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Education Statistics > Pupil-teacher ratio, primary (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Afghanistan: 83.37   2005 Time series
# 2   Congo, Republic of the: 82.8   2005 Time series
# 3   Central African Republic: 77.03   1991 Time series
# 4   Ethiopia: 72.28   2005 Time series
# 5   Sierra Leone: 66.85   2005 Time series
# 6   Mozambique: 66.34   2005 Time series
# 7   Malawi: 63.63   2005 Time series
# 8   Chad: 63.15   2005 Time series
# 9   Rwanda: 62.03   2005 Time series
# 10   Tanzania: 55.86   2005 Time series
# 11   Mali: 54.39   2005 Time series
# 12   Madagascar: 53.59   2005 Time series
# 13   Cambodia: 53.21   2005 Time series
# 14   Zambia: 51.08   2005 Time series
# 15   Bangladesh: 50.87   2004 Time series
# 16   East Timor: 50.71   2005 Time series
# 17   Uganda: 49.93   2005 Time series
# 18   Burundi: 48.7   2005 Time series
# 19   Cameroon: 48.18   2005 Time series
# 20   Eritrea: 47.53   2005 Time series
# 21   Burkina Faso: 47.18   2005 Time series
# 22   Benin: 46.83   2005 Time series
# 23   Senegal: 46.53   2005 Time series
# 24   Guinea: 44.87   2005 Time series
# 25   Guinea-Bissau: 44.07   2001 Time series
# 26   Niger: 43.68   2005 Time series
# 27   Côte d'Ivoire: 42.36   2003 Time series
# 28   Angola: 41.75   1998 Time series
# 29   Lesotho: 41.59   2005 Time series
# 30   Mauritania: 40.32   2005 Time series
# 31   India: 40.2   2004 Time series
# 32   Nepal: 39.71   2005 Time series
# 33   Kenya: 39.54   2005 Time series
# 34   Zimbabwe: 38.56   2003 Time series
# 35   Pakistan: 38.34   2005 Time series
# 36   Liberia: 38.27   2000 Time series
# 37   Nigeria: 37.18   2005 Time series
# 38   Gabon: 36.04   2004 Time series
# 39   South Africa: 35.64   2004 Time series
# 40   Papua New Guinea: 35.45   2003 Time series
# 41   Gambia, The: 35.28   2004 Time series
# 42   Comoros: 34.98   2005 Time series
# 43   Djibouti: 34.55   2005 Time series
# 44   Philippines: 34.53   2004 Time series
# 45   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 34.33   2003 Time series
# 46   Mongolia: 34.23   2005 Time series
# 47   Togo: 33.6   2005 Time series
# 48   Nicaragua: 33.56   2005 Time series
# 49   Namibia: 33.09   2005 Time series
# 50   Honduras: 32.9   2004 Time series
# 51   Ghana: 32.81   2005 Time series
# 52   Swaziland: 32.31   2004 Time series
# 53   Equatorial Guinea: 31.98   2003 Time series
# 54   Laos: 31.48   2005 Time series
# 55   Guatemala: 31.06   2005 Time series
# 56   Bhutan: 31.05   2005 Time series
# 57   Burma: 30.9   2005 Time series
# 58   São Tomé and Príncipe: 30.78   2005 Time series
# 59   Turkey: 30.38   1991 Time series
# 60   El Salvador: 29.6   2005 Time series
# 61   Korea, South: 29.02   2005 Time series
# 62   Colombia: 28.54   2005 Time series
# 63   Mexico: 28.47   2004 Time series
# 64   Fiji: 28.16   2005 Time series
# 65   Guyana: 28.04   2004 Time series
# 66   Paraguay: 27.84   2003 Time series
# 67   Sudan: 27.76   2005 Time series
# 68   Jamaica: 27.53   2004 Time series
# 69   Chile: 27.3   2004 Time series
# 70   Morocco: 27.1   2005 Time series
# 71   Singapore: 26.44   1991 Time series
# 72   Yemen: 26.13   2004 Time series
# 73   Cape Verde: 26   2005 Time series
# 74   Botswana: 25.85   2005 Time series
# 75   Algeria: 25.44   2005 Time series
# 76   Syria: 25.33   2002 Time series
# 77   Samoa: 25.04   2004 Time series
# 78   Kiribati: 24.67   2005 Time series
# 79   Kyrgyzstan: 24.49   2005 Time series
# 80   Dominican Republic: 24.33   2005 Time series
# 81   Panama: 24.23   2005 Time series
# 82   Uzbekistan: 24.09   1991 Time series
# 83   Saint Lucia: 24.06   2005 Time series
# 84   Bolivia: 23.93   2004 Time series
# 85   Oman: 23.66   2001 Time series
# 86   Macau: 23.24   2005 Time series
# 87   Ecuador: 23.13   2005 Time series
# 88   Haiti: 23.07   1991 Time series
# 89   Belize: 22.54   2005 Time series
# 90   Sri Lanka: 22.5   2004 Time series
# 91   Mauritius: 22.34   2005 Time series
# 92   Peru: 22.24   2004 Time series
# 93   Egypt: 21.86   2004 Time series
# 94   Brazil: 21.57   2003 Time series
# 95   Vietnam: 21.56   2005 Time series
# 96   Albania: 21.5   2004 Time series
# 97   Costa Rica: 21.34   2005 Time series
# 98   Tajikistan: 21.33   2005 Time series
# 99   