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Countries by Student-teacher ratio (2017)

Student-teacher ratio in 2017: highest in Rwanda (57.86%), lowest in Liechtenstein (7.8%), median 17.94% across the 135 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Student-teacher ratio (measured in %) across 248 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

Unit: %248 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1970–2019

Highest Student-teacher ratio, 2017

  1. 1.Rwanda57.86%
  2. 2.Mozambique52.44%
  3. 3.Burundi49.61%
  4. 4.Afghanistan47.98%
  5. 5.Tanzania47.15%
  6. 6.Pakistan44.78%
  7. 7.Cameroon44.61%
  8. 8.Benin43.57%
  9. 9.Uganda42.66%
  10. 10.Cote d'Ivoire42.43%

Lowest Student-teacher ratio, 2017

  1. 126.Maldives10.16%
  2. 127.Oman10.13%
  3. 128.Austria10.02%
  4. 129.Switzerland9.93%
  5. 130.Greece9.38%
  6. 131.Georgia9.02%
  7. 132.Kuwait8.86%
  8. 133.Cuba8.83%
  9. 134.Norway8.59%
  10. 135.Liechtenstein7.8%

All 135 ranked countries, 2017— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Student-teacher ratio trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

RwandaRank 1 of 135MozambiqueRank 2 of 135BurundiRank 3 of 135AfghanistanRank 4 of 135TanzaniaRank 5 of 135PakistanRank 6 of 135CameroonRank 7 of 135BeninRank 8 of 135UgandaRank 9 of 135Cote d'IvoireRank 10 of 135ZambiaRank 11 of 135CambodiaRank 12 of 135Burkina FasoRank 13 of 135TogoRank 14 of 135Sierra LeoneRank 15 of 135EritreaRank 16 of 135The GambiaRank 17 of 135MaliRank 18 of 135MauritaniaRank 19 of 135NigerRank 20 of 135BhutanRank 21 of 135LesothoRank 22 of 135SenegalRank 23 of 135IndiaRank 24 of 135Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 25 of 135DjiboutiRank 26 of 135MongoliaRank 27 of 135BangladeshRank 28 of 135PhilippinesRank 29 of 135IranRank 30 of 135El SalvadorRank 31 of 135MoroccoRank 32 of 135Timor-LesteRank 33 of 135GhanaRank 34 of 135EswatiniRank 35 of 135MexicoRank 36 of 135Solomon IslandsRank 37 of 135HondurasRank 38 of 135KiribatiRank 39 of 135Kyrgyz RepublicRank 40 of 135West Bank and GazaRank 41 of 135EcuadorRank 42 of 135AlgeriaRank 43 of 135EgyptRank 44 of 135ColombiaRank 45 of 135MyanmarRank 46 of 135Sri LankaRank 47 of 135Lao PDRRank 48 of 135LiberiaRank 49 of 135TajikistanRank 50 of 135JamaicaRank 51 of 135PanamaRank 52 of 135RussiaRank 53 of 135UzbekistanRank 54 of 135Cabo VerdeRank 55 of 135JordanRank 56 of 135NepalRank 57 of 135KazakhstanRank 58 of 135BrazilRank 59 of 135GuatemalaRank 60 of 135VietnamRank 61 of 135BelizeRank 62 of 135RomaniaRank 63 of 135Dominican RepublicRank 64 of 135ComorosRank 65 of 135BelarusRank 66 of 135AlbaniaRank 67 of 135MauritiusRank 68 of 135PeruRank 69 of 135ChileRank 70 of 135MoldovaRank 71 of 135BoliviaRank 72 of 135Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 73 of 135TurkeyRank 74 of 135ThailandRank 75 of 135ChinaRank 76 of 135TunisiaRank 77 of 135South KoreaRank 78 of 135GrenadaRank 79 of 135IndonesiaRank 80 of 135JapanRank 81 of 135SlovakiaRank 82 of 135AzerbaijanRank 83 of 135St. LuciaRank 84 of 135BulgariaRank 85 of 135United KingdomRank 86 of 135New ZealandRank 87 of 135North MacedoniaRank 88 of 135SingaporeRank 89 of 135St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 90 of 135SerbiaRank 91 of 135United StatesRank 92 of 135GibraltarRank 93 of 135BarbadosRank 94 of 135SeychellesRank 95 of 135Hong KongRank 96 of 135FinlandRank 97 of 135LithuaniaRank 98 of 135MacaoRank 99 of 135SpainRank 100 of 135UkraineRank 101 of 135MaltaRank 102 of 135SurinameRank 103 of 135LebanonRank 104 of 135PortugalRank 105 of 135GermanyRank 106 of 135SwedenRank 107 of 135Saudi ArabiaRank 108 of 135BahrainRank 109 of 135Antigua and BarbudaRank 110 of 135CyprusRank 111 of 135NetherlandsRank 112 of 135QatarRank 113 of 135MalaysiaRank 114 of 135Costa RicaRank 115 of 135British Virgin IslandsRank 116 of 135LatviaRank 117 of 135ItalyRank 118 of 135EstoniaRank 119 of 135BelgiumRank 120 of 135UruguayRank 121 of 135AndorraRank 122 of 135MonacoRank 123 of 135Brunei DarussalamRank 124 of 135PolandRank 125 of 135MaldivesRank 126 of 135OmanRank 127 of 135AustriaRank 128 of 135SwitzerlandRank 129 of 135GreeceRank 130 of 135GeorgiaRank 131 of 135KuwaitRank 132 of 135CubaRank 133 of 135NorwayRank 134 of 135LiechtensteinRank 135 of 135

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Student-teacher ratio Data Coverage

This page lists 248 countries with available Student-teacher ratio data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.