Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Lower Secondary School

This key economic indicator for the Education And Training sector has been recently updated.

  1. Burundi increased 13.5% of Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Lower Secondary School in 2019, from a year earlier.
  2. Since 2012 Bangladesh Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Lower Secondary School rose 1.5% year on year at 36.68 Ratios.
  3. In 2019 Eritrea was ranked number 3 in Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Lower Secondary School.
  4. In 2015 South Sudan was number 1 in Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Lower Secondary School at 46.75 Ratios, compared to 115 in 2014.

Top Countries in Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Lower Secondary School

Ratios - 1981 to 2019

# 132 Countries Ratios Last YoY 5‑years CAGR
1 #1
South Sudan
46.75 2015 NA -0.7 % View data
2 #2
Burundi
40.51 2019 +13.5 % -1.0 % View data
3 #3
Eritrea
39.66 2019 -1.7 % -0.5 % View data
4 #4
Mauritania
37.82 2019 +0.6 % -6.2 % View data
5 #5
Bangladesh
36.68 2017 -10.6 % +1.5 % View data
6 #6
Chad
35.43 2016 +1.1 % -4.0 % View data
7 #7
Afghanistan
33.87 2018 +0.9 % NA View data
8 #8
Niger
33.25 2019 -0.3 % +4.5 % View data
9 #9
Nepal
31.99 2019 NA -2.0 % View data
10 #10
Kenya
30.65 2015 -2.3 % NA View data
11 #11
Rwanda
30.32 2018 +30.1 % NA View data
12 #12
Djibouti
29.96 2019 +4.0 % +1.0 % View data
13 #13
Angola
28.66 2016 NA -2.9 % View data
14 #14
Senegal
28.35 2018 NA NA View data
15 #15
El Salvador
27.80 2018 -3.9 % NA View data
16 #16
Myanmar
27.73 2019 -3.5 % -4.9 % View data
17 #17
East Timor
26.95 2018 -2.5 % NA View data
18 #18
Yemen
26.76 2016 NA +19.3 % View data
19 #19
Mali
26.53 2019 -10.8 % -2.1 % View data
20 #20
Nauru
26.39 2016 NA NA View data
21 #21
Colombia
26.15 2019 -0.6 % -0.1 % View data
22 #22
Thailand
24.86 2018 -1.9 % NA View data
23 #23
India
24.81 2019 -0.5 % -4.0 % View data
24 #24
Philippines
24.18 2017 +2.7 % NA View data
25 #25
Cameroon
24.16 2016 -3.4 % +7.0 % View data
26 #26
Ecuador
23.27 2019 +2.1 % -1.0 % View data
27 #27
Burkina Faso
23.12 2018 -0.9 % NA View data
28 #28
Morocco
22.64 2018 -5.4 % NA View data
29 #29
Papua New Guinea
22.59 2016 NA -6.8 % View data
30 #30
Iran
21.94 2019 +2.0 % +6.4 % View data
31 #31
Cambodia
21.37 2019 -2.3 % +1.5 % View data
32 #32
Zambia
21.13 2014 -55.9 % NA View data
33 #33
Dominican Republic
20.74 2019 -1.8 % -3.3 % View data
34 #34
Barbados
20.47 2018 -4.0 % -0.4 % View data
35 #35
Puerto Rico
20.25 2019 +0.6 % -0.2 % View data
36 #36
Mexico
19.83 2019 +0.2 % +0.3 % View data
37 #37
Madagascar
19.74 2018 -4.7 % NA View data
38 #38
Gambia
19.66 2019 +1.7 % -8.8 % View data
39 #39
Sao Tome and Principe
19.20 2017 -20.8 % -3.7 % View data
40 #40
Palestine
18.98 2019 +2.0 % -1.7 % View data
41 #41
Honduras
18.67 2017 +2.2 % NA View data
42 #42
Vanuatu
18.37 2015 NA NA View data
43 #43
United Kingdom
17.35 2017 NA NA View data
44 #44
Brazil
17.30 2019 -0.6 % -0.5 % View data
45 #45
Chile
17.20 2019 -3.0 % -2.9 % View data
46 #46
Sierra Leone
17.19 2019 +10.3 % NA View data
47 #47
Belize
17.18 2019 -0.8 % NA View data
48 #48
Laos
17.05 2019 -1.6 % -1.1 % View data
49 #49
Vietnam
17.01 2019 -3.1 % +1.7 % View data
50 #50
Sri Lanka
16.82 2019 +0.7 % NA View data
51 #51
Egypt
16.77 2018 -1.8 % NA View data
52 #52
Turkey
16.75 2019 -1.4 % -3.0 % View data
53 #53
Equatorial Guinea
16.34 2015 NA NA View data
54 #54
Solomon Islands
16.23 2017 -10.9 % NA View data
55 #55
Pakistan
15.86 2019 -3.5 % -2.2 % View data
56 #56
Cape Verde
15.69 2018 -1.6 % -2.8 % View data
57 #57
Gibraltar
15.49 2017 -13.6 % NA View data
58 #58
Indonesia
15.35 2019 -0.5 % +0.8 % View data
59 #59
Israel
