Education : Pupil-teacher ratio by level of education (headcount basis)

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EDUCATION
- Education
  - Education (full dataset)
  - Out-of-school children
  - Entry
  - Participation
  - Progression
    - Repeaters
      - Repeaters in primary education
      - Repeaters in lower secondary general education
    - Percentage of repeaters
      - Percentage of repeaters in primary education
      - Percentage of repeaters in lower secondary general education
    - Repetition rates
      - Repetition rate in primary education
      - Repetition rate in lower secondary general education
    - Survival rates
      - Survival rate in primary education
      - Survival rate in lower secondary general education
    - Early school leaving
    - Transition rate
      - Effective transition rate from primary to secondary
  - Completion
    - Completion and graduation ratios
    - Tertiary graduates
      - Tertiary graduates by level of education
    - Distribution of tertiary graduates
      - Distribution of tertiary graduates by field of study
    - Percentage of tertiary graduates
      - Percentage of female graduates by level of tertiary education
      - Percentage of female graduates by field of study
  - Literacy
  - Educational attainment
  - International student mobility in tertiary education
  - Human resources
  - Financial resources
  - School resources and teaching conditions
    - Access to basic services
      - Access to basic services by level of education
      - Percentage of schools that provide life skills-based HIV and sexuality education
  - School resources and teaching conditions (Africa only)
    - Access to basic services in public schools
      - Access to basic services in public schools by level of education
    - Textbooks per pupil in public primary schools
      - Textbooks per pupil in public primary schools by subject and grade
    - Classes in public primary schools
      - Classes in public primary schools by type of class
      - Classes in public primary schools by grade
    - Teacher training graduates
      - Teacher training graduates by level of education
      - Teacher training graduates to teachers in service
    - Percentage of teachers
      - Percentage of teachers by teaching level of education and recruitment status
    - Percentage of newly recruited teachers
      - Percentage of newly recruited teachers by teaching level of education
      - Percentage of newly recruited teachers by training status
    - School census return rate from public schools
      - School census return rate from public schools by level of education
  - Adult education (Latin America and the Caribbean only)
  - Disparities in teacher's training, deployment, characteristics and working conditions at sub-national level (East and South West Asia only)
  - Population
    - School age
      - School age population by level of education
    - Official entrance age
      - Official entrance age by level of education
  - Education System
    - Official entrance age
      - Official entrance age to each ISCED level of education
    - Theoretical duration
      - Duration by level of education
    - Free and compulsory education
      - Number of years of free education by level of education
      - Number of years of compulsory education by level of education
    - Academic year
      - Start and end of the academic year
SDG 4
- Sustainable Development Goal 4
  - Sustainable Development Goal 4 (full dataset)
  - Target 4.1: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes
  - Target 4.2: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education
  - Target 4.3: By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university
  - Target 4.4: By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship
    - 4.4.1 Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications technology (ICT) skills, by type of skill
    - 4.4.3 Youth/adult educational attainment rates by age group, economic activity status, levels of education and programme orientation
  - Target 4.5: By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations
  - Target 4.6: By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy
  - Target 4.7: By 2030, ensure all learners acquire knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including among others through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship, and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development
    - 4.7.2 Percentage of schools that provide life skills-based HIV and sexuality education
  - Target 4.a: Build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all
    - 4.a.1 Proportion of schools with access to: (a) electricity; (b) the Internet; (c) computers; (d) adapted infrastructure and materials; (e) basic drinking water; (f) single-sex basic sanitation facilities; and (g) basic handwashing facilities
    - 4.a.2 Percentage of students experiencing bullying
    - 4.a.3 Number of attacks on students, personnel and institutions
