Pupil-teacher ratio, primary - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators

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Break in series between 1997 and 1998 due to due to change from International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED76) to ISCED97. Recent data are provisional. Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the number of pupils enrolled in primary school divided by the number of primary school teachers (regardless of their teaching assignment). Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Central African Republic (2008)89.62
2Rwanda (2007)69.29
3Malawi (2007)66.82
4Mozambique (2007)64.83
5Chad (2007)60.38
6Republic of the Congo (2007)58.48
7Uganda (2007)56.97
8Tanzania (2008)52.62
9Burundi (2007)52
10Mali (2007)51.67
11Zambia (2007)49.34
12Burkina Faso (2008)48.92
13Madagascar (2007)48.73
14Eritrea (2007)47.87
15Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2007)46.92
16Ethiopia (1999)45.97
17Kenya (2007)45.56
18Guinea (2007)45.36
19Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (2006)44.94
20Cameroon (2007)44.43
21Guinea-Bissau (2001)44.07
22Sub-Saharan Africa (2006)43.82
23Sierra Leone (2007)43.73
24Benin (2006)43.62
25Mauritania (2007)42.51
26Angola (1998)41.75
27Ivory Coast (2007)41
28Africa (2007)40.91
29Gambia (2007)40.88
30Nigeria (2006)40.42
31Lesotho (2006)40.41
32Niger (2007)39.67
33Togo (2007)39.14
34Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)38.3
35Zimbabwe (2006)38.21
36Sudan (2007)36.68
37Gabon (2004)36.04
38Comoros (2005)34.98
39Senegal (2007)34.21
40Djibouti (2008)34.03
41Swaziland (2007)32.44
42Ghana (2008)32.16
43South Africa (2007)30.98
44Sao Tome and Principe (2006)30.79
45Namibia (2007)29.95
46Somalia (1999)27.87
47Equatorial Guinea (2007)27.62
48Morocco (2007)27.38
49Egypt (2007)27.08
50North Africa (2007)25.87
51Cape Verde (2007)24.86
52Botswana (2005)24.24
53Algeria (2007)23.96
54Liberia (2008)23.83
55Mauritius (2007)21.51
56Libya (1980)20.06
57Tunisia (2007)18.15
58Seychelles (2007)12.47
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