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Education > Teacher student ratio > High school: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Secondary school pupil-teacher ratio is the number of pupils enrolled in secondary school divided by the number of secondary school teachers (regardless of their teaching assignment).

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Central African Republic 76.14 2008
2 Eritrea 49.35 2007
3 Ethiopia 46.23 2008
4 Pakistan 41.86 2004
5 Nepal 40.95 2008
6 Guinea-Bissau 37.28 2006
7 Togo 35.51 2007
8 Philippines 35.13 2007
9 Burma 34.5 2008
10 Djibouti 34.27 2008
11 Congo, Republic of the 33.31 2004
12 Guinea 33.29 2008
13 Chad 32.91 2007
14 Mozambique 32.8 2008
15 India 32.7 2004
16 Afghanistan 31.56 2007
17 Burkina Faso 30.33 2008
18 Kenya 29.89 2008
19 Burundi 29.58 2008
20 Cote d'Ivoire 29.4 1999
21 South Africa 29.02 2007
22 Cambodia 28.92 2007
23 Nicaragua 28.59 2008
24 Nigeria 28.44 2007
25 Gabon 28.12 1999
26 Niger 27.91 2008
27 Madagascar 26.74 2008
28 Mauritania 26.58 2007
29 Senegal 26.37 2005
30 El Salvador 26.33 2008
31 Colombia 25.64 2008
failed states average (profile) 25.35 1980
32 Bangladesh 25.24 2007
South Asia average (profile) 25.1 1990
33 Namibia 24.48 2008
34 Dominican Republic 24.47 2008
35 The Gambia 24.15 2008
36 Benin 23.93 2004
37 Sierra Leone 23.9 2007
38 Chile 23.71 2007
39 East Timor 23.68 2005
40 Mali 23.55 2008
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) 23.53 1980
41 Turkey 23.32 1995
42 Equatorial Guinea 23.16 2000
43 Laos 22.76 2008
44 Cape Verde 22.7 2004
45 Zimbabwe 22.32 2003
46 Sudan 22.23 2009
47 Zambia 22.18 2008
48 Rwanda 22.02 2007
49 Papua New Guinea 21.96 1991
50 Sao Tome and Principe 21.71 2006
51 Thailand 21.22 2008
Former French colonies average (profile) 20.94 1991
52 Guyana 20.89 2008
53 Algeria 20.85 2004
54 Samoa 20.83 2004
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 20.78 2003
55 Vietnam 20.67 2008
56 Bhutan 20.64 2009
57 Malawi 19.98 1995
58 Honduras 19.91 1993
59 Jamaica 19.77 2007
60 Sri Lanka 19.52 2004
61 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 19.47 2008
62 Somalia 19.3 2007
63 Swaziland 19.06 2007
64 Haiti 19.03 1991
65 Angola 18.96 2001
66 Uganda 18.83 2008
67 Iraq 18.79 2005
68 Morocco 18.73 2004
69 Fiji 18.72 2008
Emerging markets average (profile) 18.68 2004
70 Mongolia 18.57 2008
71 Canada 18.4 2000
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) 18.22 2003
72 Bolivia 18.17 2007
=73 Mexico 18.01 2008
=73 Virgin Islands 18.01 1991
75 Jordan 17.88 2003
76 Albania 17.6 2004
=77 Kiribati 17.44 2008
=77 Tanzania 17.44 1995
79 Ghana 17.41 2008
OPEC countries average (profile) 17.22 1975
80 Brazil 17.2 2008
81 Belize 16.96 2008
82 Lesotho 16.85 2007
83 Marshall Islands 16.69 2003
84 Grenada 16.6 2008
=85 Guatemala 16.57 2008
=85 Democratic Republic of the Congo 16.57 2008
87 Tajikistan 16.55 2008
88 Mauritius 16.38 2008
=89 Saint Lucia 16.36 2008
=89 Singapore 16.36 2008
91 Peru 16.24 2008
92 Cameroon 16.17 2006
93 China 15.99 2008
94 Switzerland 15.82 1980
95 Costa Rica 15.64 2008
96 American Samoa 15.5 1991
97 Panama 15.39 2008
98 Tunisia 15.18 2008
99 Palau 15.09 2000
100 Malaysia 14.97 2007
Non-religious countries average (profile) 14.73 1995
101 Ecuador 14.66 2008
102 Barbados 14.58 2006
103 Syria 14.53 2008
104 New Zealand 14.49 2008
105 Dominica 14.44 2008
106 Tonga 14.39 2002
107 United States 14.38 2008
108 Oman 14.37 2008
=109 United Kingdom 14.01 2007
=109 Botswana 14.01 2006
