Table 397. | Pupils per teacher in public and private elementary and secondary schools, by level of education: Selected countries, 1985 to 1999 |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 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 ________________|________|________|_____|_____|_____|_____|______|______|______|_____|_____|________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|________ |
---Not available. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Education at a Glance, various years; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared June 2001.) |