Nepal is the top country by pupil-teacher ratio in secondary education in the world. As of 2016, pupil-teacher ratio in secondary education in Nepal was 28.9 students per teacher. The top 5 countries also includes Sao Tome and Principe, Djibouti, Ecuador, and Palau.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.Secondary school pupil-teacher ratio is the number of pupils enrolled in secondary school divided by the number of secondary school teachers (regardless of their teaching assignment).
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sao Tome and Principe | 21.7 | 19.8 | 24.4 | 20.8 | 24.8 | ||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 11.1 | 10.8 | 11.0 | ||||||||
| Senegal | 27.3 | 26.4 | 27.4 | 20.4 | |||||||
| Seychelles | 19.7 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 12.8 | 11.8 | 12.9 | 12.4 | 13.2 | 12.0 | ||
| Sierra Leone | 18.7 | 20.5 | 21.7 | 20.7 | 11.2 | ||||||
| South Africa | 28.1 | 32.9 | |||||||||
| South Sudan | 27.5 | ||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 19.1 | 17.3 | 17.3 | ||||||||
| Syrian Arab Republic | 18.1 | 17.6 | |||||||||
| Tunisia | 17.3 | 19.0 | 17.2 | 13.3 | 13.6 | ||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 12.6 | ||||||||||
| United States | 14.6 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 14.5 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.8 | ||||
| West Bank and Gaza | 28.4 | 26.6 | 22.5 | 20.5 | 20.2 | 19.9 | 19.7 | 19.9 | |||
| Swaziland | 17.3 | 16.7 | 18.1 | 17.3 | 16.5 | 16.0 | 15.9 | ||||
| Tanzania | 18.4 | 26.4 | |||||||||
| Togo | 28.0 | 31.5 | 30.5 | 26.2 | |||||||
| Uganda | 26.6 | ||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 24.7 | 22.4 | 22.5 | ||||||||
| Algeria | 17.9 | ||||||||||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 13.4 | 12.2 | 12.0 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 11.5 | |||||
| Thailand | 16.2 | 19.9 | 29.5 | 28.2 | |||||||
| Timor-Leste | 23.7 | 23.0 | 24.3 | ||||||||
| Tonga | 23.7 | 17.7 | 14.6 | 14.9 | 14.6 | 13.3 | 13.4 | ||||
| Tuvalu | 6.2 | ||||||||||
| Vanuatu | 11.0 | 24.7 | 20.6 | ||||||||
| Vietnam | 18.0 | ||||||||||
| Cambodia | 18.5 | ||||||||||
| China | 20.6 | 14.6 | 17.1 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 14.3 | 13.8 | ||
| Croatia | 11.8 | 10.1 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.0 | ||||
| Cyprus | 12.0 | 13.6 | 11.3 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 10.4 | ||
| Czech Republic | 13.3 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 11.5 | |||||
| Denmark | 9.6 | 11.3 | |||||||||
| Estonia | 9.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 8.1 | ||||||
| Malaysia | 25.6 | 19.3 | 18.4 | 16.3 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 13.9 | 13.3 | 11.7 | 12.0 | |
| Mongolia | 18.8 | 19.9 | 22.4 | 14.5 | |||||||
| Myanmar | 12.5 | 31.9 | 33.1 | 34.1 | 31.8 | ||||||
| Nauru | 17.4 | 15.4 | 22.8 | ||||||||
| New Zealand | 15.5 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.0 | |||||
| Jamaica | 18.5 | 14.3 | 16.8 | 16.2 | 16.5 | 16.4 | |||||
| Lithuania | 11.2 | 9.9 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 7.9 | |||
