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Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary by country

Lower secondary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in lower secondary school.

Countries reporting
137
Highest
43.91
Ethiopia
Lowest
5.6
Liechtenstein
Median
13.63
Years covered
39
1981–2019
Data points
2,795

What the numbers show

Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary is currently reported for 137 countries. The highest value is 43.91 in Ethiopia; the lowest is 5.6 in Liechtenstein.

The median across all reporting countries is 13.63, and the mean is 16.3.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 91 fell. The largest increase was in Gibraltar (up 179.3%), and the largest decrease in Zambia (down 60.5%).

Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ethiopia 43.91 2011 up 58.7% rising
2 Mozambique 43.6 2013 up 20.1% flat
3 Eritrea 40.34 2018 down 28.0% falling
4 Mauritania 37.6 2018 up 8.4% rising
5 Guinea 37.05 2011 up 5.3% rising
6 Bangladesh 36.68 2017 up 28.3% falling
7 Burundi 35.69 2018 up 46.2% rising
8 Chad 35.43 2016 down 17.1% flat
9 Niger 34.73 2017 up 13.6% falling
10 Afghanistan 33.87 2018 up 7.9% falling
11 Nepal 31.99 2019 down 38.2% falling
12 Nigeria 31.13 2010 down 26.5% falling
13 Kenya 30.65 2015 down 27.0% falling
14 Djibouti 29.96 2019 down 9.7% rising
15 Mali 29.73 2018 down 19.4% falling
16 Nicaragua 29.33 2010 down 8.3% falling
17 Myanmar 28.73 2018 down 20.9% flat
18 Senegal 28.35 2018 down 18.5% falling
19 El Salvador 27.8 2018 up 8.0% flat
20 East Timor 26.95 2018 down 29.8% falling
21 Colombia 26.31 2018 down 7.2% rising
22 India 24.93 2018 down 16.2% falling
23 Thailand 24.86 2018 up 22.0% rising
24 Philippines 24.18 2017 down 38.7% falling
25 Samoa 23.61 2010 down 2.3% flat
26 Burkina Faso 23.12 2018 down 23.0% falling
27 Ecuador 22.78 2018 up 55.1% rising
28 Morocco 22.64 2018 up 13.6% rising
29 Cambodia 21.87 2018 down 19.0% rising
30 Iran 21.33 2017 up 6.0% falling
31 Zambia 21.13 2014 down 60.5% flat
32 Mongolia 21.09 2007 up 46.7% rising
33 Dominican Republic 21.07 2015 down 17.4% flat
34 Madagascar 19.74 2018 down 32.5% falling
35 Mexico 19.66 2017 down 0.6% rising
36 Guyana 19.58 2012 up 18.8% rising
37 Gambia 19.34 2018 down 20.9% rising
38 Puerto Rico 19.26 2016 up 7.0% rising
39 Sao Tome and Principe 19.2 2017 down 18.0% falling
40 Palestine 18.61 2018 down 26.1% falling
41 Chile 18.32 2017 down 24.9% falling
42 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 17.85 2010 down 25.9% falling
43 Hong Kong 17.76 2005 — flat
44 Brazil 17.56 2017 down 10.4% falling
45 Vietnam 17.55 2018 down 6.3% falling
46 United Kingdom 17.35 2017 up 13.4% rising
47 Laos 17.33 2018 down 20.5% falling
48 Belize 17.31 2018 down 4.2% falling
49 Malaysia 17.17 2004 down 14.6% falling
50 Turkey 17.12 2017 down 14.6% falling
51 Egypt 16.77 2018 up 4.6% falling
52 Sri Lanka 16.7 2018 down 11.7% falling
53 Pakistan 16.43 2018 down 30.6% falling
54 Argentina 16.31 2008 up 30.1% rising
55 Cape Verde 15.69 2018 down 18.2% falling
56 Sierra Leone 15.58 2018 down 18.5% falling
57 Gibraltar 15.49 2017 up 179.3% rising
58 Indonesia 15.42 2018 up 23.4% falling
59 Israel 15.12 2016 up 33.8% rising
60 New Zealand 15.02 2017 up 1.6% falling
61 Kiribati 14.94 2017 down 15.8% falling
62 France 14.68 2013 up 13.0% rising
