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Pupil-teacher ratio, primary by country

Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in primary school.

Countries reporting
199
Highest
83.41
Central African Republic
Lowest
6.93
San Marino
Median
18.93
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
8,053

What the numbers show

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 83.41 in Central African Republic; the lowest is 6.93 in San Marino.

The median across all reporting countries is 18.93, and the mean is 22.86.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.

Over the past decade 61 countries rose and 133 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 58.4%), and the largest decrease in Oman (down 51.4%).

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Central African Republic 83.41 2016 down 5.9% rising
2 Rwanda 59.51 2018 down 12.1% rising
3 Malawi 58.68 2018 down 25.2% falling
4 Chad 56.89 2016 down 9.3% falling
5 Mozambique 55.27 2018 down 13.6% falling
6 Ethiopia 55.07 2011 down 18.2% rising
7 Guinea-Bissau 51.93 2010 up 17.8% rising
8 Tanzania 50.63 2018 down 3.4% rising
9 Angola 50.03 2015 up 22.0% rising
10 Afghanistan 48.79 2018 up 11.6% rising
11 Guinea 47.15 2016 up 6.0% rising
12 Cameroon 44.83 2018 down 2.6% falling
13 Congo 44.44 2012 down 20.9% flat
14 Pakistan 44.08 2018 up 8.4% rising
15 Uganda 42.66 2017 down 13.9% rising
16 Burundi 42.52 2018 down 18.2% rising
17 Zambia 42.06 2017 down 24.0% flat
18 Cote d'Ivoire 41.82 2018 down 0.2% flat
19 Cambodia 41.7 2018 down 14.1% rising
20 Nauru 40.18 2016 up 50.0% rising
21 Togo 40.15 2018 down 2.9% falling
22 Madagascar 39.81 2018 down 15.6% falling
23 Burkina Faso 39.72 2018 down 18.8% falling
24 Benin 39.2 2018 down 12.0% flat
25 Eritrea 38.74 2018 down 9.8% flat
26 Mali 37.83 2018 down 26.5% rising
27 Nigeria 37.55 2010 down 12.5% rising
28 Zimbabwe 36.41 2013 down 5.6% falling
29 Niger 36.34 2017 down 8.4% flat
30 Senegal 36.32 2018 down 0.3% falling
31 Gambia 36.14 2018 up 5.2% rising
32 Papua New Guinea 35.52 2016 down 1.9% rising
33 Somalia 35.52 2007 — falling
34 Bhutan 34.67 2018 up 16.0% rising
35 Mauritania 34.28 2018 down 7.9% flat
36 Haiti 33.41 1998 down 7.7% falling
37 Democratic Republic of Congo 33.2 2015 down 13.3% falling
38 Lesotho 32.95 2017 down 11.4% falling
39 India 32.75 2017 down 20.8% falling
40 Sao Tome and Principe 31.16 2017 up 1.2% rising
41 Kenya 30.65 2015 down 27.0% rising
42 Mongolia 30.38 2018 down 2.5% flat
43 South Africa 30.33 2015 down 3.4% rising
44 Samoa 30.24 2010 up 25.9% rising
45 Nicaragua 30.22 2010 down 15.3% falling
46 Bangladesh 30.05 2018 down 31.3% falling
47 Djibouti 29.37 2018 down 13.7% falling
48 Philippines 29.08 2017 down 13.6% rising
49 Iran 28.52 2017 up 30.9% falling
50 Comoros 28.06 2018 down 6.9% falling
51 Fiji 28 2012 up 0.6% rising
52 Sierra Leone 27.52 2018 down 12.2% rising
53 Ghana 26.99 2019 down 18.5% rising
54 East Timor 26.95 2018 down 9.5% falling
55 Yemen 26.93 2016 down 12.6% rising
56 El Salvador 26.89 2018 down 17.5% falling
57 Morocco 26.8 2018 up 1.0% falling
