| 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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\1\Public schools only. ---Data not available. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, unpublished data. (This table was prepared May 1995.) |