111 Suriname 14 2007
112 Vanuatu 13.94 2002
113 Comoros 13.81 2005
114 Uruguay 13.8 2007
115 Seychelles 13.79 2008
116 Maldives 13.7 2003
117 Kyrgyzstan 13.56 2007
118 Trinidad and Tobago 13.52 2008
119 Antigua and Barbuda 13.39 2000
120 Netherlands 13.32 2007
121 Germany 13.24 2008
122 Aruba 13.1 2008
123 Netherlands Antilles 12.93 2003
124 United Arab Emirates 12.88 2007
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 12.74 2007
125 Romania 12.73 2008
126 Poland 12.71 2006
127 The Bahamas 12.67 2008
128 Slovakia 12.59 2008
=129 Uzbekistan 12.58 2008
=129 Australia 12.58 1995
131 Bahrain 12.4 2002
132 Liberia 12.37 2008
133 France 12.28 2008
134 Argentina 12.19 2007
135 Japan 12.12 2008
136 Indonesia 11.96 2008
=137 European Union 11.86 2007
=137 Gibraltar 11.86 2000
139 Paraguay 11.84 2004
140 Israel 11.69 2008
NATO countries average (profile) 11.63 2004
141 Bulgaria 11.48 2008
142 Moldova 11.43 2008
143 Czech Republic 11.32 2008
144 Libya 11.11 1983
145 Saudi Arabia 11.02 2008
European Union average (profile) 10.99 2006
Eurozone average (profile) 10.85 2006
146 Spain 10.8 2008
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 10.66 2007
147 Austria 10.58 2008
148 Ukraine 10.57 2007
149 Brunei 10.55 2008
=150 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.54 2008
=150 Ireland 10.54 2006
152 Iceland 10.44 2007
=153 Serbia and Montenegro 10.29 2008
=153 Malta 10.29 2005
=155 Venezuela 10.23 2008
=155 Cyprus 10.23 2008
157 Hungary 10.22 2008
158 Luxembourg 10.2 2008
159 Solomon Islands 10.12 2000
160 Italy 10.1 2007
161 Denmark 10.05 2001
162 Belgium 10.04 2006
163 Finland 10.03 2008
164 Liechtenstein 9.86 2008
165 Latvia 9.84 2008
166 Kazakhstan 9.71 2009
167 Qatar 9.69 2008
168 Sweden 9.68 2008
169 Cuba 9.67 2008
170 Estonia 9.41 2008
171 Slovenia 9.34 2008
172 Croatia 9.3 2007
173 Lithuania 9.16 2008
174 Lebanon 9.12 2008
175 Kuwait 9.08 2008
176 Turks and Caicos Islands 9.06 2005
177 Cayman Islands 8.86 2008
178 Norway 8.79 2004
179 Russia 8.53 2008
180 Belarus 8.1 2007
181 Greece 7.88 2007
182 Azerbaijan 7.82 2007
183 Georgia 7.46 2008
184 Armenia 7.42 2008
185 Portugal 7.32 2007
186 San Marino 7.2 1985
187 Bermuda 6.05 2006
188 Monaco 5.81 2008

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Education > Teacher student ratio > High school: Countries Compared Map

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Interesting observations about Education > Teacher student ratio > High school

  • 26 of the top 32 countries by teacher student ratio > high school are Hot countries.
  • All of the top 2 countries by teacher student ratio > high school are Sub-Saharan African.
  • Central African Republic has ranked in the top 2 for teacher student ratio > high school since 1980.
  • 2 of the top 3 countries by teacher student ratio > high school are Landlocked.
  • Pakistan has ranked in the top 2 for teacher student ratio > high school since 1996.
  • 2 of the top 4 countries by teacher student ratio > high school are Failed states’ .
  • Philippines has ranked in the top 5 for teacher student ratio > high school since 1990.
  • Eritrea has ranked in the top 4 for teacher student ratio > high school since 1995.
  • Nepal has ranked in the top 4 for teacher student ratio > high school since 2003.
  • Bangladesh ranked second last for teacher student ratio > high school amongst South Asia in 2007.
  • 15 of the top 41 countries by teacher student ratio > high school are Muslim.
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