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Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary by country

Preprimary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in preprimary school.

Countries reporting
182
Highest
113.97
Tanzania
Lowest
4.77
Iceland
Median
16.9
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
6,028

What the numbers show

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 113.97 in Tanzania; the lowest is 4.77 in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 16.9, and the mean is 18.96.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 24.

Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 114 fell. The largest increase was in Turks and Caicos Islands (up 265.5%), and the largest decrease in Bahamas (down 66.7%).

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tanzania 113.97 2017 up 164.7% rising
2 United Kingdom 61.81 2017 up 180.2% rising
3 Gambia 48.04 2018 up 42.7% rising
4 Central African Republic 44.27 2011 up 28.6% falling
5 Turks and Caicos Islands 43.08 2018 up 265.5% volatile
6 Canada 39.56 1996 up 18.3% rising
7 Burundi 38.19 2018 up 3.9% falling
8 Liberia 37.31 2017 — rising
9 Rwanda 36.1 2018 down 5.1% falling
10 Guinea 33.54 2010 down 20.3% falling
11 Cambodia 33.34 2018 up 45.5% rising
12 Mongolia 33.15 2018 up 31.1% rising
13 Niger 32.59 2018 up 8.5% falling
14 Chad 31.93 2016 down 8.9% rising
15 East Timor 31.8 2018 up 7.9% rising
16 Bolivia 31.01 2018 down 8.9% falling
17 Israel 30.02 1990 down 5.1% flat
18 Ghana 29.95 2019 down 15.4% flat
19 Senegal 29.8 2018 up 19.5% falling
20 South Africa 29.64 2014 down 16.6% flat
21 Eritrea 29.35 2018 down 13.0% falling
22 United Arab Emirates 29.27 2016 up 60.0% falling
23 Guinea-Bissau 28.96 2010 up 35.1% rising
24 Kenya 28.87 2016 up 28.7% falling
25 Togo 28.44 2018 down 2.6% falling
26 El Salvador 28.21 2018 up 16.0% falling
27 Japan 27.68 2017 — rising
28 Ethiopia 27.41 2011 down 19.4% falling
29 Philippines 27.08 2017 down 21.8% falling
30 Kyrgyzstan 26.93 2011 up 41.4% rising
31 Iran 26.91 2005 up 16.8% rising
32 Yemen 26.41 2016 up 73.1% rising
33 Uruguay 26.31 2010 down 7.2% falling
34 Egypt 26.04 2018 down 17.0% falling
35 Sudan 25.84 2017 up 54.6% flat
36 Congo 25.66 2012 up 68.6% volatile
37 Colombia 25.63 2011 up 25.7% flat
38 Chile 25.4 2017 up 36.3% falling
39 Algeria 25.36 2011 down 9.7% rising
40 French Polynesia 25.08 1996 down 2.9% falling
41 Mexico 25.02 2017 down 11.9% falling
42 New Caledonia 24.8 1991 down 29.3% falling
43 Paraguay 24.09 2012 down 6.0% falling
44 Benin 23.97 2018 down 37.5% rising
45 Ireland 23.96 1997 down 17.9% falling
46 Solomon Islands 23.35 2018 down 39.8% rising
47 Democratic Republic of Congo 23.29 2015 down 8.9% falling
48 Bangladesh 23.12 2002 down 37.1% falling
49 Singapore 23.01 1989 up 11.4% rising
50 Nauru 22.5 2016 up 40.0% rising
51 Venezuela 22.47 1997 down 5.2% falling
52 Cuba 22.17 1997 up 2.4% falling
53 Madagascar 22.13 2018 down 16.0% falling
54 Uganda 22.03 2017 down 17.9% falling
55 American Samoa 21.9 1992 up 18.7% rising
56 Hong Kong 21.37 1996 down 35.1% falling
57 Nicaragua 21.19 2010 down 18.4% falling
58 Cote d'Ivoire 21.1 2018 up 36.4% falling
59 Oman 20.77 2018 up 6.9% falling
60 Bahamas 20.66 2018 down 66.7% volatile
61 France 20.33 2013 up 13.1% falling
62 Cameroon 20.26 2018 down 7.0% falling
63 Thailand 20.2 1993 down 10.1% falling
64 India 20.1 2015 up 202.7% volatile
65 Monaco 19.98 2019 — falling
66 Argentina 19.92 2008 down 7.1% flat
67 Mali 19.64 2018 down 47.7% falling
68 Suriname 19.58 2018 down 8.9% falling
69 Aruba 19.55 2012 down 17.6% falling
70 Peru 19.55 2018 down 0.2% falling
71 Botswana 19.35 2014 up 27.3% flat
72 Honduras 19.34 2016 down 24.9% falling
73 Ecuador 19.32 2018 up 3.7% falling
74 Fiji 19.21 2006 down 1.3% rising
75 Guatemala 19.21 2012 down 17.1% falling
76 Dominican Republic 18.89 2018 down 21.9% falling
77 Nepal 18.61 2019 down 25.2% flat
78 Lesotho 18.46 2016 down 4.9% falling
79 Seychelles 18.24 2018 up 28.6% falling
80 Laos 18.24 2018 up 3.4% falling
81 Azerbaijan 18.17 2018 up 108.2% rising
82 Morocco 18.15 2012 down 6.7% falling
83 Malaysia 18.11 2018 down 19.7% falling
84 Montenegro 17.56 2011 down 10.0% falling
85 Jordan 17.56 2018 down 15.1% falling
86 Puerto Rico 17.5 2016 up 36.3% rising