Armenia: 21.2   2005 Time series
# 100   China: 21.05   2004 Time series
# 101   Uruguay: 20.83   2003 Time series
# 102   Thailand: 20.68   2003 Time series
# 103   Tunisia: 20.61   2004 Time series
# 104   Iraq: 20.53   2005 Time series
# 105   Tonga: 20.31   2005 Time series
# 106   Indonesia: 20.13   2004 Time series
# 107   Maldives: 20.08   2005 Time series
# 108   Vanuatu: 20.01   2005 Time series
# 109   Macedonia, Republic of: 19.95   2004 Time series
# 110   Jordan: 19.93   2003 Time series
# 111   Netherlands Antilles: 19.8   2003 Time series
# 112   Serbia and Montenegro: 19.77   2001 Time series
# 113   Solomon Islands: 19.25   1999 Time series
# 114   Iran: 19.22   2005 Time series
# 115   Japan: 19.15   2004 Time series
# 116   Malta: 18.78   2004 Time series
# 117   Antigua and Barbuda: 18.74   2000 Time series
= 118   Ukraine: 18.7   2005 Time series
= 118   Venezuela: 18.7   2005 Time series
# 120   France: 18.64   2004 Time series
# 121   Suriname: 18.62   2005 Time series
# 122   Hong Kong: 18.35   2005 Time series
# 123   Dominica: 18.19   2005 Time series
# 124   Ireland: 18.17   2004 Time series
# 125   United Kingdom: 18.09   2004 Time series
# 126   Aruba: 18.08   2005 Time series
# 127   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 17.97   2005 Time series
# 128   Moldova: 17.95   2005 Time series
# 129   Australia: 17.88   1999 Time series
# 130   Czech Republic: 17.87   2004 Time series
= 131   Grenada: 17.68   2005 Time series
= 131   Slovakia: 17.68   2004 Time series
# 133   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 17.64   2005 Time series
# 134   Cyprus: 17.61   2004 Time series
# 135   Trinidad and Tobago: 17.52   2005 Time series
# 136   Malaysia: 17.51   2003 Time series
# 137   Romania: 17.48   2004 Time series
# 138   Canada: 17.42   2001 Time series
# 139   Argentina: 17.34   2003 Time series
# 140   Kazakhstan: 17.27   2005 Time series
# 141   American Samoa: 17.26   1991 Time series
# 142   Netherlands: 17.17   1991 Time series
# 143   Marshall Islands: 16.93   2003 Time series
# 144   Bulgaria: 16.75   2004 Time series
# 145   Russia: 16.65   2004 Time series
= 146   Bahrain: 16.37   2002 Time series
= 146   New Zealand: 16.37   2004 Time series
# 148   Bahamas, The: 16.06   2005 Time series
# 149   Belarus: 16.04   2005 Time series
# 150   Finland: 15.96   2004 Time series
= 151   Palau: 15.66   2000 Time series
= 151   Saudi Arabia: 15.66   1991 Time series
# 153   United Arab Emirates: 15.23   2005 Time series
# 154   Barbados: 15.15   2005 Time series
# 155   Slovenia: 15.1   2004 Time series
# 156   Lithuania: 14.72   2004 Time series
# 157   Croatia: 14.7   2005 Time series
# 158   Georgia: 14.45   2003 Time series
# 159   Lebanon: 14.25   2005 Time series
# 160   United States: 14.21   2004 Time series
# 161   Germany: 14.19   2004 Time series
# 162   Virgin Islands: 14.18   1991 Time series
# 163   Estonia: 14.11   2002 Time series
# 164   Seychelles: 14.04   2004 Time series
# 165   Monaco: 13.98   2004 Time series
# 166   Spain: 13.93   2004 Time series
# 167   Libya: 13.74   1991 Time series
# 168   Azerbaijan: 13.45   2005 Time series
# 169   Austria: 13.13   2004 Time series
# 170   Latvia: 12.98   2004 Time series
# 171   Cayman Islands: 12.81   2005 Time series
# 172   Poland: 12.63   2004 Time series
# 173   Israel: 12.42   2004 Time series
# 174   Kuwait: 12.06   2005 Time series
= 175   Belgium: 11.57   2004 Time series
= 175   Portugal: 11.57   2004 Time series
# 177   Luxembourg: 11.53   2004 Time series
# 178   Andorra: 11.47   2005 Time series
# 179   Greece: 11.26   2004 Time series
# 180   Qatar: 11.11   2005 Time series
# 181   Italy: 10.62   2004 Time series
# 182   Iceland: 10.53   2004 Time series
# 183   Norway: 10.5   2004 Time series
# 184   Hungary: 10.47   2004 Time series
# 185   Cuba: 10.31   2005 Time series
# 186   Brunei: 10.12   2005 Time series
# 187   Sweden: 10.11   2004 Time series
# 188   Denmark: 9.93   2001 Time series
# 189   Liechtenstein: 8.72   2004 Time series
# 190   Bermuda: 8.34   2005 Time series
# 191   San Marino: 6.34   2004 Time series
Weighted average: 26.6   



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).

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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