Student-teacher ratio and average class size : Ratio of students to teaching staff

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Indicator

Information on item

Education level

Reference sector

Year

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Country

Australia

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..

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Austria

12.798

12.926

12.537

12.346

12.709

12.541

11.999

Belgium

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

Canada

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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Chile

26.302

25.678

25.017

24.312

23.269

22.397

22.568

Colombia

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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Costa Rica

12.441

12.745

12.434

11.475

11.342

12.415

11.268

Czechia

13.891

13.666

13.455

13.403

13.168

13.07

12.97

Denmark

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..

10.384

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..

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..

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..

7.704

7.472

Estonia

8.92

8.78

8.581

8.471

8.534

8.43

8.23

Finland

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

France

24.181

24.116

24.113

23.931

23.638

23.458

23.29

Germany

Information on item

8.335

8.054

7.83

7.761

7.617

7.479

7.446

Greece

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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Hungary

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..

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..

12.438

12.328

12.234

12.42

12.691

Iceland

4.699

4.608

4.479

4.347

4.346

4.208

4.053

Ireland

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

4.21

3.962

Israel

Information on item

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..

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..

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..

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..

21.984

21.359

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Italy

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..

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..

13.198

12.856

12.435

12.208

11.961

Japan

15.408

15.111

14.791

14.556

14.515

14.044

13.614

Korea

8.92

8.752

8.679

8.633

8.597

8.481

8.419

Lithuania

9.997

10.406

10.538

10.376

10.83

10.3

9.803

Latvia

13.748

10.857

10.099

9.729

9.825

8.887

9.197

Luxembourg

10.855

11.112

10.797

11.464

14.47

12.11

11.8

Mexico

26.059

25.482

24.213

24.083

24.132

24.197

20.175

Netherlands

16.275

16.274

16.282

16.774

16.225

16.185

16.119

New Zealand

6.013

5.228

5.011

4.954

4.903

4.894

4.53

Norway

11.406

11.127

12.617

11.952

11.32

11.008

9.612

Poland

16.44

16.364

15.104

14.084

14.524

14.881

14.51

Portugal

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

Slovak Republic

12.634

12.572

12.45

12.224

11.981

11.768

11.573

Slovenia

16.95

16.906

16.799

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8.045

16.58

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7.846

16.625

Spain

12.92

13.18

13.023

12.941

12.762

12.508

12.26

Sweden

6.048

5.492

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6.105

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6.025

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5.962

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5.901

13.69

Switzerland

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..

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..

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..

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..

17.881

18.195

17.977

Türkiye

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

United Kingdom

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..

17.585

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..

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..

22.999

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..

36.698

United States

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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OECD - Average

13.424

13.8

13.504

12.916

14.184

12.708

13.5

Non-OECD Economies

Brazil

18.4

18.081

17.716

17.571

17.465

16.867

16.946

Legend:

o	Missing value
w	Includes data from another category

Data extracted on 28 Apr 2024 22:29 UTC (GMT) from OECD.Stat