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Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary by country

Tertiary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in tertiary school.

Countries reporting
175
Highest
64.41
Syria
Lowest
4.43
Andorra
Median
15.39
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
3,762

What the numbers show

Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 64.41 in Syria; the lowest is 4.43 in Andorra.

The median across all reporting countries is 15.39, and the mean is 17.96.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15.

Over the past decade 77 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Seychelles (up 494.2%), and the largest decrease in Liberia (down 70.1%).

Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Syria 64.41 2015 — rising
2 Nepal 60.01 2013 up 167.1% volatile
3 Cameroon 52.28 2014 up 86.5% rising
4 Turkey 47.44 2017 up 72.7% rising
5 Mauritania 42.95 2013 up 69.6% rising
6 Greece 38.75 2017 up 86.4% rising
7 Bangladesh 37.12 2018 up 76.5% rising
8 Myanmar 35.52 2018 down 25.4% rising
9 Central African Republic 34.61 2011 up 77.9% volatile
10 Tanzania 34.45 2012 up 243.9% volatile
11 Pakistan 33.02 2018 — rising
12 Yemen 32.21 2007 down 2.9% flat
13 Ethiopia 31.22 2014 down 12.9% rising
14 Mali 30.82 2017 — volatile
15 Mauritius 30.39 2010 up 134.6% volatile
16 Sri Lanka 29.76 2018 — volatile
17 Benin 29.49 2017 up 61.0% volatile
18 Morocco 28.74 2018 up 36.1% flat
19 Fiji 28.55 1991 up 207.3% volatile
20 Guam 28.08 1989 — rising
21 Senegal 27.94 2018 up 7.3% rising
22 Palestine 27.88 2018 down 21.8% rising
23 Guatemala 27.71 2002 — rising
24 Dominican Republic 27.43 2017 up 6.2% rising
25 Algeria 27.29 2018 down 4.1% rising
26 Indonesia 27.26 2018 up 76.5% rising
27 Cayman Islands 26.82 2008 up 61.3% rising
28 Ghana 26.52 2018 down 10.1% volatile
29 Chad 26.39 2015 up 178.5% rising
30 Comoros 26.31 2014 up 92.7% rising
31 Czechia 26.02 2013 up 100.3% rising
32 Angola 25.52 2015 down 32.6% volatile
33 Madagascar 24.76 2018 up 40.7% falling
34 Rwanda 24.74 2018 up 32.6% volatile
35 India 24.73 2018 up 12.4% rising
36 Thailand 24.64 2016 down 25.8% rising
37 Vietnam 24.59 2016 down 16.3% volatile
38 Uganda 24.47 2011 up 58.8% rising
39 Egypt 23.87 2014 down 14.8% rising
40 Libya 23.87 2003 — rising
41 Philippines 23.73 2017 up 11.6% falling
42 Mongolia 23.09 2018 up 33.1% rising
43 Jamaica 22.81 2002 up 94.5% rising
44 South Africa 22.8 1994 down 6.6% flat
45 Nigeria 22.6 2011 up 69.3% rising
46 Iraq 22.09 2005 down 4.0% flat
47 Serbia 22.07 2018 up 15.6% rising
48 Bahrain 21.86 2018 down 1.1% rising
49 Liberia 21.64 2012 down 70.1% volatile
50 Afghanistan 21.53 2018 down 24.4% rising
51 Honduras 21.46 2018 down 23.6% rising
52 Togo 21.33 2018 down 69.2% volatile
53 France 21.29 2013 up 34.7% rising
54 Australia 20.38 1992 up 31.5% rising
55 Italy 20.12 2017 up 3.3% falling
56 Romania 19.97 2017 down 34.2% rising
57 Finland 19.84 2017 down 8.8% rising
58 Burundi 19.8 2017 up 23.0% volatile
59 Lesotho 19.68 2018 up 47.7% volatile
60 China 19.49 2011 up 22.1% volatile
61 Peru 19.25 2017 up 30.0% rising
62 Brazil 19.24 2017 up 34.1% rising
63 Djibouti 19.2 2011 up 54.9% rising
64 Somalia 19.18 1987 up 204.7% rising
65 Bahamas 19.04 1995 down 21.3% falling
66 Saudi Arabia 18.97 2018 down 4.9% rising
67 Guinea 18.7 2014 down 63.8% volatile
68 United Arab Emirates 18.42 2017 down 0.8% rising
69 Botswana 18.25 2017 down 16.2% rising
70 El Salvador 17.99 2018 up 11.1% rising
71 Zimbabwe 17.93 2015 down 22.7% falling
72 Eswatini 17.55 2013 up 10.2% volatile
73 Seychelles 17.55 2018 up 494.2% volatile
74 Burkina Faso 17.32 2018 down 6.9% rising
75 Micronesia (country) 17.1 2000 — rising
76 Poland 17.1 2015 down 23.2% rising
77 Kuwait 17.03 2004 up 28.5% rising
78 Belgium 16.95 2017 up 12.4% rising
79 Argentina 16.78 2009 up 6.4% rising
80 Tajikistan 16.66 2017 down 0.4% rising
81 Namibia 16.64 2017 down 3.7% rising
82 Ecuador 16.59 2015 down 16.5% falling
83 Oman 16.22 2016 down 19.1% rising
84 New Zealand 15.96 2017 — rising
