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

DEFINITION
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary level is the average number of pupils per teacher in secondary education. Cross-country comparisons may be affected by such factors as the composition of teachers by part- and full-time employment.

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

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Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

Nepal:

61.1

# 2

Eritrea:

50.7

# 3

Ethiopia:

46.6

# 4

Bangladesh:

42.6

# 5

Bhutan:

38.6

# 6

Togo:

35.2

# 7

Chad:

34.1

# 8

Grenada:

33.1

# 9

Dominican Republic:

32.1

= 10

Burma:

29.9

= 10

Guinea:

29.9

# 12

South Africa:

29.5

= 13

El Salvador:

29.1

= 13

Cote d'Ivoire:

29.1

= 15

Zambia:

= 15

Mozambique:

# 17

Mali:

28.4

# 18

Pakistan:

28.3

# 19

Vietnam:

28.2

# 20

Gabon:

28.1

= 21

Senegal:

27.9

= 21

Burkina Faso:

27.9

# 23

Sudan:

27.3

# 24

Mauritania:

26.2

# 25

Kenya:

26.1

# 26

Thailand:

25.2

# 27

Vanuatu:

24.5

# 28

Niger:

24.4

# 29

Cape Verde:

24.3

# 30

Gambia, The:

24.2

# 31

Cameroon:

23.8

# 32

Chile:

23.4

# 33

Lesotho:

23.1

# 34

Macau:

# 35

Djibouti:

22.8

= 36

Trinidad and Tobago:

22.6

= 36

Turkey:

22.6

# 38

Iceland:

22.5

= 39

Papua New Guinea:

22.2

= 39

Singapore:

22.2

= 41

Namibia:

21.6

= 41

Marshall Islands:

21.6

# 43

Equatorial Guinea:

21.3

# 44

Mexico:

20.6

# 45

Jordan:

20.3

# 46

Benin:

# 47

Mauritius:

19.9

# 48

Samoa:

19.5

# 49

Malaysia:

19.4

# 50

Brazil:

19.2

# 51

Iraq:

19.1

= 52

Canada:

18.8

= 52

Tunisia:

18.8

# 54

Guyana:

18.7

# 55

Uganda:

18.6

# 56

Angola:

18.3

# 57

Algeria:

18.2

# 58

India:

17.9

= 59

Oman:

17.8

= 59

Swaziland:

17.8

# 61

Cambodia:

17.6

# 62

Botswana:

17.4

= 63

Burundi:

17.3

= 63

Uruguay:

17.3

= 65

Liberia:

17.2

= 65

Peru:

17.2

= 65

United Kingdom:

17.2

# 68

Madagascar:

# 69

Ecuador:

16.8

# 70

Morocco:

16.7

# 71

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:

16.3

# 72

China:

16.2

# 73

Aruba:

15.6

# 74

Belize:

15.5

= 75

Barbados:

15.4

= 75

Germany:

15.4

# 77

Sweden:

15.3

# 78

Netherlands Antilles:

15.2

# 79

United States:

14.9

# 80

Syria:

14.7

# 81

Seychelles:

14.5

# 82

Japan:

14.2

# 83

Argentina:

13.8

= 84

Suriname:

13.4

= 84

Antigua and Barbuda:

13.4

# 86

Guatemala:

13.2

# 87

Slovenia:

13.1

# 88

Ireland:

# 89

Cyprus:

12.9

= 90

Bahrain:

12.8

= 90

Saudi Arabia:

12.8

= 90

Czech Republic:

12.8

= 93

Bulgaria:

12.5

= 93

Slovakia:

12.5

= 93

Romania:

12.5

# 96

United Arab Emirates:

12.4

# 97

Finland:

12.2

# 98

France:

# 99

Cuba:

11.4

# 100

Lithuania:

11.2

# 101

Switzerland:

10.8

= 102

Estonia:

10.5

= 102

Italy:

10.5

# 104

Israel:

10.4

= 105

Austria:

10.3

= 105

Greece:

10.3

= 105

Malta:

10.3

= 105

Latvia:

10.3

# 109

Qatar:

10.2

# 110

Hungary:

# 111

Paraguay:

9.9

# 112

Tonga:

9.7

= 113

Denmark:

9.6

= 113

Saint Kitts and Nevis:

9.6

# 115

Lebanon:

8.9

# 116

Spain:

8.5

# 117

Azerbaijan:

7.8

= 118

Norway:

7.1

= 118

Libya:

7.1

= 118

Bermuda:

7.1

# 121

Georgia:

Weighted average:

19.4

DEFINITION: Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary level is the average number of pupils per teacher in secondary 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 > secondary level (most recent) by country

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