58 Eswatini 26.6 2017 down 18.0% falling
59 Vanuatu 26.57 2015 up 32.8% flat
60 Mexico 26.55 2017 down 5.1% falling
61 Venezuela 25.68 1987 down 12.7% falling
62 Honduras 25.6 2017 down 8.3% falling
63 Kiribati 25.49 2017 up 3.3% falling
64 Solomon Islands 25.41 2018 up 27.6% falling
65 Syria 25.33 2002 up 2.4% falling
66 Namibia 25.09 2018 down 14.7% falling
67 Kyrgyzstan 24.99 2018 up 3.3% rising
68 Jamaica 24.79 2018 up 6.0% falling
69 Gabon 24.53 2011 down 50.2% falling
70 United Arab Emirates 24.52 2016 up 58.4% falling
71 Palestine 24.45 2018 down 15.7% falling
72 Myanmar 24.36 2018 down 15.5% falling
73 Algeria 24.32 2018 up 4.7% falling
74 Ecuador 24.26 2018 up 7.5% falling
75 Paraguay 24.16 2012 down 10.4% falling
76 Botswana 23.71 2015 down 7.2% falling
77 Egypt 23.68 2018 down 12.6% falling
78 Colombia 23.3 2018 down 20.7% falling
79 Equatorial Guinea 23.23 2015 down 27.4% falling
80 Guyana 23.16 2012 down 10.9% falling
81 Laos 22.34 2018 down 26.7% falling
82 Liberia 22.32 2017 down 20.2% falling
83 Tajikistan 22.3 2017 up 3.2% flat
84 Panama 21.96 2017 down 10.5% falling
85 Sri Lanka 21.74 2018 down 7.5% falling
86 Tonga 21.63 2015 up 6.6% falling
87 Uzbekistan 21.51 2018 up 22.2% falling
88 Russia 21.26 2017 up 24.2% falling
89 Cape Verde 21.07 2018 down 13.5% falling
90 New Caledonia 20.37 1991 down 2.0% falling
91 Vietnam 20.28 2018 up 1.8% falling
92 Guatemala 20.26 2018 down 31.1% falling
93 Brazil 20.22 2017 down 15.2% falling
94 Guam 20.02 1989 up 0.4% falling
95 Belize 19.78 2018 down 12.5% falling
96 Nepal 19.74 2019 down 40.7% falling
97 Bahamas 19.45 2018 up 23.2% falling
98 Romania 19.33 2017 up 16.9% falling
99 Belarus 19.23 2018 up 25.5% falling
100 Czechia 18.93 2013 up 12.7% falling
101 Dominican Republic 18.92 2018 down 3.6% falling
102 Jordan 18.54 2018 down 7.0% falling
103 France 18.18 2013 down 2.5% falling
104 Moldova 17.92 2018 up 13.0% falling
105 Australia 17.88 1999 up 6.7% falling
106 Bolivia 17.8 2018 up 8.2% falling
107 Chile 17.79 2017 down 29.1% falling
108 Turks and Caicos Islands 17.69 2018 up 16.3% falling
109 Trinidad and Tobago 17.58 2009 down 17.6% falling
110 Albania 17.57 2018 down 9.5% falling
111 Canada 17.42 2000 up 11.0% rising
112 Peru 17.39 2018 down 16.7% falling
113 Argentina 17.23 2008 down 13.5% falling
114 Kazakhstan 17.21 2019 up 4.9% falling
115 Indonesia 17.03 2018 down 17.7% falling
116 Turkey 16.98 2017 down 15.7% falling
117 Iraq 16.96 2007 down 15.1% falling
118 Bosnia and Herzegovina 16.93 2018 down 1.0% flat
119 Libya 16.9 1983 down 34.1% falling
120 Tunisia 16.87 2018 down 2.4% falling
121 Thailand 16.64 2018 up 4.0% falling
122 China 16.43 2018 down 6.4% falling
123 Grenada 16.35 2018 down 27.5% falling
124 South Korea 16.29 2017 down 36.4% falling
125 Mauritius 16.2 2018 down 25.2% falling
126 Ireland 16.06 2012 down 17.2% falling
127 Cayman Islands 15.75 2018 up 30.2% falling
128 Japan 15.66 2017 — falling
129 Tuvalu 15.58 2018 down 19.0% falling
130 Slovakia 15.54 2017 up 1.3% falling
131 Azerbaijan 15.43 2018 up 36.6% falling
132 Armenia 15.42 2018 down 20.1% flat
133 Bulgaria 15.21 2017 down 4.6% flat
