Education

Pupil-teacher ratio (prim.)

SE.PRM.ENRL.TC.ZS

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Zimbabwe, South Sudan. 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, United Kingdom: 15.132017
Period covered: 1971 - 201738 annual values
Highest of the compared countries: 46.75South Sudan, 2015
Lowest of the compared countries: 11.48Italy, 2017

Countries compared

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Latest known valuesorted by value

South Sudan46.752015
Zimbabwe36.412013
China16.432018
United Kingdom15.132017
United States14.22017
Spain13.132017
Netherlands11.812017
Italy11.482017

Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	United Kingdom	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	Zimbabwe	South Sudan
2018						16.43
2017	15.13	11.48	13.13	11.81	14.2	16.59
2016	15.05	11.12	12.99	11.73		16.55
2015		12.03	13.19	11.62	14.46	16.29		46.75
2014	16.55	12.07	13.1		14.54	16.23
2013	18.44	12.03	13.32			16.85	36.41
2012	18.31		12.6	11.5		16.85	35.86
2011	17.27		12.4	11.56		16.79		49.9
2010	17.53		12.4			16.84
2009	17.96		12.62			17.22
2008	18.27		12.42			17.55
2007	17.24	10.33	12.83			17.68
2006	18.08	10.55	13.58			18.25
2005	17.47	10.49	13.75
2004	18.09	10.62	13.93
2003	17.1	10.83	13.88				38.56
2002	17.18	10.59	14.01				39.42
2001	17.59	10.7	14.3			22.21	38.1
2000	18.66	10.96	14.54				37.04
1999	18.69	11.33	15.04				41.02
1998		10.88	15.48			24.16	37.28
1997						23.74	39.29
1996		11.18				23.3	39.14
1995		10.97	17.84			22.85	39.11
1994		10.24	19.22	18.36		22.37
1993		11.76	20	16.17		22.08	39.51
1992	19.81	11.76	21.16	16.48		21.99	37.83
1991	19.78	11.51	22.03	17.17		21.93	39.18
1990	19.68	12.17	23.48	17.36		22.32	35.78
1989	19.62	12.52		17.3		22.79	38.22
1988	20.33	12.81	24.71	17.04		23.62	38.24
1987	20.29	13.17	25.5	17.02		24.35	39.37
1986		13.52	25.28	16.71		24.87	38.83
1985	17.52	14.12		19.42		25.25	39.51
1984	17.98	14.44	26.58	19.9		25.03	39.39
1983	18.26	15.19	27.2	19.88		25.38	38.93
1982	18.72	15.52	28.15	22.73		25.69	41.91
1981		16.16	28.27	23.17		26.6	45.38
1980	18.99	16.38		24.32		27.25	43.92
1979	19.37	16.94		25.53		27.98	45.01
1978	19.94	17.11		26.71		27.97	36.66
1977	20.11	17.45		27.47		28.37	40.09
1976	20.03	18.93		27.58		29.01	40.49
1975	20.55	19.67		27.58		29.29	40.69
1974	21.09	20.23		28.54		29	40.65
1973	21.72	21.01		29.12		28.53	40.88
1972	22.64	21.42	26.01	29.21		27.38
1971	23.33	21.62	30.79	29.7		29.15
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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