  - Target 4.b: By 2020, substantially expand globally the number of scholarships available to developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States and African countries, for enrolment in higher education, including vocational training, information and communications technology, technical, engineering and scientific programmes, in developed countries and other developing countries
    - 4.b.1 Volume of official development assistance flows for scholarships by sector and type of study
  - Target 4.c: By 2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States
EQUITY
- Equity
  - Equity (full dataset)
  - Target 4.1: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes
  - Target 4.2: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education
    - 4.2.2 Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age), by sex
    - 4.2.4 Gross early childhood education enrolment ratio in (a) pre-primary education and (b) early childhood educational development
  - Target 4.3: By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university
  - Target 4.4: By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship
    - 4.4.1 Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications technology (ICT) skills, by type of skill
    - 4.4.3 Youth/adult educational attainment rates by age group, economic activity status, levels of education and programme orientation
  - Target 4.5: By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations
  - Target 4.6: By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy
  - Target 4.a: Build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all
    - 4.a.1 Proportion of schools with access to: (a) electricity; (b) the Internet; (c) computers; (d) adapted infrastructure and materials; (e) basic drinking water; (f) single-sex basic sanitation facilities; and (g) basic handwashing facilities
      - 4.a.1 Proportion of schools with access to basic facilities, all schools
    - 4.a.2 Percentage of students who experienced bullying in the past 12 months
  - Target 4.b: By 2020, substantially expand globally the number of scholarships available to developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States and African countries, for enrolment in higher education, including vocational training, information and communications technology, technical, engineering and scientific programmes, in developed countries and other developing countries
    - 4.b.1 Volume of official development assistance flows for scholarships by sector and type of study
  - Target 4.c: By 2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
- Research and experimental development
- Innovation
CULTURE
- Cultural employment
  - Cultural employment (full dataset)
  - Cultural employment by occupation and industry (%)
    - Cultural employment by occupation and industry (%)
  - Employment in cultural occupations (%)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by socio-demographic characteristics (%)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by socio-economic characteristics (%)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by cultural domain (%)
  - Employment in cultural industries (%)
    - Employment in cultural industries by socio-demographic characteristics (%)
    - Employment in cultural industries by socio-economic characteristics (%)
  - Cultural employment by occupation and industry (number)
    - Cultural employment by occupation and industry (number)
  - Employment in cultural occupations (number)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by socio-demographic characteristics (number)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by socio-economic characteristics (number)
    - Employment in cultural occupations by cultural domain (number)
  - Employment in cultural industries (number)
    - Employment in cultural industries by socio-demographic characteristics (number)
    - Employment in cultural industries by socio-economic characteristics (number)
      - Existence of more than one job, cultural and non cultural industries (number)
      - Secondary job, cultural and non cultural industries (number)
- Feature films
  - Feature Films (full dataset)
  - Feature film production
  - Distribution of feature films
    - Distribution of feature films
    - Share of top 3 distributors
  - Cinema infrastructure
  - Exhibition of feature films
COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION
- Communication and information
  - Communication and information (full dataset)
  - Information and communication technology (ICT) in education
  - Pilot media survey 2011-2012
  - Global media survey 2005-2006
    - Broadcast
    - Newspapers
      - Newspapers
  - Library statistics 1996-2000
    - Librairies
DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC
- Demographic and socio-economic
  - Demographic and socio-economic (full dataset)
  - Demographic
    - Demographic indicators
  - Socio-economic
    - Socio-economic indicators

