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Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Education > Pupils-teacher ratio > Primary level

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DEFINITION: Pupil-teacher ratio, primary level is the average number of pupils per teacher in primary education. Cross-country comparisons may be affected by such factors as the composition of teachers by part- and full-time employment.
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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH
1 Central African Republic 73.5 2000
2 Chad 71.2 2000
3 Mozambique 64 2000
4 Mali 63.4 2000
5 Cameroon 62.7 2000
6 Uganda 59.1 2000
7 Malawi 56.3 2000
8 Ethiopia 54.9 2000
9 Benin 53.5 2000
10 Rwanda 51.4 2000
11 Senegal 50.8 2000
12 Burundi 50.2 2000
13 Madagascar 49.6 2000
14 Gabon 49.2 2000
15 Lesotho 47.9 2000
16 Cote d'Ivoire 47.5 2000
17 Burkina Faso 47.4 2000
18 Zambia 45 2000
19 Eritrea 44.8 2000
20 Guinea 44.4 2000
21 Guinea-Bissau 44.1 2002
22 Sierra Leone 43.7 2000
23 Niger 41.9 2000
24 Mauritania 41.8 2000
25 Equatorial Guinea 41.5 2000
26 Tanzania 40.4 2000
27 The Gambia 37.5 2000
28 Nigeria 37.2 1995
29 Zimbabwe 37 2000
=30 Liberia 35.9 2002
=30 Comoros 35.9 2000
32 Djibouti 35.6 2000
33 Angola 35.2 2000
=34 Sao Tome and Principe 34.3 2000
=34 Togo 34.3 2000
36 South Africa 33.5 2000
37 Swaziland 33.2 2000
38 Ghana 33 2000
39 Namibia 31.6 2000
40 Kenya 29.8 2000
41 Cape Verde 28.4 2000
=42 Sudan 26.7 2002
=42 Botswana 26.7 2000
44 Mauritius 26.1 2000
45 Seychelles 14.7 2000

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Interesting observations about Education > Pupils-teacher ratio > Primary level

  • All of the top 2 countries by pupils-teacher ratio > primary level are Landlocked.
  • All of the top 3 countries by pupils-teacher ratio > primary level are Sub-Saharan African.
  • 10 of the top 11 countries by pupils-teacher ratio > primary level are Hot countries.
  • All of the top 2 countries by pupils-teacher ratio > primary level are Failed states’ .
  • All of the top 2 countries by pupils-teacher ratio > primary level are Sparsely populated.
  • Pakistan ranked first for pupils-teacher ratio > primary level amongst Emerging markets in 2000.
  • Turkey ranked first for pupils-teacher ratio > primary level amongst Europe in 1997.
  • Vietnam ranked first for pupils-teacher ratio > primary level amongst Non-religious countries in 2000.
  • Central African Republic ranked first for pupils-teacher ratio > primary level amongst Christian countries in 2000.

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