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Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary by country

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

Countries reporting
190
Highest
72.31
Malawi
Lowest
5.84
San Marino
Median
14.5
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
6,299

What the numbers show

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 72.31 in Malawi; the lowest is 5.84 in San Marino.

The median across all reporting countries is 14.5, and the mean is 16.83.

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

Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 114 fell. The largest increase was in Gibraltar (up 176.0%), and the largest decrease in Central African Republic (down 60.5%).

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malawi 72.31 2018 up 87.9% flat
2 Ethiopia 40.35 2012 — rising
3 Guinea-Bissau 37.28 2006 up 148.3% volatile
4 Mozambique 36.54 2017 down 0.7% rising
5 Bangladesh 35.1 2018 up 29.7% rising
6 Eritrea 35.02 2018 down 19.0% falling
7 Papua New Guinea 34.3 2016 — rising
8 Afghanistan 33.5 2018 up 6.1% rising
9 Kenya 33.44 2009 up 13.9% rising
10 Guinea 33.14 2011 up 5.8% rising
11 Central African Republic 31.64 2017 down 60.5% rising
12 Nicaragua 30.83 2010 down 3.7% flat
13 Niger 29.73 2017 up 0.8% rising
14 Cambodia 28.92 2007 up 68.4% rising
15 India 28.52 2018 up 13.5% rising
16 Nepal 28.26 2019 down 23.4% rising
17 Rwanda 28.25 2018 up 28.3% rising
18 Gabon 28.12 1999 up 22.9% rising
19 South Africa 27.62 2017 down 5.4% flat
20 El Salvador 27.56 2018 up 4.7% rising
21 Cote d'Ivoire 27.28 2018 — rising
22 Myanmar 27.25 2018 down 21.0% flat
23 Chad 27.13 2016 down 17.8% falling
24 Djibouti 26.83 2019 down 9.7% rising
25 Angola 26.77 2016 up 41.2% rising
26 Burundi 26.6 2018 down 5.0% rising
27 East Timor 26.55 2018 down 17.5% falling
28 Togo 26.25 2011 down 16.8% flat
29 Thailand 25.95 2018 up 22.2% rising
30 Solomon Islands 25.92 2012 up 156.2% rising
31 Mauritania 25.92 2018 down 1.1% rising
32 Colombia 25.91 2018 up 2.7% rising
33 Zambia 25.41 1988 up 12.0% rising
34 Lesotho 25.34 2017 down 0.2% rising
35 Sao Tome and Principe 24.82 2016 up 14.4% rising
36 Nauru 24.8 2016 down 27.0% rising
37 Namibia 24.62 2007 up 30.7% rising
38 Haiti 24.47 1984 up 23.2% rising
39 Philippines 23.88 2017 down 32.0% flat
40 Nigeria 23.2 2010 down 24.9% falling
41 Burkina Faso 23.12 2018 down 23.8% rising
42 Zimbabwe 22.48 2013 up 0.7% rising
43 Sierra Leone 22.04 2016 down 17.2% flat
44 Samoa 21.47 2010 up 1.4% falling
45 Tanzania 20.86 2018 — flat
46 Gambia 20.75 1996 down 9.4% rising
47 Ecuador 20.62 2018 up 40.7% rising
48 Vanuatu 20.57 2015 up 35.8% rising
49 Pakistan 20.4 2018 down 12.3% rising
50 Guyana 20.29 2012 up 23.1% flat
51 Morocco 19.42 2018 up 3.7% falling
52 Somalia 19.3 2007 — rising
53 Madagascar 19.3 2018 down 27.8% flat
54 Fiji 19.29 2012 up 1.5% rising
55 Cameroon 19.26 2016 up 19.1% falling
