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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1   Japan: 35.5 students 
# 2   Hong Kong: 31.9 students 
# 3   Colombia: 30.5 students 
# 4   Greece: 24.8 students 
# 5   Thailand: 23.8 students 
# 6   Cyprus: 23.2 students 
# 7   Portugal: 22.2 students 
# 8   Spain: 21.9 students 
# 9   France: 21.6 students 
# 10   Slovenia: 21.3 students 
# 11   New Zealand: 20.8 students 
# 12   Slovakia: 20.6 students 
# 13   Netherlands: 19.7 students 
# 14   Ireland: 19.2 students 
# 15   United States: 18.3 students 
= 16   Denmark: 18 students 
= 16   Romania: 18 students 
# 18   Czech Republic: 17.9 students 
# 19   Canada: 17.8 students 
# 20   Belgium: 17.2 students 
# 21   Germany: 15.9 students 
# 22   Lithuania: 15.4 students 
# 23   Norway: 14.6 students 
# 24   Latvia: 14.3 students 
# 25   Sweden: 13.6 students 
# 26   Switzerland: 11.9 students 
# 27   Russia: 11.8 students 
# 28   Iceland: 11.7 students 
# 29   Austria: 4.7 students 
Weighted average: 19.2 students  



DEFINITION: The average number of 13-year-old students per class.

SOURCE: "Efficiency and Equity in Schools around the World" by Eric A. Hanushek and Javier A. Luque, April 2002

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Suchita Vemuri
Staff Writer

26th February 2005
Hi Liz, the data here is only for class size by 13-year-olds, a parameter for data that few countries maintain. If you see the data for government spending on education and the pupil-teacher ratios at the primary and secondary levels, you'll find Cuba performs extremely well.
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