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Pupil–Teacher Ratio

Macro Region
Africa 297 timeseries
Asia 115 timeseries
Central America and the Caribbean 123 timeseries
Europe 249 timeseries
Middle East 96 timeseries
North America 14.43 ratio in 2018 WB
Oceania 72 timeseries
South America 69 timeseries
Southeast Asia 77 timeseries
Country (ratio)
Afghanistan 48.79 in 2018 WB
Albania 17.57 in 2018 WB
Algeria 24.32 in 2018 WB
Andorra 10.5 in 2018 WB
Angola 50.03 in 2015 WB
Antigua and Barbuda 12.41 in 2018 WB
Argentina 17.23 in 2008 WB
Armenia 15.42 in 2018 WB
Australia 17.88 in 1999 WB
Austria 10.02 in 2017 WB
Azerbaijan 15.43 in 2018 WB
Bahamas 19.45 in 2018 WB
Bahrain 11.92 in 2018 WB
Bangladesh 30.05 in 2018 WB
Barbados 13.99 in 2018 WB
Belarus 19.23 in 2018 WB
Belgium 11.28 in 2017 WB
Belize 19.78 in 2018 WB
Benin 39.2 in 2018 WB
Bhutan 34.67 in 2018 WB
Bolivia 17.8 in 2018 WB
Bosnia and Herzegovina 16.93 in 2018 WB
Botswana 23.71 in 2015 WB
Brazil 20.22 in 2017 WB
Brunei Darussalam 9.9 in 2018 WB
Bulgaria 15.21 in 2017 WB
Burkina Faso 39.72 in 2018 WB
Burundi 42.52 in 2018 WB
Cabo Verde 21.07 in 2018 WB
Cambodia 41.7 in 2018 WB
Cameroon 44.83 in 2018 WB
Canada 17.42 in 2000 WB
Central African Republic 83.41 in 2016 WB
Chad 56.89 in 2016 WB
Chile 17.79 in 2017 WB
China 16.43 in 2018 WB
Colombia 23.3 in 2018 WB
Comoros 28.06 in 2018 WB
Congo 44.44 in 2012 WB
Costa Rica 12.2 in 2018 WB
Côte d'Ivoire 41.82 in 2018 WB
Croatia 13.51 in 2016 WB
Cuba 9.16 in 2018 WB
Cyprus 12.04 in 2017 WB
Czech Republic 18.93 in 2013 WB
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 20.3 in 2018 WB
Democratic Republic of the Congo 33.2 in 2015 WB
Denmark 10.74 in 2014 WB
Djibouti 29.37 in 2018 WB
Dominica 13.08 in 2016 WB
Dominican Republic 18.92 in 2018 WB
Ecuador 24.26 in 2018 WB
Egypt 23.68 in 2018 WB
El Salvador 26.89 in 2018 WB
Equatorial Guinea 23.23 in 2015 WB
Eritrea 38.74 in 2018 WB
Estonia 11.31 in 2017 WB
Eswatini 26.6 in 2017 WB
Ethiopia 55.07 in 2011 WB
Fiji 28 in 2012 WB
Finland 13.67 in 2017 WB
France 18.18 in 2013 WB
Gabon 24.53 in 2011 WB
Gambia 36.14 in 2018 WB
Georgia 8.98 in 2018 WB
Germany 12.3 in 2017 WB
Ghana 26.99 in 2019 WB
Greece 9.38 in 2017 WB
Grenada 16.35 in 2018 WB
Guatemala 20.26 in 2018 WB
Guinea 47.15 in 2016 WB
Guinea Bissau 51.93 in 2010 WB
Guyana 23.16 in 2012 WB
Haiti 33.41 in 1998 WB
Honduras 25.6 in 2017 WB
Hong Kong 13.35 in 2018 WB
Hungary 10.77 in 2016 WB
Iceland 10.14 in 2015 WB
India 32.75 in 2017 WB
Indonesia 17.03 in 2018 WB
Iran 28.52 in 2017 WB
Iraq 16.96 in 2007 WB
Ireland 16.06 in 2012 WB
Israel 12.07 in 2016 WB
Italy 11.48 in 2017 WB
Jamaica 24.79 in 2018 WB
Japan 15.66 in 2017 WB
Jordan 18.54 in 2018 WB
Kazakhstan 17.21 in 2019 WB
Kenya 30.65 in 2015 WB
Kiribati 25.49 in 2017 WB
Kuwait 8.88 in 2018 WB
Kyrgyzstan 24.99 in 2018 WB
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 22.34 in 2018 WB
Latvia 11.54 in 2017 WB
Lebanon 12.48 in 2017 WB