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Education : Pupil-teacher ratio by level of education (headcount basis)

Indicator

Time

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Country

Afghanistan

Åland Islands

Albania

18.51

18.20

18.25

18.35

17.70

17.48

Algeria

American Samoa

Andorra

13.68

14.09

13.70

13.41

13.68

13.88

Angola

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

7.68

Argentina

Armenia

9.40

8.61

8.99

8.73

8.55

8.39

Aruba

19.55

Australia

Austria

11.92

11.68

11.74

11.41

11.15

11.54

Azerbaijan

9.02

9.95

11.15

11.48

10.77

15.16

Bahamas

22.67

Bahrain

15.03

14.62

15.22

14.99

14.32

13.77

Bangladesh

Barbados

16.08

16.39

15.65

16.20

Belarus

6.41

7.64

7.81

7.64

7.76

Belgium

13.92

13.58

13.43

13.08

12.90

Belize

16.32

16.97

16.60

16.49

16.89

16.40

Benin

25.06

26.15

26.71

25.60

19.42

Bermuda

8.25

6.48

8.59

Bhutan

11.29

11.62

11.26

11.56

12.41

10.79

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

34.91

32.82

33.41

33.64

32.97

Bosnia and Herzegovina

14.47

Botswana

11.29

^(‡)

11.60

Brazil

17.10

17.00

16.79

16.60

British Virgin Islands

10.09

8.27

Brunei Darussalam

13.60

13.44

17.02

17.07

15.38

16.22

Bulgaria

12.49

12.70

12.82

12.30

Burkina Faso

23.56

24.67

22.30

17.29

17.58

Burundi

32.96

33.85

35.27

33.98

35.17

32.07

Cambodia

27.99

28.59

31.35

30.81

32.10

34.42

Cameroon

22.15

21.10

20.54

20.81

20.63

Canada

Cabo Verde

19.71

18.19

17.70

18.89

18.42

18.07

Cayman Islands

8.44

Central African Republic

Chad

35.17

29.04

31.93

Channel Islands

Chile

26.34

28.19

27.53

26.83

25.40

China

23.01

22.27

21.04

19.93

19.08

18.06

China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

China, Macao Special Administrative Region

16.70

16.56

16.04

15.89

16.17

14.65

Colombia

Comoros

20.33

Congo

25.66

Cook Islands

17.21

15.55

13.94

16.58

16.50

Costa Rica

12.81

13.10

12.83

11.93

Côte d'Ivoire

18.50

20.71

21.85

22.09

22.95

22.92

Croatia

12.65

13.25

13.11

13.23

12.94

Cuba

Curaçao

Cyprus

16.53

16.17

15.63

12.59

Czechia

13.94

13.89

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Democratic Republic of the Congo

25.68

25.71

24.57

23.29

Denmark

Djibouti

29.49

16.40

14.40

Dominica

10.84

12.54

12.89

11.35

11.27

Dominican Republic

25.14

23.39

21.41

17.94

18.91

19.47

Ecuador

21.27

21.81

22.43

21.73

21.40

Egypt

26.94

26.30

El Salvador

31.92

32.37

27.30

Equatorial Guinea

17.48

16.65

Eritrea

35.47

33.83

^(‡)

31.99

28.93

29.14

Estonia

6.82

Eswatini

Ethiopia

Faeroe Islands

Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

Fiji

Finland

10.62

11.85

11.53

11.54

France

20.58

20.33

French Guiana

French Polynesia

Gabon

Gambia

33.66

40.40

33.15

34.75

48.04

Georgia

Germany

8.32

8.17

7.90

7.81

Ghana

36.38

35.48

32.54

33.97

32.83

29.05

28.80

Gibraltar

22.18

10.94

Greece

11.91

11.78

10.90

10.72

Greenland

Grenada

13.51

12.13

11.76

11.65

12.25

Guadeloupe

Guam

Guatemala

19.21

Guernsey

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

15.63

Haiti

Holy See

^(a)

Honduras

14.34

20.71

19.34

Hungary

11.19

11.14

12.82

11.93

11.80

Iceland

5.03

4.91

4.84

4.77

India

20.10

Indonesia

15.23

14.93

12.51

12.68

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Iraq

Ireland

Isle of Man

Israel

Italy

12.70

12.53

12.41

12.04

Jamaica

11.51

10.74

Japan

26.00

25.48

24.99

27.30

Jersey

Jordan

16.94

16.38

17.73

17.14

16.95

17.88

Kazakhstan

9.66

9.47

9.35

Kenya

24.08

26.30

29.55

28.87

Kiribati

Kuwait

10.74

10.33

9.70

9.23

9.17

8.73

Kyrgyzstan

Lao People's Democratic Republic

18.89

19.18

18.71

18.28

18.24

Latvia

11.42

13.75

10.86

10.10

9.73

Lebanon

15.64

13.96

15.83

15.53

15.62

Lesotho

18.35

13.08

17.30

18.46

Liberia

46.49

53.25

47.51

Libya

Liechtenstein

10.67

7.65

8.40

8.04

Lithuania

7.11

9.50

9.26

Luxembourg

10.17

9.76

10.27

9.09

10.09

Madagascar

26.76

20.40

24.67

23.39

22.59

Malawi

42.05

Malaysia

19.50

18.98

17.90

16.59

16.46

15.32

Maldives

25.37

19.31

16.62

16.83

15.96

15.53

Mali

20.54

19.67

21.23

18.82

20.33

Malta

12.68

13.04

13.19

12.60

12.06

Marshall Islands

Martinique

Mauritania

19.22

Mauritius

13.19

^(‡)

13.73

^(‡)

13.39

^(‡)

14.02

12.80

Mayotte

Mexico

25.26

25.28

25.18

24.93

24.97

25.02

Micronesia (Federated States of)