85 Tunisia 15.95 2012 down 19.7% rising
86 Bhutan 15.59 2018 up 144.8% rising
87 United Kingdom 15.56 2017 down 14.4% rising
88 Ireland 15.39 2010 up 4.4% rising
89 Democratic Republic of Congo 15.34 2013 up 9.1% rising
90 Nicaragua 15.33 2002 down 2.4% falling
91 American Samoa 15.3 2007 — falling
92 Mozambique 15.17 2018 down 47.3% volatile
93 Kazakhstan 15.07 2019 down 2.8% rising
94 Hong Kong 14.97 1994 up 25.0% rising
95 North Macedonia 14.95 2017 down 28.8% rising
96 Colombia 14.85 2018 down 4.5% rising
97 Iran 14.77 2017 down 30.3% rising
98 Niger 14.7 2018 up 14.2% rising
99 Bermuda 14.53 2018 up 18.3% rising
100 Barbados 14.51 2007 up 31.6% rising
101 Macao 14.37 2018 up 3.3% rising
102 South Korea 14.28 2017 down 10.1% falling
103 Dominica 14.24 1993 up 317.2% volatile
104 Eritrea 14.09 2016 up 31.1% falling
105 Albania 14.07 2018 up 2.0% falling
106 Qatar 14.03 2018 up 44.0% rising
107 Belize 13.94 2017 down 30.1% rising
108 Cyprus 13.91 2017 up 14.2% rising
109 Cambodia 13.88 2017 down 52.2% rising
110 Belarus 13.86 2018 up 0.7% rising
111 Moldova 13.84 2018 down 27.3% rising
112 Hungary 13.61 2016 down 23.4% rising
113 Malawi 13.6 2011 up 94.1% flat
114 Puerto Rico 13.55 2016 down 16.4% falling
115 Malaysia 13.35 2018 down 11.4% rising
116 Singapore 13.34 2017 up 3.2% rising
117 Zambia 13.12 1987 up 28.1% rising
118 Guyana 13.1 2012 down 42.4% rising
119 Venezuela 12.87 2009 up 3.3% rising
120 Slovakia 12.79 2017 down 20.2% rising
121 Netherlands 12.74 2017 down 3.6% rising
122 Jordan 12.5 2017 down 50.9% rising
123 Brunei 12.42 2018 up 53.9% rising
124 Sweden 12.28 2017 up 8.3% rising
125 Congo 12.2 2017 down 39.0% falling
126 New Caledonia 12.08 1985 up 56.1% rising
127 Spain 12.03 2017 down 2.5% falling
128 Uzbekistan 11.93 2018 down 4.2% falling
129 Latvia 11.81 2017 down 37.4% rising
130 Cote d'Ivoire 11.67 2017 down 28.8% falling
131 Panama 11.54 2016 up 1.7% falling
132 Mexico 11.44 2017 up 24.2% falling
133 Estonia 11.35 2017 up 5.7% rising
134 Slovenia 11.3 2016 down 48.3% rising
135 Laos 11.3 2018 down 61.6% rising
136 Bulgaria 11.25 2017 down 6.8% rising
137 Kyrgyzstan 11.08 2018 down 27.3% falling
138 Portugal 10.46 2017 up 2.9% falling
139 Lithuania 10.36 2017 down 18.1% rising
140 Ukraine 10.33 2018 down 27.3% falling
141 Azerbaijan 9.92 2018 up 30.2% falling
142 Russia 9.86 2017 down 28.5% falling
143 Croatia 9.76 2016 down 8.8% falling
144 Trinidad and Tobago 9.74 2004 down 39.9% rising
145 Haiti 9.61 1986 up 36.2% rising
146 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.37 2018 down 53.4% falling
147 United States Virgin Islands 9.18 2007 down 16.5% falling
148 Canada 9.17 2016 up 33.6% falling
149 Luxembourg 9.15 2016 up 70.9% volatile
150 Switzerland 8.73 2017 up 29.9% falling
151 Suriname 8.73 1990 up 11.7% rising
152 Iceland 8.71 2012 up 48.0% rising
153 Aruba 8.57 2016 down 4.3% rising
154 Norway 8.56 2017 down 15.1% flat
155 Denmark 8.46 2015 — falling
156 Malta 8.31 2017 down 22.9% rising
157 Cape Verde 7.98 2018 down 5.1% rising
158 Samoa 7.83 2000 — rising
159 Saint Lucia 7.71 2018 down 44.6% rising
160 Saint Kitts and Nevis 7.64 2015 — rising
161 Germany 7.59 2017 — flat
162 Sierra Leone 7.55 2002 down 4.5% rising
163 Georgia 7.44 2019 down 3.9% falling
164 Uruguay 7.24 2017 down 9.5% falling
165 Austria 7.18 2017 down 34.4% falling
166 Liechtenstein 7.13 2017 down 21.0% falling
167 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7.05 1990 up 11.6% volatile
168 Armenia 6.92 2018 down 21.3% rising
169 Japan 6.88 2017 — flat
170 Grenada 5.71 2018 — volatile
171 British Virgin Islands 5.44 2018 down 52.9% falling
172 Tonga 5.11 2000 — falling
173 Lebanon 4.99 2014 down 35.8% falling
174 Cuba 4.79 2018 down 28.7% falling
175 Andorra 4.43 2018 down 16.0% flat

About this data

Indicator
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary
Source
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
175 places, 3,762 data points, 1970–2019
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Tertiary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in tertiary school.