| Luxembourg | 10.9 | 10.3 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 9.1 | ||||
| Macedonia, FYR | 16.0 | 14.7 | 11.9 | 10.5 | 9.8 | 9.6 | |||||
| Mexico | 16.9 | 16.9 | 17.8 | 17.9 | 17.7 | 17.7 | 18.0 | 16.1 | |||
| Moldova | 13.3 | 13.2 | 12.8 | 10.5 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 9.3 | ||
| Monaco | 8.1 | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | 15.5 | 13.1 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 13.9 | 14.3 | 14.6 | 14.5 | |||
| Nicaragua | 26.0 | 32.0 | 33.7 | 30.8 | |||||||
| Norway | 8.5 | ||||||||||
| Panama | 20.7 | 20.1 | 16.3 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.7 | 14.2 | 15.5 | 13.6 | ||
| Paraguay | 9.4 | 11.9 | 18.4 | ||||||||
| Peru | 17.3 | 19.7 | 20.4 | 16.7 | 16.0 | 16.7 | 16.8 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 14.1 | |
| Poland | 11.6 | 10.4 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 9.5 | |||||
| Portugal | 9.8 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 9.9 | |||
| Puerto Rico | 11.1 | 11.9 | 13.7 | 12.9 | 17.2 | ||||||
| Romania | 12.8 | 12.9 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 12.1 | |||
| Russian Federation | 9.5 | 8.8 | |||||||||
| San Marino | 14.5 | ||||||||||
| Serbia | 9.6 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 8.5 | |||||
| Slovak Republic | 12.2 | 13.1 | 12.0 | 11.7 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 11.2 | |||
| Slovenia | 12.9 | 11.2 | 9.0 | 10.1 | |||||||
| Spain | 17.2 | 11.4 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 12.0 | ||
| Argentina | 7.3 | 12.3 | 15.1 | ||||||||
| Bahamas, The | 13.6 | 12.1 | |||||||||
| Bahrain | 15.3 | 10.4 | 9.6 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 9.9 | |||||
| Barbados | 19.6 | 17.3 | 15.9 | ||||||||
| Belize | 23.3 | 18.7 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 16.5 | 17.4 | 17.6 | 16.3 | |||
| Bolivia | 29.8 | 28.5 | 21.7 | 20.9 | 20.8 | ||||||
| Brazil | 13.2 | 15.4 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 16.0 | 17.3 | 16.7 | ||||
| Chile | 29.4 | 24.8 | 21.9 | 21.1 | 20.0 | 21.0 | |||||
| Colombia | 17.2 | 19.2 | 26.2 | 27.1 | 25.6 | 25.4 | 25.5 | 24.9 | 25.6 | ||
| Costa Rica | 16.5 | 19.0 | 18.8 | 15.5 | 14.9 | 14.0 | 14.4 | 14.0 | |||
| Cuba | 9.9 | 11.9 | 11.1 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 9.0 | |||
| Djibouti | 27.9 | 27.9 | 26.6 | 25.1 | 24.5 | 22.8 | 23.8 | ||||
| Dominica | 21.5 | 15.1 | 13.2 | 12.2 | 10.7 | ||||||
| Dominican Republic | 26.4 | 28.2 | 28.7 | 29.2 | 27.6 | 21.4 | 22.1 | ||||
| Ecuador | 13.6 | 13.9 | 20.4 | 19.9 | 20.9 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 22.3 | ||
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 21.3 | 16.9 | 14.4 | ||||||||
| El Salvador | 25.0 | 28.9 | 24.3 | 30.8 | |||||||
| Grenada | 15.5 | 13.9 | 12.5 | 11.9 | |||||||
| Guatemala | 13.8 | 14.0 | 15.8 | 14.0 | 13.5 | 13.7 | 12.3 | 12.7 | 11.0 | ||
| Guyana | 18.0 | 21.4 | 20.9 | 20.3 | |||||||
| Honduras | 8.6 | 16.1 | |||||||||
| Afghanistan | 23.1 | 24.8 | 37.7 | ||||||||
| Angola | 18.8 | 27.4 | |||||||||
| Bangladesh | 27.4 | 38.4 | 23.9 | 28.3 | 30.6 | 32.2 | 35.2 | ||||
| Benin | 23.4 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.3 | |||||||