Monaco

21.50

18.65

19.12

Mongolia

27.18

32.99

33.34

Montenegro

Montserrat

7.73

8.18

Morocco

18.15

Mozambique

Myanmar

18.99

Namibia

37.61

Nauru

22.50

Nepal

23.43

23.11

22.68

22.05

20.76

20.36

Netherlands

14.84

15.44

15.50

15.74

Netherlands Antilles

New Caledonia

New Zealand

8.94

8.15

7.82

Nicaragua

Niger

31.60

30.68

28.19

26.74

21.54

28.39

Nigeria

Niue

5.33

5.40

6.20

Norfolk Island

Northern Mariana Islands

Norway

10.28

Oman

25.68

27.99

25.25

24.92

22.56

Pakistan

Palau

17.86

Palestine

18.32

17.87

19.34

22.91

23.12

16.85

Panama

17.49

18.63

20.38

18.41

15.04

Papua New Guinea

41.62

Paraguay

24.09

Peru

17.85

18.15

18.95

19.11

19.55

Philippines

29.64

33.63

Pitcairn

Poland

15.07

14.99

14.92

13.58

12.35

Portugal

16.13

16.33

17.05

17.20

16.96

Puerto Rico

16.86

24.93

17.83

17.50

Qatar

15.42

13.92

14.17

14.54

14.40

Republic of Korea

14.67

13.63

13.36

13.25

Republic of Moldova

9.71

13.39

13.33

Réunion

Romania

18.02

16.57

16.05

15.94

15.46

Russian Federation

Rwanda

40.16

41.24

34.10

31.69

32.36

Saint Helena

Saint Kitts and Nevis

⁽⁺⁾

15.12

12.46

10.58

Saint Lucia

10.24

9.80

10.23

5.94

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

^(‡)

7.09

10.48

7.39

7.88

Saint-Barthélemy

Saint-Martin (French part)

Samoa

10.20

11.48

12.15

11.84

13.21

San Marino

7.76

Sao Tome and Principe

17.75

15.01

13.01

Saudi Arabia

10.69

9.63

10.82

10.69

11.33

Senegal

17.58

17.59

17.22

16.99

21.65

22.01

Serbia

12.93

12.70

12.74

12.14

11.92

11.91

Seychelles

17.45

15.08

16.56

17.56

16.68

16.35

Sierra Leone

21.14

18.83

19.30

22.67

13.84

Singapore

Sint Maarten (Dutch part)

Slovakia

12.40

12.63

12.57

12.44

Slovenia

9.15

9.19

9.16

9.09

9.11

Solomon Islands

36.54

33.84

33.22

24.23

26.03

Somalia

South Africa

^(‡)

32.94

^(‡)

32.03

^(‡)

29.64

South Sudan

34.67

Spain

13.92

14.16

14.04

13.60

Sri Lanka

Sudan

30.77

32.40

26.30

25.36

25.84

Sudan (pre-secession)

Suriname

28.07

27.65

26.50

26.06

22.27

27.73

Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands

Sweden

6.00

5.52

5.63

5.56

Switzerland

11.95

11.90

11.71

11.73

Syrian Arab Republic

15.91

Tajikistan

12.65

13.48

13.91

14.37

12.93

11.44

Thailand

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

7.99

Timor-Leste

30.87

31.99

33.18

Togo

32.68

29.24

30.01

30.68

29.19

Tokelau

4.33

Tonga

11.37

12.37

10.53

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

16.85

15.78

15.24

Turkey

20.93

17.13

16.73

17.00

Turkmenistan

Turks and Caicos Islands

Tuvalu

12.68

10.68

10.62

Uganda

30.83

29.22

28.26

22.39

21.39

22.03

Ukraine

9.35

United Arab Emirates

⁽⁺⁾

16.78

15.74

18.77

23.36

29.27

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

18.83

20.04

73.26

United Republic of Tanzania

113.28

76.94

104.36

113.97

United States of America

13.33

13.74

13.82

13.76

United States Virgin Islands

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

9.65

9.90

9.98

10.77

10.87

11.58

Vanuatu

15.35

15.51

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Viet Nam

19.08

18.87

17.63

17.42

17.14

17.58

Wallis and Futuna Islands

Western Sahara

Yemen

26.41

Zambia

Zimbabwe

34.69

37.44

Sustainable Development Goal Regions

World

17.96

18.33

17.81

17.74

17.67

^(‡)

17.68

Landlocked Developing Countries

^(‡)

20.24

^(‡)

20.34

^(‡)

20.44

^(‡)

20.48

^(‡)

20.17

^(‡)

23.89

Least Developed Countries

^(‡)

29.08

^(‡)

28.88

^(‡)

28.18

^(‡)

28.15

^(‡)

28.28

^(‡)

31.36

Small Island Developing States

^(‡)

23.88

^(‡)

23.62

^(‡)

22.99

^(‡)