63 Panama 14.66 2017 down 9.9% falling
64 Liberia 14.61 2017 down 6.5% falling
65 Jordan 14.55 2018 down 27.0% falling
66 Suriname 14.22 2018 down 2.3% falling
67 Dominica 13.97 2014 down 15.5% falling
68 Netherlands 13.82 2017 up 4.1% falling
69 Tunisia 13.63 2018 down 14.5% falling
70 United Arab Emirates 13.58 2016 down 2.2% flat
71 South Korea 13.56 2017 down 33.7% falling
72 Trinidad and Tobago 13.5 2009 down 38.5% falling
73 Ghana 13.1 2019 down 24.6% falling
74 Grenada 12.8 2018 down 0.9% falling
75 Bulgaria 12.72 2017 up 7.3% rising
76 Bhutan 12.63 2018 down 59.3% falling
77 Bahamas 12.62 2018 down 0.4% falling
78 Costa Rica 12.52 2018 down 20.8% falling
79 Guatemala 12.35 2018 down 30.5% falling
80 China 12.33 2018 down 22.2% falling
81 Japan 12.28 2017 — falling
82 Spain 11.88 2017 down 0.2% falling
83 Saudi Arabia 11.7 2018 up 11.7% rising
84 Qatar 11.66 2018 up 9.3% falling
85 Cayman Islands 11.57 2018 up 0.9% falling
86 Bahrain 11.31 2018 down 5.4% falling
87 Czechia 11.27 2013 down 12.9% falling
88 Sweden 11.26 2017 up 15.7% flat
89 Saint Lucia 11.25 2018 down 30.9% falling
90 Romania 11.17 2017 up 4.2% falling
91 Germany 11.09 2017 down 11.0% falling
92 Benin 11.02 2014 down 59.4% falling
93 Antigua and Barbuda 10.89 2012 down 9.6% rising
93 Slovakia 10.89 2017 down 16.8% falling
95 Oman 10.37 2018 down 34.1% falling
96 Macao 10.35 2018 down 46.0% falling
97 Italy 10.18 2017 up 12.2% rising
98 Denmark 10.15 2014 up 1.0% rising
99 Uruguay 10.14 2010 down 14.5% falling
100 Luxembourg 10.14 2016 down 9.3% flat
101 Saint Kitts and Nevis 9.98 2012 down 0.5% rising
102 Albania 9.88 2018 down 31.7% falling
103 Moldova 9.77 2018 down 12.4% falling
104 Hungary 9.72 2016 up 0.5% falling
105 Cuba 9.71 2018 up 2.9% falling
106 Brunei 9.57 2018 down 8.6% falling
107 Portugal 9.54 2017 up 24.8% falling
108 Comoros 9.16 2018 down 38.8% falling
109 Cyprus 8.95 2017 down 17.8% falling
110 Finland 8.93 2017 down 8.5% falling
111 British Virgin Islands 8.89 2011 down 14.7% rising
112 Belgium 8.69 2017 up 8.7% flat
113 Estonia 8.64 2017 down 13.4% falling
114 Poland 8.64 2017 down 28.5% falling
115 Uzbekistan 8.5 2018 down 19.7% falling
116 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.49 2018 down 12.2% falling
117 Switzerland 8.42 2017 up 3.0% rising
118 Belarus 8.42 2018 up 9.2% rising
119 Georgia 8.28 2018 up 16.0% falling
120 Kuwait 8.07 2012 down 31.0% falling
121 Norway 7.97 2017 — rising
122 Greece 7.8 2017 down 3.6% falling
123 Serbia 7.8 2018 down 24.2% falling
124 North Macedonia 7.78 2017 down 38.9% falling
125 Austria 7.73 2017 down 15.6% falling
126 Croatia 7.56 2016 down 34.0% falling
127 Latvia 7.48 2017 down 24.9% falling
128 Lithuania 7.45 2017 down 13.3% falling
129 Lebanon 7.4 2016 down 31.9% falling
130 Monaco 7.29 2019 — falling
131 Andorra 7.26 2012 up 7.8% rising
132 Malta 6.43 2017 down 32.7% falling
133 San Marino 6.28 2018 down 1.1% rising
134 Bermuda 6.02 2015 down 13.8% falling
135 Maldives 5.93 2017 down 48.2% falling
136 Slovenia 5.91 2016 down 38.3% falling
137 Liechtenstein 5.6 2017 up 5.1% flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary
Source
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
180 places, 2,795 data points, 1981–2019
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Lower secondary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in lower secondary school.