OECD members - Pupil teacher ratio

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in OECD members was 15.17 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 23.35 in 1975, while its lowest value was 14.96 in 2014.

Definition: Preprimary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in preprimary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 22.68
1971 22.70
1972 22.51
1973 22.84
1974 23.09
1975 23.35
1976 23.18
1977 22.89
1978 22.75
1979 22.41
1980 22.07
1981 21.81
1982 21.57
1983 21.33
1984 21.13
1985 21.02
1986 21.00
1987 20.85
1988 20.63
1989 20.35
1990 20.08
1991 19.83
1992 19.94
1993 20.02
1994 19.91
1995 19.91
1996 20.14
1997 19.81
1998 20.56
1999 19.75
2000 19.35
2001 18.90
2002 18.10
2003 17.61
2004 17.49
2005 17.80
2006 17.44
2007 17.31
2008 17.28
2009 16.84
2010 16.14
2011 15.67
2012 15.19
2013 15.06
2014 14.96
2015 15.05
2016 15.27
2017 15.30
2018 15.17

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in OECD members was 15.32 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 20.75 in 1971, while its lowest value was 15.32 in 2018.

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

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 20.61
1971 20.75
1972 20.66
1973 20.53
1974 20.49
1975 20.48
1976 20.54
1977 20.47
1978 20.43
1979 20.46
1980 20.15
1981 20.06
1982 19.93
1983 19.85
1984 19.77
1985 19.56
1986 19.36
1987 19.33
1988 19.19
1989 19.04
1990 18.91
1991 18.73
1992 18.61
1993 18.46
1994 18.10
1995 18.17
1996 18.10
1997 17.98
1998 18.05
1999 17.85
2000 17.52
2001 17.50
2002 17.20
2003 17.14
2004 16.93
2005 16.71
2006 16.50
2007 16.31
2008 16.17
2009 16.10
2010 15.85
2011 15.96
2012 16.00
2013 15.96
2014 15.86
2015 15.65
2016 15.41
2017 15.33
2018 15.32

Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary in OECD members was 14.00 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 26 years was 15.39 in 1995, while its lowest value was 13.89 in 2010.

Definition: Lower secondary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in lower secondary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1992 15.15
1993 15.00
1994 15.12
1995 15.39
1996 15.35
1997 15.01
1998 15.17
1999 15.10
2000 15.05
2001 14.96
2002 14.63
2003 14.62
2004 14.50
2005 14.40
2006 14.31
2007 14.16
2008 14.06
2009 13.98
2010 13.89
2011 14.01
2012 14.18
2013 14.48
2014 14.35
2015 14.19
2016 14.00
2017 14.00
2018 14.00

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary in OECD members was 13.68 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 16.73 in 1973, while its lowest value was 13.51 in 2010.

Definition: Secondary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in secondary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 16.37
1971 16.56
1972 16.55
1973 16.73
1974 16.60
1975 16.44
1976 16.26
1977 16.11
1978 16.07
1979 15.90
1980 15.91
1981 15.80
1982 15.75
1983 15.65
1984 15.60
1985 15.45
1986 15.47
1987 15.38
1988 15.26
1989 15.13
1990 14.82
1991 14.60
1992 14.39
1993 14.24
1994 14.26
1995 14.27
1996 14.24
1997 14.20
1998 14.41
1999 14.38
2000 14.16
2001 14.18
2002 14.11
2003 14.10
2004 13.96
2005 13.83
2006 13.79
2007 13.67
2008 13.63
2009 13.52
2010 13.51
2011 13.56
2012 13.61
2013 14.02
2014 13.87
2015 13.75
2016 13.63
2017 13.64
2018 13.68

Pupil-teacher ratio, upper secondary

Pupil-teacher ratio, upper secondary in OECD members was 13.35 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 26 years was 13.68 in 1998, while its lowest value was 13.03 in 2012.

Definition: Upper secondary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in upper secondary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1992 13.66
1993 13.51
1994 13.44
1995 13.22
1996 13.21
1997 13.40
1998 13.68
1999 13.65
2000 13.25
2001 13.38
2002 13.55
2003 13.54
2004 13.39
2005 13.23
2006 13.25
2007 13.16
2008 13.19
2009 13.06
2010 13.12
2011 13.11
2012 13.03
2013 13.56
2014 13.39
2015 13.32
2016 13.26
2017 13.29
2018 13.35

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Inputs