87 China 17.38 2018 down 22.4% falling
88 Vietnam 17.27 2018 down 10.6% falling
89 Burkina Faso 17.21 2018 down 27.1% falling
90 Turkey 17.2 2017 down 33.5% flat
91 Albania 17.09 2018 down 13.0% falling
92 Palestine 16.7 2018 down 15.2% falling
93 Equatorial Guinea 16.65 2015 down 37.9% falling
94 Portugal 16.56 2017 up 4.2% falling
95 Brazil 16.48 2017 — falling
96 Belize 16.44 2018 down 1.4% falling
97 Cape Verde 16.33 2018 down 24.2% falling
98 Syria 15.91 2013 down 26.9% falling
99 Netherlands 15.89 2017 up 3.8% falling
100 Barbados 15.65 2018 down 4.2% falling
101 Guyana 15.63 2012 down 2.7% falling
102 Lebanon 15.62 2017 down 1.2% falling
103 Maldives 15.53 2017 down 36.1% falling
104 Vanuatu 15.51 2015 down 0.2% falling
105 Brunei 15.43 2018 down 21.1% falling
106 Panama 15.39 2017 down 16.2% falling
107 Tunisia 15.24 2016 down 20.7% falling
108 Romania 15.19 2017 down 14.4% falling
109 Iraq 15.06 2007 down 14.2% falling
110 Saudi Arabia 15.04 2018 up 45.2% falling
111 Myanmar 14.95 2018 down 14.9% falling
112 Qatar 14.83 2018 down 10.5% falling
113 Macao 14.5 2018 down 19.9% falling
114 Djibouti 14.4 2018 down 13.6% falling
115 Bahrain 14.4 2018 down 8.5% falling
116 Cyprus 14.4 2017 down 17.3% falling
117 Czechia 13.89 2013 up 8.5% flat
118 Sierra Leone 13.84 2017 down 19.7% falling
119 Trinidad and Tobago 13.53 2007 up 5.6% flat
120 Spain 13.44 2017 — falling
121 Andorra 13.28 2018 down 0.4% flat
122 Norway 13.26 2017 — rising
123 South Korea 13.03 2017 — falling
124 Sao Tome and Principe 13.01 2015 down 48.9% falling
125 Poland 12.97 2017 down 26.1% falling
126 Croatia 12.94 2016 down 8.3% falling
127 Costa Rica 12.91 2018 down 11.3% falling
128 Belgium 12.7 2017 down 8.0% falling
129 Indonesia 12.68 2018 up 8.1% falling
130 Eswatini 12.47 2011 — volatile
131 Mauritius 12.38 2018 down 13.2% falling
132 Grenada 12.37 2018 down 17.2% falling
133 Bulgaria 12.23 2017 up 6.8% falling
134 Slovakia 11.97 2017 down 10.5% flat
135 Moldova 11.88 2018 up 21.4% rising
136 Hungary 11.8 2016 up 10.7% falling
137 Malta 11.79 2017 down 0.1% falling
138 Samoa 11.75 2018 down 19.8% volatile
139 Somalia 11.71 1986 down 26.2% volatile
140 Switzerland 11.67 2017 down 2.4% flat
141 Serbia 11.64 2018 down 21.6% falling
142 Italy 11.62 2017 down 0.0% falling
143 Uzbekistan 11.58 2018 up 26.3% falling
144 Austria 11.54 2017 down 14.7% falling
145 Tajikistan 11.44 2017 down 9.5% rising
146 Dominica 11.27 2016 down 18.9% falling
147 Finland 11.14 2017 down 2.5% falling
148 Bhutan 11.12 2018 down 1.6% falling
149 Gibraltar 10.94 2017 — rising
150 Jamaica 10.8 2018 down 54.6% falling
151 Georgia 10.73 2007 up 40.8% rising
152 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.58 2015 down 22.4% falling
153 Tonga 10.53 2015 — falling
154 Greece 10.44 2017 down 12.4% falling
155 Luxembourg 10.09 2016 down 16.5% falling
156 Latvia 9.72 2017 down 6.3% rising
157 Lithuania 9.67 2017 up 35.3% rising
158 Kazakhstan 9.35 2014 down 12.2% falling
159 Ukraine 9.35 2012 up 17.0% falling
160 Slovenia 9.11 2016 down 1.2% falling
161 Libya 8.95 2006 up 7.0% falling
162 Russia 8.82 1994 down 8.0% falling
163 Bermuda 8.59 2014 up 13.8% falling
164 Antigua and Barbuda 8.52 2011 up 37.6% volatile
165 Cayman Islands 8.44 2012 down 15.7% falling
166 Tuvalu 8.44 2018 — falling
167 Kuwait 8.33 2018 down 27.2% falling
168 British Virgin Islands 8.27 2016 down 43.0% falling
169 North Macedonia 7.99 2012 down 30.7% falling
170 Belarus 7.92 2018 up 28.3% falling
171 New Zealand 7.82 2017 — volatile
172 Germany 7.7 2017 — falling
173 Liechtenstein 7.58 2017 down 9.4% falling
174 Afghanistan 7.23 2003 — falling
175 San Marino 7.05 2018 down 6.1% falling
176 Estonia 6.82 2012 down 14.6% flat
177 Armenia 6.27 2018 down 35.9% falling
178 Saint Lucia 5.94 2016 down 46.4% falling
179 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5.59 2018 down 27.8% falling
180 Denmark 5.53 2001 down 60.6% falling
181 Sweden 5.52 2017 down 44.2% falling
182 Iceland 4.77 2015 down 24.5% rising

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, preprimary
Source
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
225 places, 6,028 data points, 1970–2019
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Preprimary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in preprimary school.