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

9 countries compared out of 142 available.

Latest known value: 11.48 for Italy in 2017, over a series running from 1971 to 2017 and 8 countries compared, from the highest (South Sudan, 46.75) to the lowest (Italy, 11.48).

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Year by year values

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Annual values by country
	Italy	Spain	Netherlands	United States	China	South Sudan	Mali	Latvia
2018					16.43		37.83
2017	11.48	13.13	11.81	14.2	16.59		38.22	11.54
2016	11.12	12.99	11.73		16.55		39.09	11.33
2015	12.03	13.19	11.62	14.46	16.29	46.75	42.71	11.13
2014	12.07	13.1		14.54	16.23		42.47	11.09
2013	12.03	13.32			16.85		41.3	11.16
2012		12.6	11.5		16.85			11.01
2011		12.4	11.56		16.79	49.9	48.47	11.41
2010		12.4			16.84		50.4	11.88
2009		12.62			17.22		50.15	10.45
2008		12.42			17.55		51.44	11.11
2007	10.33	12.83			17.68		51.67	11.04
2006	10.55	13.58			18.25		52.76	11.76
2005	10.49	13.75					54.39	12.2
2004	10.62	13.93					52.24	12.98
2003	10.83	13.88					57.34	13.7
2002	10.59	14.01					56.41	14.34
2001	10.7	14.3			22.21		63.38	14.99
2000	10.96	14.54					65.3	15.1
1999	11.33	15.04					62.08	15.39
1998	10.88	15.48			24.16		79.51	15.45
1997					23.74		80.44	13.48
1996	11.18				23.3		78.36	13.51
1995	10.97	17.84			22.85		74.02	13.17
1994	10.24	19.22	18.36		22.37		66.61	14.16
1993	11.76	20	16.17		22.08		56.93	13.86
1992	11.76	21.16	16.48		21.99		54.08	15.45
1991	11.51	22.03	17.17		21.93		48.47	15.13
1990	12.17	23.48	17.36		22.32		44.9	14.58
1989	12.52		17.3		22.79		43.27	18.09
1988	12.81	24.71	17.04		23.62		37.86	19.22
1987	13.17	25.5	17.02		24.35		34.92	19.96
1986	13.52	25.28	16.71		24.87		34.03	18.07
1985	14.12		19.42		25.25		34.84	18.76
1984	14.44	26.58	19.9		25.03		35.07	19.33
1983	15.19	27.2	19.88		25.38		37.36	19.79
1982	15.52	28.15	22.73		25.69		40.06	19.84
1981	16.16	28.27	23.17		26.6		42.43	19.91
1980	16.38		24.32		27.25		42.34
1979	16.94		25.53		27.98		42.64
1978	17.11		26.71		27.97		42.88
1977	17.45		27.47		28.37		40.66
1976	18.93		27.58		29.01		40.62
1975	19.67		27.58		29.29		41
1974	20.23		28.54		29		43.04
1973	21.01		29.12		28.53		40.34
1972	21.42	26.01	29.21		27.38		40.92
1971	21.62	30.79	29.7		29.15		40.05
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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