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Pupil-trained teacher ratio in upper secondary education (headcount basis) by country

Average number of pupils per trained teacher at a given level of education, based on headcounts of both pupils and teachers. Divide the total number of pupils enrolled at the specified level of education by the number of trained teachers at the same level. A trained teacher is defined as a teacher who has fulfilled...

Countries reporting
46
Highest
139.49 headcount basis
Niger
Lowest
5.39 headcount basis
Bermuda
Median
15.49 headcount basis
Years covered
22
1998–2019
Data points
590

What the numbers show

Pupil-trained teacher ratio in upper secondary education (headcount basis) is currently reported for 46 countries. The highest value is 139.49 headcount basis in Niger; the lowest is 5.39 headcount basis in Bermuda.

The median across all reporting countries is 15.49 headcount basis, and the mean is 21.94 headcount basis.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 26.

Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Gibraltar (up 178.2%), and the largest decrease in Grenada (down 60.0%).

Pupil-trained teacher ratio in upper secondary education: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niger 139.49 headcount basis 2017 up 73.1% rising
2 Bangladesh 51.99 headcount basis 2019 down 17.0% falling
3 Eritrea 45.96 headcount basis 2013 down 42.0% falling
4 Belize 44 headcount basis 2019 down 5.6% falling
5 Nicaragua 41.39 headcount basis 2008 down 36.2% falling
6 Mozambique 31.11 headcount basis 2014 up 6.9% rising
7 Nepal 30.58 headcount basis 2019 down 34.5% falling
8 El Salvador 29.76 headcount basis 2018 down 10.0% flat
9 Dominican Republic 28.68 headcount basis 2015 down 12.6% falling
10 Barbados 28.51 headcount basis 2019 — rising
11 Grenada 27.58 headcount basis 2018 down 60.0% falling
12 Myanmar 27.24 headcount basis 2018 down 8.9% falling
13 Thailand 26.87 headcount basis 2019 — falling
14 Colombia 25.39 headcount basis 2017 up 26.9% rising
15 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 24.85 headcount basis 2010 down 39.0% falling
16 Sudan 23.05 headcount basis 2017 up 1.3% flat
17 Ghana 23.02 headcount basis 2019 down 6.3% falling
18 Ecuador 20.77 headcount basis 2007 up 28.8% rising
19 Mongolia 19.49 headcount basis 2006 down 13.5% flat
20 Suriname 17.69 headcount basis 2015 down 40.4% falling
21 Mexico 16.94 headcount basis 2012 up 3.0% rising
22 Laos 16.31 headcount basis 2019 down 34.0% falling
23 Cape Verde 15.61 headcount basis 2018 down 7.8% flat
24 Saint Lucia 15.37 headcount basis 2019 down 36.3% falling
25 Dominica 15.01 headcount basis 2016 down 39.4% falling
26 Gibraltar 14.9 headcount basis 2017 up 178.2% falling
27 Bahamas 14.5 headcount basis 2018 up 1.2% flat
28 Palestine 14.36 headcount basis 2019 down 28.7% falling
29 Saudi Arabia 13.93 headcount basis 2019 up 24.0% rising
30 Costa Rica 13.65 headcount basis 2019 down 24.0% falling
31 Panama 11.76 headcount basis 2014 down 32.0% falling
32 Saint Kitts and Nevis 11.62 headcount basis 2012 down 53.0% falling
33 Qatar 11.54 headcount basis 2019 down 32.9% falling
34 Cayman Islands 10.31 headcount basis 2018 up 40.0% flat
35 Oman 10.05 headcount basis 2019 down 50.2% falling
36 Croatia 9.94 headcount basis 2003 — falling
37 Belarus 9.73 headcount basis 2018 up 12.2% rising
38 Cuba 9.7 headcount basis 2019 down 0.3% falling
39 Bahrain 9.49 headcount basis 2019 down 14.4% falling
40 Macao 9.39 headcount basis 2019 down 59.0% falling
41 Jordan 9.35 headcount basis 2019 down 0.3% falling
42 Syria 9.23 headcount basis 2013 down 20.3% falling
43 Brunei 8.42 headcount basis 2019 down 12.5% falling
44 Bhutan 7.86 headcount basis 2018 down 52.9% falling
45 Kuwait 7.69 headcount basis 2008 down 15.9% falling
46 Bermuda 5.39 headcount basis 2014 down 21.1% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Pupil-trained teacher ratio in upper secondary education (headcount basis)
Unit
headcount basis
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
58 places, 590 data points, 1998–2019
Last refreshed

Average number of pupils per trained teacher at a given level of education, based on headcounts of both pupils and teachers. Divide the total number of pupils enrolled at the specified level of education by the number of trained teachers at the same level. A trained teacher is defined as a teacher who has fulfilled at least the minimum organized teacher-training requirements (pre-service or in-service) to teach a specific level of education according to the relevant national policy or law. These requirements usually include pedagogical knowledge (broad principles and strategies of classroom management and organization that transcend the subject matter being taught - typically approaches, methods and techniques of teaching), and professional knowledge (knowledge of statutory instruments and other legal frameworks that govern the teaching profession). Some programmes may also cover content knowledge (knowledge of the curriculum and the subject matter to be taught and the use of relevant materials). In computing and interpreting this indicator, one should take into account the existence of part-time teaching, school-shifts, multi-grade classes and other practices that may affect the precision and meaningfulness of pupil-teacher ratios. When feasible, the number of part-time teachers is converted to ‘full-time equivalent’ teachers; a double-shift teacher is counted twice, etc. Teachers are defined as persons whose professional activity involves the transmitting of knowledge, attitudes and skills that are stipulated in a formal curriculum programme to students enrolled in a formal educational institution.