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Table 388.Pupils per teacher in public and private elementary and secondary schools, by level of education: Selected countries, 1985 to 1991

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                       |          Elementary            |   Lower secondary     |    Upper secondary
        Country        |________________________________|_______________________|__________________________
                       |   1985 |1989 |   1990 |   1991 |1985 |1989 |1990 |1991 |1985 |   1989 |1990 |1991
_______________________|________|_____|________|________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|________|_____|_____
           1           |   2    |  3  |   4    |     5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  | 10  |   11   | 12  | 13
_______________________|________|_____|________|________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|________|_____|_____
Australia .............|\1\13.8 | --- |    --- |   18.0 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 3.2 |    --- | --- | ---
Austria ...............|   11.3 |11.5 |   11.6 |   11.6 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.6 |15.2 |   12.6 |12.4 |11.9
Belgium ...............|    --- | --- |    --- |    9.3 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |    --- | --- | 4.6
Canada ................|   18.1 |16.9 |   17.1 |    --- |16.0 |15.5 |15.5 | --- |16.0 |   15.5 |15.3 | ---
Denmark ...............|   12.7 |12.2 |   11.2 |   11.1 |10.2 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 9.2 |14.8 |   13.6 |13.3 |12.6
                       |        |     |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |        |     |
France ................|    --- | --- |    --- |   22.7 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |    --- | --- | 5.6
Germany (former West) .|   20.7 |20.3 |   20.3 |   21.4 |16.9 |14.7 |14.6 |14.8 |23.7 |   21.9 |21.0 |20.4
Ireland ...............|    --- | --- |    --- |    --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 7.2 |    8.0 | 8.3 | 8.6
Italy .................|   12.8 |10.8 |   10.7 |   10.9 | 9.6 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.3 |10.8 |   10.7 |10.7 |10.5
Japan .................|    --- |21.5 |\1\20.8 |\1\20.3 | --- |19.4 |18.6 |17.7 | --- |\1\16.4 |16.2 |16.2
                       |        |     |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |        |     |
Luxembourg ............|    --- |13.7 |    --- |    --- | --- |86.6 | --- |(\1\)| --- |    5.2 | --- |(\1\)
Netherlands ...........|   20.2 |19.2 |   19.2 |   19.0 |12.7 |12.6 |12.4 |10.2 | --- |    --- | --- | ---
New Zealand ...........|   20.1 |19.7 |   19.1 |   18.4 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |    --- | --- | ---
Norway ................|    --- | --- |    --- |   10.7 | --- | --- | --- | 8.7 | --- |    --- | --- | 8.1
Portugal ..............|    --- | --- |    --- |   13.3 | --- | --- | --- | 0.1 | --- |    --- | --- | 5.2
                       |        |     |        |        |     |     |     |     |     |        |     |
Spain .................|   26.8 |22.9 |   21.2 |   19.7 |21.4 |19.5 |18.8 |17.8 |15.3 |   15.1 |14.8 |14.7
Sweden ................|   11.6 |10.7 |   10.6 |   10.4 |10.8 |10.6 |10.2 | 9.7 |13.1 |   12.2 |11.9 |11.9
Turkey ................|   31.1 |30.7 |   30.6 |   30.5 |41.3 |50.0 |48.4 |49.7 |11.0 |   12.2 |12.1 |13.1
United Kingdom ........|   19.7 |22.0 |   22.0 |   22.2 | --- |18.5 |18.5 |18.6 |11.1 |   17.2 |13.9 |13.7
United States .........|   17.0 |15.6 |   15.6 |   15.5 |16.5 |16.0 |15.9 |16.1 |16.2 |   16.0 |15.8 |15.6
_______________________|________|_____|________|________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|________|_____|_____

\1\Public schools only.

---Data not available.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, unpublished data. (This table was prepared May 1995.)


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