Former British colonies Compared by Education > Pupil-teacher ratio > Primary
DEFINITION:
Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the number of pupils enrolled in primary school divided by the number of primary school teachers (regardless of their teaching assignment).
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Sierra Leone | 66.85 | 2005 | ||
2 | Malawi | 63.63 | 2005 | ||
3 | Tanzania | 55.86 | 2005 | ||
4 | Zambia | 51.08 | 2005 | ||
5 | Bangladesh | 50.87 | 2004 | ||
6 | Uganda | 49.93 | 2005 | ||
7 | Lesotho | 41.59 | 2005 | ||
8 | India | 40.2 | 2004 | ||
9 | Kenya | 39.54 | 2005 | ||
10 | Zimbabwe | 38.56 | 2003 | ||
11 | Pakistan | 38.34 | 2005 | ||
12 | Nigeria | 37.18 | 2005 | ||
13 | The Gambia | 35.28 | 2004 | ||
14 | Namibia | 33.09 | 2005 | ||
15 | Ghana | 32.81 | 2005 | ||
16 | Swaziland | 32.31 | 2004 | ||
17 | Bhutan | 31.05 | 2005 | ||
18 | Burma | 30.9 | 2005 | ||
19 | Fiji | 28.16 | 2005 | ||
20 | Guyana | 28.04 | 2004 | ||
21 | Sudan | 27.76 | 2005 | ||
22 | Jamaica | 27.53 | 2004 | ||
23 | Singapore | 26.44 | 1991 | ||
24 | Yemen | 26.13 | 2004 | ||
25 | Botswana | 25.85 | 2005 | ||
26 | Saint Lucia | 24.06 | 2005 | ||
27 | Belize | 22.54 | 2005 | ||
28 | Sri Lanka | 22.5 | 2004 | ||
29 | Egypt | 21.86 | 2004 | ||
30 | Maldives | 20.08 | 2005 | ||
31 | Jordan | 19.93 | 2003 | ||
32 | Antigua and Barbuda | 18.74 | 2000 | ||
33 | Dominica | 18.19 | 2005 | ||
34 | Australia | 17.88 | 1999 | ||
35 | Grenada | 17.68 | 2005 | ||
36 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17.64 | 2005 | ||
37 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17.52 | 2005 | ||
38 | Malaysia | 17.51 | 2003 | ||
39 | Canada | 17.42 | 2001 | ||
=40 | New Zealand | 16.37 | 2004 | ||
=40 | Bahrain | 16.37 | 2002 | ||
42 | The Bahamas | 16.06 | 2005 | ||
43 | United Arab Emirates | 15.23 | 2005 | ||
44 | Barbados | 15.15 | 2005 | ||
45 | United States | 14.21 | 2004 | ||
46 | Israel | 12.42 | 2004 | ||
47 | Kuwait | 12.06 | 2005 | ||
48 | Qatar | 11.11 | 2005 | ||
49 | Brunei | 10.12 | 2005 |
Citation
Interesting observations about Education > Pupil-teacher ratio > Primary
- Ethiopia ranked first for pupil-teacher ratio > primary amongst Hot countries in 2005.
- Afghanistan ranked first for pupil-teacher ratio > primary amongst Muslim countries in 2005.
- Sierra Leone ranked first for pupil-teacher ratio > primary amongst Former British colonies in 2005.
- Central African Republic ranked first for pupil-teacher ratio > primary amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 1991.
- Nicaragua ranked first for pupil-teacher ratio > primary amongst Latin America and Caribbean in 2005.
- San Marino has ranked last for pupil-teacher ratio > primary since 1991.
- Philippines ranked first for pupil-teacher ratio > primary amongst Former Spanish colonies in 2004.
- Congo, Republic of the ranked second for pupil-teacher ratio > primary globally in 2005.
- Mozambique ranked second for pupil-teacher ratio > primary amongst Former French colonies in 2005.
- 15 of the bottom 17 countries by pupil-teacher ratio > primary are Christian.