| Bhutan | 28.1 | 21.4 | 20.5 | 19.9 | 13.8 | 14.3 | |||||
| Botswana | 14.7 | 16.6 | 16.4 | 13.8 | |||||||
| Burkina Faso | 30.3 | 26.5 | 26.3 | 26.9 | 27.1 | 25.2 | |||||
| Burundi | 17.7 | 22.8 | 29.9 | 29.4 | 29.7 | 31.7 | 37.2 | 35.8 | |||
| Cabo Verde | 23.5 | 17.5 | 17.2 | 16.8 | 17.2 | 16.0 | 16.4 | ||||
| Cameroon | 25.9 | 23.6 | 16.2 | 24.1 | 21.4 | 19.6 | 20.4 | 19.9 | |||
| Canada | 14.2 | ||||||||||
| Central African Republic | 37.3 | 66.8 | 68.1 | ||||||||
| Chad | 32.2 | 33.5 | 32.5 | 32.0 | 29.8 | ||||||
| Comoros | 8.7 | 8.6 | |||||||||
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 16.0 | 15.2 | 15.3 | 14.2 | 14.6 | ||||||
| Congo, Rep. | 27.1 | 18.7 | |||||||||
| Cote d'Ivoire | 22.3 | 26.6 | |||||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | 23.2 | 19.2 | |||||||||
| Eritrea | 54.1 | 51.3 | 38.7 | 39.5 | 37.9 | 38.5 | 40.6 | 38.9 | |||
| Ethiopia | 43.1 | 40.3 | 40.4 | ||||||||
| Ghana | 18.2 | 19.1 | 18.8 | 18.7 | 17.9 | 17.5 | 15.8 | 16.6 | 17.0 | ||
| Guinea | 34.4 | 33.1 | |||||||||
| Guinea-Bissau | 15.0 | ||||||||||
| India | 33.6 | 25.3 | 25.9 | 30.8 | 31.8 | 31.7 | |||||
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 17.6 | 17.5 | 17.0 | ||||||||
| Iraq | 19.7 | ||||||||||
| Israel | 10.8 | 10.6 | 9.9 | 12.4 | |||||||
| Jordan | 14.6 | ||||||||||
| Kenya | 27.2 | ||||||||||
| Kuwait | 12.5 | 10.8 | 7.2 | ||||||||
| Lebanon | 9.0 | 8.9 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 7.7 | ||||||
| Lesotho | 46.6 | 22.1 | 27.0 | 24.5 | 24.8 | 24.7 | 24.1 | 23.5 | 24.0 | ||
| Liberia | 16.5 | 14.9 | 18.4 | ||||||||
| Madagascar | 21.7 | 21.6 | 27.6 | 23.1 | |||||||
| Malawi | 43.2 | 42.1 | 41.5 | 41.7 | 39.2 | 40.9 | |||||
| Maldives | 12.6 | 15.3 | |||||||||
| Mali | 29.0 | 24.7 | 19.3 | 18.9 | 19.2 | ||||||
| Malta | 12.2 | 10.7 | 11.5 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 7.5 | |||
| Mauritania | 18.1 | 26.3 | 31.0 | 33.1 | 33.5 | ||||||
| Mauritius | 19.4 | 17.4 | 15.3 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 13.1 | 13.3 | 12.9 | |||
| Morocco | 17.8 | 17.0 | |||||||||
| Mozambique | 34.4 | 32.2 | 34.1 | 33.2 | 33.1 | 41.5 | 40.0 | 39.7 | |||
| Namibia | 24.1 | 25.1 | |||||||||
| Nepal | 31.1 | 30.2 | 32.0 | 29.7 | 29.6 | 29.2 | 28.8 | 28.6 | 28.9 | ||
| Niger | 25.9 | 23.4 | 27.4 | 30.8 | 34.7 | 26.8 | 25.1 | 28.0 | |||
| Nigeria | 21.2 | 22.1 | 30.9 | 40.2 | 23.2 | ||||||
| Oman | 15.3 | 17.9 | |||||||||
| Pakistan | 19.5 | 23.3 | 23.3 | 22.3 | 21.4 | 21.1 | |||||
| Qatar | 8.6 | 11.6 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 10.2 | 10.7 | |||
| Rwanda | 23.3 | 28.7 | 23.7 | 22.9 | 22.8 | 21.7 | 19.2 | ||||
| Fiji | 20.2 | 26.5 | 19.3 | ||||||||
| Finland | 12.7 | 10.3 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 12.7 | 12.8 | ||||
| France | 12.4 | 11.8 | 11.4 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 12.9 | ||||
| Georgia | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.2 | |||||||
| Germany | 14.4 | 13.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.7 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 12.1 | |||
| Greece | 14.6 | 9.8 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 8.3 | ||||||
