Education

Pupil-teacher ratio (prim.)

SE.PRM.ENRL.TC.ZS

Annual series published by the World Bank. 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.

Countries compared

8 countries compared out of 142 available.

Latest known value: 15.13 for United Kingdom in 2017, over a series running from 1971 to 2017 and 8 countries compared, from the highest (South Sudan, 46.75) to the lowest (Belgium, 11.28).

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Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	United Kingdom	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	South Sudan	Sierra Leone	Belgium
2018					16.43		27.52
2017	15.13	13.13	11.81	14.2	16.59		39.44	11.28
2016	15.05	12.99	11.73		16.55		37.33	11.31
2015		13.19	11.62	14.46	16.29	46.75	33.75	11.23
2014	16.55	13.1		14.54	16.23			11.24
2013	18.44	13.32			16.85		34.83	11.14
2012	18.31	12.6	11.5		16.85		32.99	11.2
2011	17.27	12.4	11.56		16.79	49.9	31.33	11.19
2010	17.53	12.4			16.84			11.03
2009	17.96	12.62			17.22			11.14
2008	18.27	12.42			17.55			11.18
2007	17.24	12.83			17.68
2006	18.08	13.58			18.25
2005	17.47	13.75						11.49
2004	18.09	13.93
2003	17.1	13.88
2002	17.18	14.01
2001	17.59	14.3			22.21		37.26
2000	18.66	14.54
1999	18.69	15.04
1998		15.48			24.16
1997					23.74
1996					23.3
1995		17.84			22.85
1994		19.22	18.36		22.37			12.13
1993		20	16.17		22.08			12.35
1992	19.81	21.16	16.48		21.99
1991	19.78	22.03	17.17		21.93		33.86
1990	19.68	23.48	17.36		22.32		34.68
1989	19.62		17.3		22.79		30.14
1988	20.33	24.71	17.04		23.62		30.95
1987	20.29	25.5	17.02		24.35
1986		25.28	16.71		24.87		38.91	16.53
1985	17.52		19.42		25.25		34.06	16.82
1984	17.98	26.58	19.9		25.03		33.74	18.55
1983	18.26	27.2	19.88		25.38		33.5
1982	18.72	28.15	22.73		25.69		34.58	18.19
1981		28.27	23.17		26.6		33.08	18.14
1980	18.99		24.32		27.25		33.68	19.49
1979	19.37		25.53		27.98			19
1978	19.94		26.71		27.97		32.14	19.42
1977	20.11		27.47		28.37		32.16	19.23
1976	20.03		27.58		29.01		32.31	19.37
1975	20.55		27.58		29.29		31.99
1974	21.09		28.54		29			19.25
1973	21.72		29.12		28.53
1972	22.64	26.01	29.21		27.38		31.55
1971	23.33	30.79	29.7		29.15		32.3	19.76
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.

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