Pupils-teacher Ratio primary level by country. Definition, graph and map.

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Education Statistics > Pupils-teacher ratio > primary level (most recent) by country

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Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

Central African Republic:

73.5

# 2

Chad:

71.2

# 3

Mozambique:

# 4

Mali:

63.4

# 5

Cameroon:

62.7

# 6

Uganda:

59.1

# 7

Bangladesh:

57.1

# 8

Malawi:

56.3

# 9

Ethiopia:

54.9

# 10

Benin:

53.5

# 11

Cambodia:

52.9

# 12

Rwanda:

51.4

# 13

Senegal:

50.8

# 14

Burundi:

50.2

# 15

Madagascar:

49.6

# 16

Gabon:

49.2

# 17

Lesotho:

47.9

# 18

Cote d'Ivoire:

47.5

# 19

Burkina Faso:

47.4

# 20

Zambia:

# 21

Eritrea:

44.8

# 22

Guinea:

44.4

= 23

Pakistan:

44.1

= 23

Guinea-Bissau:

44.1

# 25

Sierra Leone:

43.7

# 26

Afghanistan:

42.7

# 27

Niger:

41.9

# 28

Mauritania:

41.8

# 29

Equatorial Guinea:

41.5

# 30

Bhutan:

41.1

# 31

Dominican Republic:

40.5

# 32

Tanzania:

40.4

# 33

India:

# 34

Gambia, The:

37.5

# 35

Nigeria:

37.2

= 36

Zimbabwe:

= 36

Nepal:

# 38

Papua New Guinea:

= 39

Liberia:

35.9

= 39

Comoros:

35.9

# 41

Nicaragua:

35.7

# 42

Djibouti:

35.6

# 43

Jamaica:

35.5

= 44

Philippines:

35.2

= 44

Angola:

35.2

= 46

Togo:

34.3

= 46

Sao Tome and Principe:

34.3

# 48

Honduras:

34.1

# 49

Haiti:

33.7

# 50

South Africa:

33.5

# 51

Swaziland:

33.2

# 52

Ghana:

# 53

Guatemala:

32.6

= 54

Burma:

32.3

= 54

Mongolia:

32.3

# 56

Namibia:

31.6

# 57

Kenya:

29.8

= 58

Macau:

28.4

= 58

Cape Verde:

28.4

# 60

Morocco:

28.1

# 61

Vietnam:

= 62

Algeria:

27.8

= 62

Sri Lanka:

27.8

# 64

Turkey:

27.7

# 65

Mexico:

27.3

= 66

Sudan:

26.7

= 66

Botswana:

26.7

# 68

Colombia:

26.5

# 69

Guyana:

26.2

# 70

Mauritius:

26.1

# 71

Brazil:

# 72

El Salvador:

25.6

= 73

Peru:

25.3

= 73

Singapore:

25.3

# 75

Chile:

25.2

# 76

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:

# 77

Costa Rica:

24.9

# 78

Panama:

24.7

# 79

Kyrgyzstan:

24.5

# 80

Kiribati:

24.4

# 81

Bolivia:

24.2

= 82

Syria:

24.1

= 82

Solomon Islands:

24.1

# 84

Samoa:

# 85

Oman:

23.7

# 86

Vanuatu:

23.5

# 87

Ecuador:

23.1

# 88

Fiji:

# 89

Belize:

22.8

# 90

Tunisia:

22.7

# 91

Maldives:

22.6

# 92

Saint Lucia:

22.3

# 93

Indonesia:

22.2

# 94

Armenia:

= 95

Tajikistan:

21.8

= 95

Albania:

21.8

= 95

Argentina:

21.8

# 98

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:

21.6

# 99

Iraq:

21.4

= 100

Tonga:

20.9

= 100

Grenada:

20.9

= 102

Thailand:

20.8

= 102

Jordan:

20.8

= 102

Uruguay:

20.8

= 102

Venezuela:

20.8

# 106

Dominica:

20.7

# 107

Uzbekistan:

20.6

# 108

Ukraine:

20.5

# 109

Japan:

20.4

= 110

Moldova:

20.3

= 110

Ireland:

20.3

= 112

China:

19.8

= 112

Trinidad and Tobago:

19.8

= 114

Paraguay:

19.6

= 114

Romania:

19.6

# 116

Slovakia:

19.5

# 117

Saint Kitts and Nevis:

19.4

# 118

Malta:

19.1

# 119

Aruba:

18.9

= 120

Antigua and Barbuda:

18.7

= 120

Kazakhstan:

18.7

= 120

France:

18.7

# 123

Azerbaijan:

18.6

# 124

Croatia:

18.3

= 125

Malaysia:

18.2

= 125

United Kingdom:

18.2

= 127

Netherlands Antilles:

17.7

= 127

Czech Republic:

17.7

= 127

Bulgaria:

17.7

# 130

Russia:

17.3

= 131

Bahrain:

17.2

= 131

Cyprus:

17.2

= 133

Belarus:

17.1

= 133

Suriname:

17.1

# 135

Lebanon:

# 136

Barbados:

16.9

# 137

Lithuania:

# 138

United Arab Emirates:

15.9

= 139

New Zealand:

15.6

= 139

Georgia:

15.6

= 139

Monaco:

15.6

# 142

Finland:

15.5

# 143

United States:

15.4

= 144

Canada:

= 144

Latvia:

# 146

Marshall Islands:

14.9

# 147

Germany:

14.8

# 148

Seychelles:

14.7

# 149

Brunei:

14.6

= 150

French Polynesia:

14.3

= 150

Spain:

14.3

= 152

Estonia:

14.1

= 152

Slovenia:

14.1

# 154

Bahamas, The:

# 155

Kuwait:

13.8

# 156

Switzerland:

13.6

# 157

Austria:

13.5

# 158

Portugal:

12.9

# 159

Greece:

12.7

# 160

Qatar:

12.6

# 161

Israel:

12.2

# 162

Belgium:

12.1

# 163

Saudi Arabia:

11.8

# 164

Luxembourg:

11.7

# 165

Sweden:

11.4

# 166

Poland:

11.1

# 167

Iceland:

10.9

= 168

Cuba:

10.7

= 168

Italy:

10.7

# 170

Hungary:

10.5

# 171

Denmark:

9.9

# 172

Netherlands:

9.8

# 173

Bermuda:

9.3

# 174

Australia:

9.1

# 175

Libya:

8.4

Weighted average:

27.1

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.

SOURCE: UNESCO

Education Statistics > Pupils-teacher ratio > primary level (most recent) by country

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