Education > Pupil-teacher ratio > Primary: Countries Compared
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 | Afghanistan | 83.37 | 2005 | ||
2 | Congo, Republic of the | 82.8 | 2005 | ||
3 | Central African Republic | 77.03 | 1991 | ||
4 | Ethiopia | 72.28 | 2005 | ||
5 | Sierra Leone | 66.85 | 2005 | ||
6 | Mozambique | 66.34 | 2005 | ||
7 | Malawi | 63.63 | 2005 | ||
8 | Chad | 63.15 | 2005 | ||
9 | Rwanda | 62.03 | 2005 | ||
10 | Tanzania | 55.86 | 2005 | ||
11 | Mali | 54.39 | 2005 | ||
12 | Madagascar | 53.59 | 2005 | ||
13 | Cambodia | 53.21 | 2005 | ||
14 | Zambia | 51.08 | 2005 | ||
15 | Bangladesh | 50.87 | 2004 | ||
16 | East Timor | 50.71 | 2005 | ||
17 | Uganda | 49.93 | 2005 | ||
18 | Burundi | 48.7 | 2005 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 48.44 | 2004 | |||
19 | Cameroon | 48.18 | 2005 | ||
20 | Eritrea | 47.53 | 2005 | ||
21 | Burkina Faso | 47.18 | 2005 | ||
22 | Benin | 46.83 | 2005 | ||
23 | Senegal | 46.53 | 2005 | ||
24 | Guinea | 44.87 | 2005 | ||
25 | Guinea-Bissau | 44.07 | 2001 | ||
26 | Niger | 43.68 | 2005 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 43.28 | 2001 | |||
27 | Cote d'Ivoire | 42.36 | 2003 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 42.25 | 2002 | |||
28 | Angola | 41.75 | 1998 | ||
29 | Lesotho | 41.59 | 2005 | ||
30 | Mauritania | 40.32 | 2005 | ||
31 | India | 40.2 | 2004 | ||
32 | Nepal | 39.71 | 2005 | ||
33 | Kenya | 39.54 | 2005 | ||
34 | Zimbabwe | 38.56 | 2003 | ||
35 | Pakistan | 38.34 | 2005 | ||
36 | Liberia | 38.27 | 2000 | ||
37 | Nigeria | 37.18 | 2005 | ||
38 | Gabon | 36.04 | 2004 | ||
39 | South Africa | 35.64 | 2004 | ||
40 | Papua New Guinea | 35.45 | 2003 | ||
41 | The Gambia | 35.28 | 2004 | ||
42 | Comoros | 34.98 | 2005 | ||
43 | Djibouti | 34.55 | 2005 | ||
44 | Philippines | 34.53 | 2004 | ||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 34.41 | 2002 | |||
45 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 34.33 | 2003 | ||
46 | Mongolia | 34.23 | 2005 | ||
47 | Togo | 33.6 | 2005 | ||
48 | Nicaragua | 33.56 | 2005 | ||
49 | Namibia | 33.09 | 2005 | ||
50 | Honduras | 32.9 | 2004 | ||
51 | Ghana | 32.81 | 2005 | ||
52 | Swaziland | 32.31 | 2004 | ||
53 | Equatorial Guinea | 31.98 | 2003 | ||
54 | Laos | 31.48 | 2005 | ||
55 | Guatemala | 31.06 | 2005 | ||
56 | Bhutan | 31.05 | 2005 | ||
57 | Burma | 30.9 | 2005 | ||
58 | Sao Tome and Principe | 30.78 | 2005 | ||
59 | Turkey | 30.38 | 1991 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 30.09 | 2001 | |||
60 | El Salvador | 29.6 | 2005 | ||
61 | South Korea | 29.02 | 2005 | ||
62 | Colombia | 28.54 | 2005 | ||
63 | Mexico | 28.47 | 2004 | ||
64 | Fiji | 28.16 | 2005 | ||
65 | Guyana | 28.04 | 2004 | ||
66 | Paraguay | 27.84 | 2003 | ||
67 | Sudan | 27.76 | 2005 | ||
68 | Jamaica | 27.53 | 2004 | ||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 27.38 | 2002 | |||
69 | Chile | 27.3 | 2004 | ||
70 | Morocco | 27.1 | 2005 | ||
71 | Singapore | 26.44 | 1991 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 26.23 | 2003 | |||
72 | Yemen | 26.13 | 2004 | ||
73 | Cape Verde | 26 | 2005 | ||
74 | Botswana | 25.85 | 2005 | ||
75 | Algeria | 25.44 | 2005 | ||
76 | Syria | 25.33 | 2002 | ||
77 | Samoa | 25.04 | 2004 | ||
78 | Kiribati | 24.67 | 2005 | ||
79 | Kyrgyzstan | 24.49 | 2005 | ||
80 | Dominican Republic | 24.33 | 2005 | ||
81 | Panama | 24.23 | 2005 | ||
82 | Uzbekistan | 24.09 | 1991 | ||
83 | Saint Lucia | 24.06 | 2005 | ||
84 | Bolivia | 23.93 | 2004 | ||
85 | Oman | 23.66 | 2001 | ||
86 | Macau | 23.24 | 2005 | ||
87 | Ecuador | 23.13 | 2005 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 23.13 | 1991 | |||
88 | Haiti | 23.07 | 1991 | ||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 23 | 2003 | |||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 22.56 | 2002 | |||
89 | Belize | 22.54 | 2005 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 22.53 | 2003 | |||
90 | Sri Lanka | 22.5 | 2004 | ||
91 | Mauritius | 22.34 | 2005 | ||
92 | Peru | 22.24 | 2004 | ||
93 | Egypt | 21.86 | 2004 | ||
94 | Brazil | 21.57 | 2003 | ||