Lesotho 32.95 in 2017 WB
Liberia 22.32 in 2017 WB
Libya 16.9 in 1983 WB
Liechtenstein 7.8 in 2017 WB
Lithuania 13.52 in 2017 WB
Luxembourg 8.3 in 2016 WB
Macau 13.5 in 2018 WB
Madagascar 39.81 in 2018 WB
Malawi 58.68 in 2018 WB
Malaysia 11.66 in 2017 WB
Maldives 10.16 in 2017 WB
Mali 37.83 in 2018 WB
Malta 12.94 in 2017 WB
Marshall Islands 16.94 in 2002 WB
Mauritania 34.28 in 2018 WB
Mauritius 16.2 in 2018 WB
Mexico 26.55 in 2017 WB
Micronesia (Federated States of) 19.71 in 2015 WB
Monaco 11.7 in 2019 WB
Mongolia 30.38 in 2018 WB
Montenegro 17.56 in 2011 WB
Morocco 26.8 in 2018 WB
Mozambique 55.27 in 2018 WB
Myanmar 24.36 in 2018 WB
Namibia 25.09 in 2018 WB
Nauru 40.18 in 2016 WB
Nepal 19.74 in 2019 WB
Netherlands 11.81 in 2017 WB
New Zealand 14.92 in 2017 WB
Nicaragua 30.22 in 2010 WB
Niger 36.34 in 2017 WB
Nigeria 37.55 in 2010 WB
North Macedonia 14.91 in 2017 WB
Norway 8.59 in 2017 WB
Oman 9.67 in 2018 WB
Pakistan 44.08 in 2018 WB
Palau 15.66 in 2000 WB
Palestine 24.45 in 2018 WB
Panama 21.96 in 2017 WB
Papua New Guinea 35.52 in 2016 WB
Paraguay 24.16 in 2012 WB
Peru 17.39 in 2018 WB
Philippines 29.08 in 2017 WB
Poland 10.18 in 2017 WB
Portugal 12.35 in 2017 WB
Puerto Rico 13.54 in 2016 WB
Qatar 12.17 in 2018 WB
Republic of Korea 16.29 in 2017 WB
Republic of Moldova 17.92 in 2018 WB
Romania 19.33 in 2017 WB
Russian Federation 21.26 in 2017 WB
Rwanda 59.51 in 2018 WB
Saint Kitts and Nevis 13.87 in 2016 WB
Saint Lucia 14.74 in 2018 WB
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.39 in 2018 WB
Samoa 30.24 in 2010 WB
San Marino 6.93 in 2018 WB
Sao Tome and Principe 31.16 in 2017 WB
Saudi Arabia 13.81 in 2018 WB
Senegal 36.32 in 2018 WB
Serbia 14.29 in 2018 WB
Seychelles 14.49 in 2018 WB
Sierra Leone 27.52 in 2018 WB
Singapore 14.69 in 2017 WB
Slovakia 15.54 in 2017 WB
Slovenia 13.8 in 2016 WB
Solomon Islands 25.41 in 2018 WB
Somalia 35.52 in 2007 WB
South Africa 30.33 in 2015 WB
South Sudan 46.75 in 2015 WB
Spain 13.13 in 2017 WB
Sri Lanka 21.74 in 2018 WB
Sudan 25.84 in 2017 WB
Suriname 13.39 in 2018 WB
Sweden 12.23 in 2017 WB
Switzerland 9.93 in 2017 WB
Syrian Arab Republic 25.33 in 2002 WB
Tajikistan 22.3 in 2017 WB
Thailand 16.64 in 2018 WB
Timor-Leste 26.95 in 2018 WB
Togo 40.15 in 2018 WB
Tonga 21.63 in 2015 WB
Trinidad and Tobago 17.58 in 2009 WB
Tunisia 16.87 in 2018 WB
Turkey 16.98 in 2017 WB
Turkmenistan Tertiary Education 1 timeseries
Tuvalu 15.58 in 2018 WB
Uganda 42.66 in 2017 WB
Ukraine 12.98 in 2018 WB
United Arab Emirates 24.52 in 2016 WB
United Kingdom 15.13 in 2017 WB
United Republic of Tanzania 50.63 in 2018 WB
United States of America 14.2 in 2017 WB
Uruguay 11.02 in 2017 WB
Uzbekistan 21.51 in 2018 WB
Vanuatu 26.57 in 2015 WB
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 25.68 in 1987 WB
Viet Nam 20.28 in 2018 WB
Yemen 26.93 in 2016 WB
Zambia 42.06 in 2017 WB
Zimbabwe 36.41 in 2013 WB
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