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Table 397. Pupils per teacher in public and private elementary and secondary schools, by level of education: Selected countries, 1985 to 1999

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                |              Elementary                 |        Junior high schools              |     Senior high schools
                |                                         |        (lower secondary)                |      (upper secondary)
    Country     |_________________________________________|_________________________________________|______________________________________
                |  1985  |  1990  |1994 |1996 |1998 |1999 | 1985 | 1990 | 1994 |1996 |1998 |  1999  |1985 |1990 |1994 |1996 |1998 |  1999
________________|________|________|_____|_____|_____|_____|______|______|______|_____|_____|________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|________
       1        |    2   |    3   |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8   |  9   |  10  | 11  | 12  |   13   | 14  | 15  | 16  | 17  | 18  |   19
________________|________|________|_____|_____|_____|_____|______|______|______|_____|_____|________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|________
Australia ......|\1\13.8 |    --- |18.5 |18.1 |17.9 |17.3 |  --- |  --- |  --- | --- |14.7 |\2\13.7 | 3.2 | --- | --- | --- |16.8 |\2\10.8
Austria ........|   11.3 |   11.6 |11.9 |12.7 |12.7 |14.5 |  9.2 |  7.7 |  8.3 | 9.2 | 9.3 |    9.6 |15.2 |12.4 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 9.7 |   10.0
Belgium ........|    --- |    --- |13.3 | --- |14.0 |13.9 |  --- |  --- |  --- | --- | --- |    --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |    ---
Canada .........|   18.1 |   17.1 |16.5 |17.0 |21.0 |18.7 | 16.0 | 15.5 | 19.1 |20.0 |21.0 |   18.7 |16.0 |15.3 |19.1 |19.5 |23.1 |   20.0
Denmark ........|   12.7 |   11.2 |11.0 |11.2 | --- |10.6 | 10.2 |  9.3 |  9.0 |10.1 | --- |   11.6 |14.8 |13.3 | 9.1 |12.1 | --- |   13.2
                |        |        |     |     |     |     |      |      |      |     |     |        |     |     |     |     |     |
France .........|    --- |    --- |19.6 |19.5 | --- |19.6 |  --- |  --- |  --- | --- | --- |   12.9 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |   12.7
Germany\3\ .....|   20.7 |   20.3 |20.5 |20.9 |21.6 |21.0 | 16.9 | 14.6 | 15.7 |16.0 |16.3 |   16.4 |23.7 |21.0 |12.0 |13.1 |13.6 |   12.4
Ireland ........|    --- |    --- |24.3 |22.6 |22.6 |21.6 |  --- |  --- |  --- | --- | --- |    --- | 7.2 | 8.3 | --- | --- | --- |    ---
Italy ..........|   12.8 |   10.7 |10.2 |11.2 | --- |11.3 |  9.6 |  8.5 |  8.0 |10.8 | --- |   10.3 |10.8 |10.7 | 8.9 | 9.8 | --- |   10.2
Japan ..........|    --- |\1\20.8 |19.2 |19.7 |21.4 |21.2 |  --- | 18.6 | 16.2 |16.2 |17.3 |   17.1 | --- |16.2 |15.8 |15.6 |14.4 |   14.1
                |        |        |     |     |     |     |      |      |      |     |     |        |     |     |     |     |     |
Netherlands ....|   20.2 |   19.2 |22.4 |20.0 |17.8 |16.6 | 12.7 | 12.4 | 16.9 | --- | --- |    --- | --- | --- |16.5 | --- | --- |    ---
New Zealand ....|   20.1 |   19.1 |20.2 |22.0 |24.7 |20.5 |  --- |  --- | 16.7 |18.1 |25.9 |   19.8 | --- | --- |13.2 |14.1 |16.8 |   12.8
Norway .........|    --- |    --- | --- | --- |12.6 |12.6 |  --- |  --- |  --- | --- |10.1 |   10.1 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 8.1 |    9.9
Portugal .......|    --- |    --- |12.2 | --- | --- | --- |  --- |  --- |  --- | --- | --- |    --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |    ---
Spain ..........|   26.8 |   21.2 |19.2 |18.0 |16.0 |15.4 | 21.4 | 18.8 | 18.2 |17.8 | --- |    --- |15.3 |14.8 |14.8 |14.2 | --- |    ---
                |        |        |     |     |     |     |      |      |      |     |     |        |     |     |     |     |     |
Sweden .........|   11.6 |   10.6 |12.5 |12.7 |13.4 |13.3 | 10.8 | 10.2 | 10.9 |12.2 |13.2 |   13.3 |13.1 |11.9 |14.6 |15.2 |17.0 |   15.5
Turkey .........|   31.1 |   30.6 |27.4 | --- | --- |30.0 | 41.3 | 48.4 | 45.6 | --- | --- |    --- |11.0 |12.1 |14.1 | --- | --- |   16.1
United Kingdom .|   19.7 |   22.0 |20.7 |21.3 |22.0 |22.5 |  --- | 18.5 | 16.9 |16.0 |16.7 |   17.4 |11.1 |13.9 |15.1 |15.3 |16.7 |\2\12.4
United States ..|   17.0 |   15.6 | --- |16.9 |16.5 |16.3 | 16.5 | 15.9 |  --- |17.5 |17.1 |   16.8 |16.2 |15.8 | --- |14.7 |14.7 |   14.5
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---Not available.
\1\Public schools only.
\2\Includes only general programs.
\3\Data for 1985 are for the former West Germany.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Education at a Glance, various years; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared June 2001.)


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