134 United Kingdom 15.13 2017 down 12.2% falling
135 American Samoa 15.05 1992 down 11.9% falling
136 New Zealand 14.92 2017 down 4.9% falling
137 North Macedonia 14.91 2017 down 18.4% falling
138 Aruba 14.79 2012 down 22.4% falling
139 Saint Lucia 14.74 2018 down 31.2% falling
140 Singapore 14.69 2017 down 30.5% falling
141 Seychelles 14.49 2018 up 11.0% falling
142 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.39 2018 down 15.1% falling
143 French Polynesia 14.33 1996 down 30.1% falling
144 Serbia 14.29 2018 down 13.8% falling
145 United States Virgin Islands 14.19 1993 down 0.1% falling
146 Gibraltar 14.17 2017 down 14.8% falling
147 Barbados 13.99 2018 up 4.0% falling
148 Saint Kitts and Nevis 13.87 2016 down 21.4% falling
149 Saudi Arabia 13.81 2018 up 28.5% falling
150 Slovenia 13.8 2016 down 9.1% rising
151 Finland 13.67 2017 down 9.1% falling
152 Puerto Rico 13.54 2016 up 16.1% falling
153 Lithuania 13.52 2017 up 1.9% falling
154 Croatia 13.51 2016 down 20.8% falling
155 Macao 13.5 2018 down 26.0% falling
156 Suriname 13.39 2018 down 16.2% falling
157 Hong Kong 13.35 2018 down 19.3% falling
158 Spain 13.13 2017 up 2.4% falling
159 Dominica 13.08 2016 down 24.1% falling
160 Ukraine 12.98 2018 down 17.9% falling
161 Malta 12.94 2017 down 23.2% falling
162 Lebanon 12.48 2017 down 12.4% falling
163 Antigua and Barbuda 12.41 2018 down 27.6% falling
164 Portugal 12.35 2017 up 5.4% falling
165 Germany 12.3 2017 down 9.7% falling
166 Sweden 12.23 2017 up 24.8% falling
167 Costa Rica 12.2 2018 down 35.7% falling
168 Qatar 12.17 2018 down 2.7% falling
169 Israel 12.07 2016 down 9.6% flat
170 Cyprus 12.04 2017 down 23.0% falling
171 Bahrain 11.92 2018 down 1.6% falling
172 Netherlands 11.81 2017 up 2.1% falling
173 Monaco 11.7 2019 — falling
174 Malaysia 11.66 2017 down 22.2% falling
175 British Virgin Islands 11.62 2017 down 18.0% falling
176 Latvia 11.54 2017 up 4.5% falling
177 Italy 11.48 2017 up 11.2% falling
178 Estonia 11.31 2017 down 11.8% falling
179 Belgium 11.28 2017 up 0.9% falling
180 Uruguay 11.02 2017 down 29.0% falling
181 Hungary 10.77 2016 up 5.1% flat
182 Denmark 10.74 2014 up 8.1% falling
183 Andorra 10.5 2018 up 4.7% falling
184 Bermuda 10.42 2015 up 25.0% falling
185 Poland 10.18 2017 down 4.3% falling
186 Maldives 10.16 2017 down 30.0% falling
187 Iceland 10.14 2015 — falling
188 Austria 10.02 2017 down 15.6% falling
189 Switzerland 9.93 2017 down 7.7% falling
190 Brunei 9.9 2018 down 21.2% falling
191 Oman 9.67 2018 down 51.4% falling
192 Greece 9.38 2017 down 8.8% falling
193 Cuba 9.16 2018 down 4.7% falling
194 Georgia 8.98 2018 up 3.5% falling
195 Kuwait 8.88 2018 down 2.5% falling
196 Norway 8.59 2017 — falling
197 Luxembourg 8.3 2016 down 25.2% falling
198 Liechtenstein 7.8 2017 up 9.5% falling
199 San Marino 6.93 2018 up 9.3% falling

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, primary
Source
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
242 places, 8,053 data points, 1970–2019
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Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in primary school.