56 Equatorial Guinea 19.25 2005 down 31.9% falling
57 Iran 19.01 2017 — falling
58 Senegal 18.88 2017 down 28.4% flat
59 Canada 18.8 1996 up 26.4% flat
60 Congo 18.68 2012 down 33.6% falling
61 Dominican Republic 18.65 2017 down 35.8% falling
62 Bolivia 18.5 2018 down 11.1% falling
63 Uganda 18.47 2007 up 0.3% falling
64 Paraguay 18.4 2012 up 55.2% rising
65 Liberia 18.39 2015 — flat
66 Chile 18.37 2017 down 22.5% falling
67 Guam 18.2 1989 down 16.9% falling
68 Laos 18.15 2018 down 20.2% rising
69 Syria 18.13 2002 up 10.5% falling
70 United States Virgin Islands 18.07 1997 up 0.4% rising
71 Venezuela 18.03 1987 down 5.0% flat
72 Barbados 17.94 2018 up 23.0% falling
73 Sri Lanka 17.53 2018 up 1.6% falling
74 Kiribati 17.44 2008 down 23.3% rising
75 Mali 17.43 2017 down 27.3% rising
76 Turkey 17.35 2017 down 3.3% falling
77 Palestine 17.33 2018 down 28.4% falling
78 Algeria 17.23 1997 down 17.6% falling
79 Puerto Rico 17.16 2016 up 54.3% falling
80 Mexico 16.86 2017 down 5.9% flat
81 Brazil 16.72 2017 down 9.9% rising
82 Belize 16.72 2018 down 1.4% falling
83 Jamaica 16.7 2018 down 15.6% falling
84 Honduras 16.66 2017 — falling
85 United Kingdom 16.62 2017 up 18.7% rising
86 Eswatini 15.55 2016 down 19.6% falling
87 Tajikistan 15.44 2011 down 8.9% flat
88 Cape Verde 15.42 2018 down 15.5% falling
89 Indonesia 15.21 2018 up 27.2% flat
90 Ghana 15.17 2019 down 17.0% falling
91 Egypt 15.16 2018 up 25.0% falling
92 Aruba 15.09 2012 up 0.3% falling
93 Gibraltar 15.05 2017 up 176.0% falling
94 Tonga 14.55 2015 down 2.0% falling
95 Netherlands 14.52 2017 up 9.0% falling
96 Mongolia 14.49 2010 down 27.2% falling
97 Ireland 14.28 1997 down 13.6% rising
98 Democratic Republic of Congo 14.24 2015 down 9.1% falling
99 Peru 14.2 2018 down 12.6% falling
100 French Polynesia 14.05 1993 down 10.6% falling
101 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13.87 2018 down 28.7% falling
102 Botswana 13.82 2007 down 19.0% falling
103 Iraq 13.73 2007 down 26.3% falling
104 Maldives 13.7 2003 down 19.2% rising
105 American Samoa 13.7 1992 down 38.9% falling
106 New Zealand 13.63 2017 down 6.9% falling
107 Tunisia 13.62 2011 down 27.6% falling
108 Panama 13.58 2017 down 12.2% falling
109 Finland 13.58 2017 up 38.7% falling
110 South Korea 13.27 2017 down 26.7% falling
111 China 13.26 2018 down 17.1% falling
112 New Caledonia 13.18 1997 down 10.2% rising
113 Sweden 13.07 2017 up 35.8% rising
114 France 12.94 2013 up 12.8% falling
115 Grenada 12.81 2018 down 31.8% falling
116 Uruguay 12.66 2010 down 13.4% falling
117 Bulgaria 12.64 2016 up 7.6% rising
118 Bahamas 12.48 2018 down 1.5% falling
119 Costa Rica 12.43 2018 down 20.5% falling
120 Jordan 12.26 2018 down 31.4% falling
121 Argentina 12.24 2008 down 1.5% rising
122 Romania 12.08 2017 down 4.9% falling
123 Suriname 11.98 2015 down 13.8% falling
124 Germany 11.97 2017 down 11.0% falling
125 Spain 11.57 2017 up 7.1% falling
126 Czechia 11.55 2013 up 7.4% falling