| Hong Kong SAR, China | 18.1 | 16.7 | 15.8 | 15.0 | 14.2 | 13.6 | 13.0 | ||||
| Hungary | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 10.3 | |||
| Indonesia | 13.1 | 12.9 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 14.8 | 16.6 | 15.4 | 15.5 | ||
| Andorra | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 8.1 | |||||||
| Austria | 10.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.6 | |||
| Belarus | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.4 | ||||||||
| Belgium | 7.3 | 10.1 | 9.4 | 9.4 | |||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.1 | 10.6 | 10.1 | ||||||||
| Brunei Darussalam | 19.4 | 10.9 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 9.8 | 9.1 | 8.8 | |||
| Bulgaria | 11.9 | 12.0 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 13.0 | 13.2 | ||||
| Palau | 15.1 | 18.8 | |||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 27.4 | ||||||||||
| Philippines | 33.3 | 37.9 | 27.0 | ||||||||
| Samoa | 32.8 | 21.2 | 21.5 | ||||||||
| Singapore | 19.9 | ||||||||||
| Solomon Islands | 14.3 | 10.1 | 28.1 | 23.9 | 25.9 | ||||||
| Ireland | 17.0 | ||||||||||
| Italy | 9.2 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 11.4 | 11.3 | ||||||
| Japan | 17.1 | 14.0 | 12.6 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.7 | |||||
| Kazakhstan | 7.5 | 6.8 | |||||||||
| Kiribati | 10.8 | 12.2 | 17.0 | ||||||||
| Korea, Dem. People’s Rep. | 17.5 | ||||||||||
| Korea, Rep. | 27.7 | 21.0 | 18.1 | 17.6 | 16.2 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 14.9 | |||
| Kyrgyz Republic | 13.3 | 13.4 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 12.5 | |||
| Lao PDR | 11.8 | 21.3 | 24.8 | 20.2 | 19.9 | 18.6 | 17.7 | 18.3 | 18.7 | ||
| Latvia | 9.6 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 9.0 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.0 | ||
| Liechtenstein | 9.6 | 10.7 | 9.7 | 9.9 | |||||||
| Macao SAR, China | 23.9 | 22.4 | 16.2 | 14.8 | 14.4 | 13.1 | 12.2 | 11.4 | |||
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 14.4 | 9.9 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 12.4 | 8.5 | 8.3 | |||
| St. Lucia | 18.5 | 17.8 | 16.9 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 14.3 | 12.2 | 12.8 | 11.7 | ||
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 23.8 | 16.8 | 16.8 | 15.3 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.0 | ||||
| Suriname | 13.4 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 13.2 | |||
| Sweden | 14.3 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 12.3 | 12.9 | ||||
| Switzerland | 9.3 | ||||||||||
| Tajikistan | 16.4 | 16.4 | 17.1 | 15.4 | |||||||
| Turkey | 23.3 | 17.9 | 20.1 | 19.5 | |||||||
| Ukraine | 13.4 | 7.0 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom | 15.1 | 14.9 | 15.9 | 15.8 | |||||||
| Uruguay | 14.6 | 14.6 | 11.3 | ||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 10.9 | 11.5 | 13.3 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 12.8 | 11.7 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 10.4 | |
| Albania | 16.4 | 14.8 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 14.3 | 13.5 |