95 | Vietnam | 21.56 | 2005 | ||
96 | Albania | 21.5 | 2004 | ||
97 | Costa Rica | 21.34 | 2005 | ||
98 | Tajikistan | 21.33 | 2005 | ||
99 | Armenia | 21.2 | 2005 | ||
100 | China | 21.05 | 2004 | ||
101 | Uruguay | 20.83 | 2003 | ||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 20.7 | 1991 | |||
102 | Thailand | 20.68 | 2003 | ||
103 | Tunisia | 20.61 | 2004 | ||
104 | Iraq | 20.53 | 2005 | ||
105 | Tonga | 20.31 | 2005 | ||
106 | Indonesia | 20.13 | 2004 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 20.09 | 2002 | |||
107 | Maldives | 20.08 | 2005 | ||
108 | Vanuatu | 20.01 | 2005 | ||
109 | Jordan | 19.93 | 2003 | ||
110 | Netherlands Antilles | 19.8 | 2003 | ||
111 | Serbia and Montenegro | 19.77 | 2001 | ||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 19.64 | 2003 | |||
112 | Solomon Islands | 19.25 | 1999 | ||
113 | Iran | 19.22 | 2005 | ||
114 | Japan | 19.15 | 2004 | ||
115 | Malta | 18.78 | 2004 | ||
116 | Antigua and Barbuda | 18.74 | 2000 | ||
=117 | Ukraine | 18.7 | 2005 | ||
=117 | Venezuela | 18.7 | 2005 | ||
119 | France | 18.64 | 2004 | ||
120 | Suriname | 18.62 | 2005 | ||
121 | Hong Kong | 18.35 | 2005 | ||
122 | Dominica | 18.19 | 2005 | ||
123 | Ireland | 18.17 | 2004 | ||
124 | United Kingdom | 18.09 | 2004 | ||
125 | Aruba | 18.08 | 2005 | ||
126 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 17.97 | 2005 | ||
127 | Moldova | 17.95 | 2005 | ||
128 | Australia | 17.88 | 1999 | ||
129 | Czech Republic | 17.87 | 2004 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 17.75 | 2003 | |||
=130 | Grenada | 17.68 | 2005 | ||
=130 | Slovakia | 17.68 | 2004 | ||
132 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17.64 | 2005 | ||
133 | Cyprus | 17.61 | 2004 | ||
134 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17.52 | 2005 | ||
135 | Malaysia | 17.51 | 2003 | ||
136 | Romania | 17.48 | 2004 | ||
137 | Canada | 17.42 | 2001 | ||
138 | Argentina | 17.34 | 2003 | ||
139 | Kazakhstan | 17.27 | 2005 | ||
140 | American Samoa | 17.26 | 1991 | ||
141 | Netherlands | 17.17 | 1991 | ||
142 | Marshall Islands | 16.93 | 2003 | ||
143 | Bulgaria | 16.75 | 2004 | ||
144 | Russia | 16.65 | 2004 | ||
=145 | New Zealand | 16.37 | 2004 | ||
=145 | Bahrain | 16.37 | 2002 | ||
147 | The Bahamas | 16.06 | 2005 | ||
148 | Belarus | 16.04 | 2005 | ||
149 | Finland | 15.96 | 2004 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 15.82 | 2004 | |||
=150 | Palau | 15.66 | 2000 | ||
=150 | Saudi Arabia | 15.66 | 1991 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 15.31 | 2004 | |||
152 | United Arab Emirates | 15.23 | 2005 | ||
153 | Barbados | 15.15 | 2005 | ||
154 | Slovenia | 15.1 | 2004 | ||
155 | Lithuania | 14.72 | 2004 | ||
156 | Croatia | 14.7 | 2005 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 14.64 | 2004 | |||
Eurozone average (profile) | 14.54 | 2004 | |||
157 | Georgia | 14.45 | 2003 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 14.3 | 2004 | |||
158 | Lebanon | 14.25 | 2005 | ||
159 | United States | 14.21 | 2004 | ||
160 | Germany | 14.19 | 2004 | ||
161 | Virgin Islands | 14.18 | 1991 | ||
162 | Estonia | 14.11 | 2002 | ||
163 | Seychelles | 14.04 | 2004 | ||
164 | Monaco | 13.98 | 2004 | ||
165 | Spain | 13.93 | 2004 | ||
166 | Libya | 13.74 | 1991 | ||
167 | Azerbaijan | 13.45 | 2005 | ||
168 | Austria | 13.13 | 2004 | ||
169 | Latvia | 12.98 | 2004 | ||
170 | Cayman Islands | 12.81 | 2005 | ||
171 | Poland | 12.63 | 2004 | ||
172 | Israel | 12.42 | 2004 | ||
173 | Kuwait | 12.06 | 2005 | ||
=174 | Belgium | 11.57 | 2004 | ||
=174 | Portugal | 11.57 | 2004 | ||
176 | Luxembourg | 11.53 | 2004 | ||
177 | Andorra | 11.47 | 2005 | ||
178 | Greece | 11.26 | 2004 | ||
179 | Qatar | 11.11 | 2005 | ||
180 | Italy | 10.62 | 2004 | ||
181 | Iceland | 10.53 | 2004 | ||
182 | Norway | 10.5 | 2004 | ||
183 | Hungary | 10.47 | 2004 | ||
184 | Cuba | 10.31 | 2005 | ||
185 | Brunei | 10.12 | 2005 | ||
186 | Sweden | 10.11 | 2004 | ||
187 | Denmark | 9.93 | 2001 | ||
188 | Liechtenstein | 8.72 | 2004 | ||
189 | Bermuda | 8.34 | 2005 | ||
190 | San Marino | 6.34 | 2004 |