127 Saudi Arabia 11.53 2018 up 1.6% falling
128 Singapore 11.48 2017 down 35.4% falling
129 Malaysia 11.4 2018 down 19.8% falling
130 Denmark 11.29 2014 up 12.3% rising
131 Hong Kong 11.22 2018 down 34.9% falling
132 Albania 11.2 2018 down 33.3% falling
133 Saint Lucia 11.15 2018 down 31.9% falling
134 Libya 11.11 1983 down 12.3% flat
135 Slovakia 11.07 2017 down 13.6% falling
136 Qatar 11.04 2018 up 13.9% falling
137 Benin 10.99 2016 down 54.1% falling
138 Mauritius 10.99 2018 down 31.5% falling
139 Cayman Islands 10.97 2018 up 23.8% falling
140 Bhutan 10.81 2018 down 54.5% falling
141 Seychelles 10.78 2018 down 25.5% falling
142 Dominica 10.69 2015 down 29.0% falling
143 Kyrgyzstan 10.65 2018 down 21.5% falling
144 Guatemala 10.49 2018 down 36.7% falling
145 Uzbekistan 10.33 2017 down 20.9% flat
146 Bahrain 10.24 2018 down 1.4% falling
147 Oman 10.22 2018 down 41.2% rising
148 Turks and Caicos Islands 10.07 2018 up 15.8% falling
149 Hungary 10.02 2016 up 1.6% flat
150 Italy 9.98 2017 down 1.2% falling
151 Moldova 9.86 2018 down 14.2% falling
152 Switzerland 9.83 2017 up 5.4% falling
153 Israel 9.76 2009 down 6.1% falling
154 Macao 9.76 2018 down 48.5% falling
155 Slovenia 9.7 2016 down 8.7% falling
156 Cuba 9.63 2018 down 0.4% falling
157 Liechtenstein 9.56 2017 up 11.3% rising
158 United Arab Emirates 9.55 2016 — rising
159 Portugal 9.52 2017 up 30.0% falling
160 Austria 9.33 2017 down 14.0% falling
161 Antigua and Barbuda 9.3 2018 down 26.3% falling
162 Estonia 9.18 2017 down 7.5% falling
163 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.12 2018 down 18.0% falling
164 Poland 9.1 2017 down 18.4% falling
165 Belgium 8.99 2017 — falling
166 Luxembourg 8.83 2016 down 12.5% falling
167 Russia 8.76 2012 down 7.9% falling
168 North Macedonia 8.74 2017 down 36.3% falling
169 British Virgin Islands 8.71 2017 up 1.1% falling
170 Norway 8.58 2017 — falling
171 Belarus 8.56 2018 up 10.7% falling
172 Greece 8.56 2017 up 8.6% falling
173 Monaco 8.54 2017 up 47.1% falling
174 Cyprus 8.31 2017 down 22.1% falling
175 Comoros 8.31 2018 down 39.8% volatile
176 Latvia 8.27 2017 down 19.3% falling
177 Brunei 8.27 2018 down 21.6% falling
178 Andorra 8.02 2018 up 3.4% rising
179 Serbia 7.95 2018 down 22.8% falling
180 Saint Kitts and Nevis 7.92 2016 down 20.2% falling
181 Lithuania 7.81 2017 down 17.4% falling
182 Kazakhstan 7.68 2019 — flat
183 Lebanon 7.67 2016 down 16.4% falling
184 Kuwait 7.59 2015 down 28.2% falling
185 Georgia 7.58 2018 up 1.5% falling
186 Ukraine 7.34 2018 — falling
187 Malta 7.11 2017 down 34.4% falling
188 Croatia 6.73 2016 down 29.4% falling
189 Bermuda 6.33 2015 down 9.2% falling
190 San Marino 5.84 2018 down 60.1% 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, secondary
Source
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 6,299 data points, 1970–2019
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Secondary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in secondary school.