Education

Pupil-teacher ratio (prim.)

SE.PRM.ENRL.TC.ZS

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Austria. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.

Latest value, Germany: 12.32017
Period covered: 1993 - 201725 annual values
Highest of the compared countries: 46.75South Sudan, 2015
Lowest of the compared countries: 10.02Austria, 2017

Countries compared

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Latest known valuesorted by value

South Sudan46.752015
China16.432018
United States14.22017
Spain13.132017
Germany12.32017
Netherlands11.812017
Italy11.482017
Austria10.022017

Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	Germany	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	South Sudan	Austria
2018						16.43
2017	12.3	11.48	13.13	11.81	14.2	16.59		10.02
2016	12.15	11.12	12.99	11.73		16.55		10.3
2015	12.22	12.03	13.19	11.62	14.46	16.29	46.75	10.58
2014	12.3	12.07	13.1		14.54	16.23		10.72
2013	11.58	12.03	13.32			16.85		10.7
2012	11.71		12.6	11.5		16.85		10.82
2011	11.82		12.4	11.56		16.79	49.9	10.89
2010	12.68		12.4			16.84		11.03
2009	13		12.62			17.22		11.36
2008	13.5		12.42			17.55		11.63
2007	13.63	10.33	12.83			17.68		11.86
2006	13.96	10.55	13.58			18.25		12.23
2005	14.12	10.49	13.75					12.41
2004	14.19	10.62	13.93					13.13
2003	14.05	10.83	13.88					13.18
2002	14.29	10.59	14.01					13.27
2001	14.76	10.7	14.3			22.21
2000	15.28	10.96	14.54
1999	17.02	11.33	15.04					13.46
1998	17.44	10.88	15.48			24.16		12.15
1997	17.19					23.74		12.22
1996	17.04	11.18				23.3		12.45
1995	17.46	10.97	17.84			22.85		11.69
1994	16.23	10.24	19.22	18.36		22.37		11.9
1993	16.63	11.76	20	16.17		22.08		11.42
1992		11.76	21.16	16.48		21.99		10.85
1991		11.51	22.03	17.17		21.93		10.81
1990		12.17	23.48	17.36		22.32		10.86
1989		12.52		17.3		22.79		10.73
1988		12.81	24.71	17.04		23.62		10.52
1987		13.17	25.5	17.02		24.35		10.36
1986		13.52	25.28	16.71		24.87		10.48
1985		14.12		19.42		25.25		12.17
1984		14.44	26.58	19.9		25.03		12.69
1983		15.19	27.2	19.88		25.38		13.26
1982		15.52	28.15	22.73		25.69		13.97
1981		16.16	28.27	23.17		26.6		14.55
1980		16.38		24.32		27.25		15.96
1979		16.94		25.53		27.98		17.09
1978		17.11		26.71		27.97		16.39
1977		17.45		27.47		28.37
1976		18.93		27.58		29.01		19.03
1975		19.67		27.58		29.29		20.27
1974		20.23		28.54		29		20.63
1973		21.01		29.12		28.53		21.27
1972		21.42	26.01	29.21		27.38		21.54
1971		21.62	30.79	29.7		29.15		21.44
1970						28.87

World Bank definition

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

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

Text published by the World Bank for indicator SE.PRM.ENRL.TC.ZS, reproduced unchanged.

The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia

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