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DEFINITION
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).
Education Statistics > Pupil-teacher ratio, primary (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Afghanistan :
83.37
2005 ...
#2
Congo, Republic of the :
82.8
2005 ...
#3
Central African Republic :
77.03
1991 ...
#4
Ethiopia :
72.28
2005 ...
#5
Sierra Leone :
66.85
2005 ...
#6
Mozambique :
66.34
2005 ...
#7
Malawi :
63.63
2005 ...
#8
Chad :
63.15
2005 ...
#9
Rwanda :
62.03
2005 ...
#10
Tanzania :
55.86
2005 ...
#11
Mali :
54.39
2005 ...
#12
Madagascar :
53.59
2005 ...
#13
Cambodia :
53.21
2005 ...
#14
Zambia :
51.08
2005 ...
#15
Bangladesh :
50.87
2004 ...
#16
East Timor :
50.71
2005 ...
#17
Uganda :
49.93
2005 ...
#18
Burundi :
48.7
2005 ...
#19
Cameroon :
48.18
2005 ...
#20
Eritrea :
47.53
2005 ...
#21
Burkina Faso :
47.18
2005 ...
#22
Benin :
46.83
2005 ...
#23
Senegal :
46.53
2005 ...
#24
Guinea :
44.87
2005 ...
#25
Guinea-Bissau :
44.07
2001 ...
#26
Niger :
43.68
2005 ...
#27
Côte d'Ivoire :
42.36
2003 ...
#28
Angola :
41.75
1998 ...
#29
Lesotho :
41.59
2005 ...
#30
Mauritania :
40.32
2005 ...
#31
India :
40.2
2004 ...
#32
Nepal :
39.71
2005 ...
#33
Kenya :
39.54
2005 ...
#34
Zimbabwe :
38.56
2003 ...
#35
Pakistan :
38.34
2005 ...
#36
Liberia :
38.27
2000 ...
#37
Nigeria :
37.18
2005 ...
#38
Gabon :
36.04
2004 ...
#39
South Africa :
35.64
2004 ...
#40
Papua New Guinea :
35.45
2003 ...
#41
Gambia, The :
35.28
2004 ...
#42
Comoros :
34.98
2005 ...
#43
Djibouti :
34.55
2005 ...
#44
Philippines :
34.53
2004 ...
#45
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
34.33
2003 ...
#46
Mongolia :
34.23
2005 ...
#47
Togo :
33.6
2005 ...
#48
Nicaragua :
33.56
2005 ...
#49
Namibia :
33.09
2005 ...
#50
Honduras :
32.9
2004 ...
#51
Ghana :
32.81
2005 ...
#52
Swaziland :
32.31
2004 ...
#53
Equatorial Guinea :
31.98
2003 ...
#54
Laos :
31.48
2005 ...
#55
Guatemala :
31.06
2005 ...
#56
Bhutan :
31.05
2005 ...
#57
Burma :
30.9
2005 ...
#58
São Tomé and Príncipe :
30.78
2005 ...
#59
Turkey :
30.38
1991 ...
#60
El Salvador :
29.6
2005 ...
#61
Korea, South :
29.02
2005 ...
#62
Colombia :
28.54
2005 ...
#63
Mexico :
28.47
2004 ...
#64
Fiji :
28.16
2005 ...
#65
Guyana :
28.04
2004 ...
#66
Paraguay :
27.84
2003 ...
#67
Sudan :
27.76
2005 ...
#68
Jamaica :
27.53
2004 ...
#69
Chile :
27.3
2004 ...
#70
Morocco :
27.1
2005 ...
#71
Singapore :
26.44
1991 ...
#72
Yemen :
26.13
2004 ...
#73
Cape Verde :
26
2005 ...
#74
Botswana :
25.85
2005 ...
#75
Algeria :
25.44
2005 ...
#76
Syria :
25.33
2002 ...
#77
Samoa :
25.04
2004 ...
#78
Kiribati :
24.67
2005 ...
#79
Kyrgyzstan :
24.49
2005 ...
#80
Dominican Republic :
24.33
2005 ...
#81
Panama :
24.23
2005 ...
#82
Uzbekistan :
24.09
1991 ...
#83
Saint Lucia :
24.06
2005 ...
#84
Bolivia :
23.93
2004 ...
#85
Oman :
23.66
2001 ...
#86
Macau :
23.24
2005 ...
#87
Ecuador :
23.13
2005 ...
#88
Haiti :
23.07
1991 ...
#89
Belize :
22.54
2005 ...
#90
Sri Lanka :
22.5
2004 ...
#91
Mauritius :
22.34
2005 ...
#92
Peru :
22.24
2004 ...
#93
Egypt :
21.86
2004 ...
#94
Brazil :
21.57
2003 ...
#95
Vietnam :
21.56
2005 ...
#96
Albania :
21.5
2004 ...
#97
Costa Rica :
21.34
2005 ...
#98
Tajikistan :
21.33
2005 ...
#99
Armenia :
21.2
2005 ...
#100
China :
21.05
2004 ...
#101
Uruguay :
20.83
2003 ...
#102
Thailand :
20.68
2003 ...
#103
Tunisia :
20.61
2004 ...
#104
Iraq :
20.53
2005 ...
#105
Tonga :
20.31
2005 ...
#106
Indonesia :
20.13
2004 ...
#107
Maldives :
20.08
2005 ...
#108
Vanuatu :
20.01
2005 ...
#109
Macedonia, Republic of :
19.95
2004 ...
#110
Jordan :
19.93
2003 ...
#111
Netherlands Antilles :
19.8
2003 ...
#112
Serbia and Montenegro :
19.77
2001 ...
#113
Solomon Islands :
19.25
1999 ...
#114
Iran :
19.22
2005 ...
#115
Japan :
19.15
2004 ...
#116
Malta :
18.78
2004 ...
#117
Antigua and Barbuda :
18.74
2000 ...
#118
Ukraine :
18.7
2005 ...
#119
Venezuela :
18.7
2005 ...
#120
France :
18.64
2004 ...
#121
Suriname :
18.62
2005 ...
#122
Hong Kong :
18.35
2005 ...
#123
Dominica :
18.19
2005 ...
#124
Ireland :
18.17
2004 ...
#125
United Kingdom :
18.09
2004 ...
#126
Aruba :
18.08
2005 ...
#127
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
17.97
2005 ...
#128
Moldova :
17.95
2005 ...
#129
Australia :
17.88
1999 ...
#130
Czech Republic :
17.87
2004 ...
#131
Grenada :
17.68
2005 ...
#132
Slovakia :
17.68
2004 ...
#133
Saint Kitts and Nevis :