15.12 2016 -2.2 % NA View data
60 #60
Kiribati
14.94 2017 -14.8 % NA View data
61 #61
New Zealand
14.87 2019 -0.2 % +0.2 % View data
62 #62
Liberia
14.61 2017 NA NA View data
63 #63
Jordan
14.55 2018 +12.1 % NA View data
64 #64
United States
14.55 2017 NA -0.6 % View data
65 #65
Tonga
14.52 2015 NA NA View data
66 #66
Panama
14.29 2019 -1.0 % -1.3 % View data
67 #67
Dominica
13.97 2014 NA -3.6 % View data
68 #68
Netherlands
13.82 2017 -0.2 % +0.6 % View data
69 #69
Suriname
13.77 2019 -3.1 % -0.6 % View data
70 #70
Tunisia
13.63 2018 +1.5 % NA View data
71 #71
United Arab Emirates
13.58 2016 -18.0 % NA View data
72 #72
Ghana
13.10 2019 -2.1 % -2.1 % View data
73 #73
Bahamas
13.05 2019 +3.4 % -0.4 % View data
74 #74
Bulgaria
12.88 2019 +0.2 % -0.8 % View data
75 #75
South Korea
12.67 2019 -3.7 % -4.3 % View data
76 #76
Grenada
12.50 2019 -2.3 % -0.1 % View data
77 #77
Costa Rica
12.38 2019 -1.1 % -3.0 % View data
78 #78
Japan
12.22 2019 -0.4 % -0.9 % View data
79 #79
Guatemala
12.14 2019 -1.8 % -3.2 % View data
80 #80
China
11.98 2019 -2.8 % -1.0 % View data
81 #81
Spain
11.93 2019 +0.0 % -0.7 % View data
82 #82
Saudi Arabia
11.61 2019 -0.8 % +1.9 % View data
83 #83
Cayman Islands
11.57 2018 NA NA View data
84 #84
Qatar
11.56 2019 -0.9 % +1.4 % View data
85 #85
Sweden
11.52 2019 +0.8 % +0.8 % View data
86 #86
Bhutan
11.35 2019 -10.1 % -7.3 % View data
87 #87
Romania
11.14 2019 +0.0 % +0.5 % View data
88 #88
Bahrain
11.12 2019 -1.7 % +0.5 % View data
89 #89
Benin
11.02 2014 +1.1 % NA View data
90 #90
Saint Lucia
10.92 2019 -2.9 % -2.9 % View data
91 #91
Germany
10.76 2019 -1.1 % -0.9 % View data
92 #92
Slovakia
10.61 2019 -1.0 % -0.6 % View data
93 #93
Oman
10.37 2018 +3.1 % NA View data
94 #94
Denmark
10.15 2014 NA NA View data
95 #95
Italy
10.10 2019 -0.6 % -1.3 % View data
96 #96
Luxembourg
10.05 2019 -0.5 % -0.8 % View data
97 #97
Iceland
9.88 2015 -1.5 % NA View data
98 #98
Hungary
9.73 2019 -0.2 % -1.0 % View data
99 #99
Cuba
9.67 2019 -0.5 % +1.7 % View data
100 #100
Brunei
9.66 2019 +0.9 % -1.4 % View data
101 #101
Albania
9.62 2019 -2.6 % -4.8 % View data
102 #102
Portugal
9.61 2019 +0.3 % -0.1 % View data
103 #103
Moldova
9.50 2019 -2.8 % +0.0 % View data
104 #104
Comoros
9.16 2018 +51.6 % -3.1 % View data
105 #105
Belgium
8.88 2019 +0.4 % -0.6 % View data
106 #106
Finland
8.80 2019 -0.7 % -0.3 % View data
107 #107
Estonia
8.64 2017 +1.7 % +1.5 % View data
108 #108
Bosnia and Herzegovina
8.49 2019 +0.0 % -2.2 % View data
109 #109
Belarus
8.43 2019 +0.1 % +1.1 % View data
110 #110
Switzerland
8.42 2019 +0.3 % +1.1 % View data
111 #111
Uzbekistan
8.40 2019 -1.2 % -1.3 % View data
112 #112
Cyprus
8.38 2019 -2.3 % -2.8 % View data
113 #113
Poland
8.23 2019 -2.1 % -1.6 % View data
114 #114
Georgia
8.12 2019 -1.9 % +2.5 % View data
115 #115
Norway
8.03 2019 -0.5 % -0.8 % View data
116 #116
Greece
7.88 2019 +0.4 % +0.1 % View data
117 #117
Tuvalu
7.87 2018 NA NA View data
118 #118
Serbia
7.65 2019 -1.9 % -1.7 % View data
119 #119
Austria
7.57 2019 -1.0 % -1.1 % View data
120 #120
Monaco
7.29 2019 -13.2 % NA View data
121 #121
Lithuania
7.26 2019 -1.1 % -1.2 % View data
122 #122
Latvia
7.15 2019 -1.5 % -0.2 % View data
123 #123
Macedonia
6.99 2019 -4.7 % -2.8 % View data
124 #124
Azerbaijan
6.99 2018 +6.5 % NA View data
125 #125
Lebanon
6.70 2019 -3.1 % -2.5 % View data
126 #126
Croatia
6.69 2019 -3.9 % -3.7 % View data
127 #127
San Marino
6.28 2018 NA NA View data
128 #128
Malta
6.27 2019 -1.8 % -3.3 % View data
129 #129
Bermuda
5.76 2019 +0.5 % +4.7 % View data
130 #130
Liechtenstein
5.59 2019 -0.5 % -1.5 % View data
131 #131
Slovenia
5.50 2019 -4.5 % -5.5 % View data
132 #132
Maldives
5.12 2019 -6.8 % -2.5 % View data

Source: World Bank

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