis 2015 down 7.1% falling
64 Mauritius 11.94 headcount basis 2019 down 18.4% falling
65 Samoa 11.75 headcount basis 2018 — rising
66 Moldova 11.69 headcount basis 2019 up 8.1% rising
67 Uzbekistan 11.27 headcount basis 2019 up 26.4% rising
68 Cayman Islands 10.94 headcount basis 2012 up 5.6% flat
69 Armenia 10.24 headcount basis 2017 down 8.0% rising
70 Bermuda 8.59 headcount basis 2014 up 13.8% rising
71 Belarus 8.52 headcount basis 2018 down 4.5% falling
72 Bhutan 8.47 headcount basis 2020 down 26.7% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Pupil-trained teacher ratio in pre-primary education (headcount basis)
Unit
headcount basis
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
90 places, 1,066 data points, 1976–2020
Last refreshed

Average number of pupils per trained teacher at a given level of education, based on headcounts of both pupils and teachers. Divide the total number of pupils enrolled at the specified level of education by the number of trained teachers at the same level. A trained teacher is defined as a teacher who has fulfilled at least the minimum organized teacher-training requirements (pre-service or in-service) to teach a specific level of education according to the relevant national policy or law. These requirements usually include pedagogical knowledge (broad principles and strategies of classroom management and organization that transcend the subject matter being taught - typically approaches, methods and techniques of teaching), and professional knowledge (knowledge of statutory instruments and other legal frameworks that govern the teaching profession). Some programmes may also cover content knowledge (knowledge of the curriculum and the subject matter to be taught and the use of relevant materials). In computing and interpreting this indicator, one should take into account the existence of part-time teaching, school-shifts, multi-grade classes and other practices that may affect the precision and meaningfulness of pupil-teacher ratios. When feasible, the number of part-time teachers is converted to ‘full-time equivalent’ teachers; a double-shift teacher is counted twice, etc. Teachers are defined as persons whose professional activity involves the transmitting of knowledge, attitudes and skills that are stipulated in a formal curriculum programme to students enrolled in a formal educational institution.