21.75

^(‡)

21.57

^(‡)

21.37

Africa (Sub-Saharan)

^(‡)

30.66

^(‡)

30.43

30.20

^(‡)

30.90

^(‡)

30.57

^(‡)

33.10

Western Asia and Northern Africa

^(‡)

18.97

^(‡)

18.27

^(‡)

18.55

^(‡)

18.67

^(‡)

18.89

^(‡)

18.79

Africa (Northern)

^(‡)

21.35

^(‡)

22.65

^(‡)

22.36

^(‡)

22.93

23.59

^(‡)

23.24

Asia (Western)

17.05

15.11

^(‡)

15.51

^(‡)

15.41

^(‡)

15.54

^(‡)

15.55

Asia (Central and Southern)

^(‡)

17.46

^(‡)

17.73

^(‡)

18.12

^(‡)

18.69

^(‡)

18.62

Asia (Central)

10.79

10.83

10.69

^(‡)

11.00

^(‡)

11.04

^(‡)

11.49

Asia (Southern)

^(‡)

18.49

^(‡)

18.79

^(‡)

19.26

^(‡)

19.95

^(‡)

19.85

Asia (Eastern and South-eastern)

21.59

21.06

19.68

18.80

18.17

17.85

Asia (Eastern)

22.80

22.14

20.98

19.95

19.25

18.32

Asia (South-eastern)

18.56

18.31

16.53

^(‡)

15.94

15.44

16.54

Latin America and the Caribbean

^(‡)

17.66

20.81

20.78

20.68

20.60

^(‡)

20.40

Oceania

^(‡)

23.68

^(‡)

22.57

^(‡)

21.53

^(‡)

19.86

^(‡)

19.32

^(‡)

19.53

Oceania (Australia/New Zealand)

Oceania (excl. Australia/New Zealand)

^(‡)

36.22

^(‡)

36.05

^(‡)

35.93

^(‡)

34.30

34.02

^(‡)

34.20

Northern America and Europe

11.97

11.95

11.93

^(‡)

11.97

^(‡)

11.86

^(‡)

11.83

Europe

^(‡)

11.35

11.22

^(‡)

11.18

^(‡)

11.26

^(‡)

11.14

^(‡)

11.09

Northern America

13.80

14.23

14.32

14.27

^(‡)

14.28

UIS Regions

World

17.96

18.33

17.81

17.74

17.67

^(‡)

17.68

Arab States

^(‡)

19.02

^(‡)

19.26

^(‡)

19.58

^(‡)

19.78

20.13

^(‡)

19.82

Central and Eastern Europe

^(‡)

10.62

^(‡)

10.48

^(‡)

10.45

^(‡)

10.32

^(‡)

10.18

Central Asia

11.08

11.29

11.30

^(‡)

11.58

^(‡)

11.63

^(‡)

12.30

East Asia and the Pacific

21.62

21.07

19.69

18.79

18.16

17.84

Latin America and the Caribbean

^(‡)

17.66

20.81

20.77

20.68

20.60

^(‡)

20.40

North America and Western Europe

13.31

13.25

13.49

^(‡)

13.45

^(‡)

13.44

South and West Asia

^(‡)

18.49

^(‡)

18.79

^(‡)

19.26

^(‡)

19.95

^(‡)

19.85

Sub-Saharan Africa

^(‡)

30.69

^(‡)

30.46

30.23

^(‡)

30.94

^(‡)

30.60

^(‡)

33.14

Small Island Developing States

^(‡)

24.27

^(‡)

23.56

^(‡)

23.02

^(‡)

21.82

^(‡)

21.63

^(‡)

21.42

World Bank Income Groups

Low income countries

^(‡)

30.51

^(‡)

29.97

^(‡)

29.21

^(‡)

29.02

^(‡)

29.19

^(‡)

34.37

Lower middle income countries

^(‡)

19.24

^(‡)

19.65

^(‡)

18.63

^(‡)

19.09

^(‡)

19.36

^(‡)

19.70

Middle income countries

18.65

^(‡)

19.17

18.41

18.21

18.06

^(‡)

17.87

Upper middle income countries

18.28

18.85

18.28

17.68

17.26

16.78

High income countries

14.43

14.40

14.36

14.44

^(‡)

14.40

^(‡)

14.40

Legend:

+	National Estimation
a	Category not applicable
‡	UIS Estimation

Data extracted on 10 Jun 2019 13:50 UTC (GMT) from UIS.Stat

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