Digest of Education Statistics
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Table 398. Pupils per teacher in public and private elementary and secondary schools, by level of education and country: Selected years, 1985 to 2001

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                |              Elementary               |        Junior high schools           |     Senior high schools
                |                                       |        (lower secondary)             |     (upper secondary)
    Country     |_______________________________________|______________________________________|______________________________________
                |  1985 |  1990 | 1996| 1999| 2000| 2001|1985|1990|1996|  1999 |  2000 |  2001 |1985|1990|1996|  1999 |   2000|   2001
________________|_______|_______|_____|_____|_____|_____|____|____|____|_______|_______|_______|____|____|____|_______|_______|_______
       1        |    2  |    3  | 4   | 5   | 6   | 7   | 8  | 9  |10  |   11  |   12  |   13  |14  |15  |16  |   17  |   18  |   19
________________|_______|_______|_____|_____|_____|_____|____|____|____|_______|_______|_______|____|____|____|_______|_______|_______
Australia ......|\1\13.8|   --- | 18.1| 17.3| 17.3| 17.0|--- |--- |--- |\2\13.7|   --- |    ---| 3.2|--- |--- |\2\10.8|   --- |   ---
Austria ........|   11.3|   11.6| 12.7| 14.5| --- | 14.3| 9.2| 7.7| 9.2|    9.6|   --- |    9.8|15.2|12.4| 8.5|   10.0|   --- |    9.9
Belgium ........|   --- |   --- | --- | 13.9| 15.0| 13.4|--- |--- |--- |   --- |   --- |   --- |--- |--- |--- |   --- |   --- |   ---
Canada .........|   18.1|   17.1| 17.0| 18.7| 18.1| 18.3|16.0|15.5|20.0|   18.7|   18.1|   18.4|16.0|15.3|19.5|   20.0|   19.5|   17.2
Denmark ........|   12.7|   11.2| 11.2| 10.6| 10.4| 10.0|10.2| 9.3|10.1|   11.6|   11.4|   11.1|14.8|13.3|12.1|   13.2|   14.4|   13.9
                |       |       |     |     |     |     |    |    |    |       |       |       |    |    |    |       |       |
France .........|   --- |   --- | 19.5| 19.6| 19.8| 19.5|--- |--- |--- |   12.9|   14.7|   13.5|--- |--- |--- |   12.7|   10.4|   11.2
Germany\3\ .....|   20.7|   20.3| 20.9| 21.0| 19.8| 19.4|16.9|14.6|16.0|   16.4|   15.7|   15.7|23.7|21.0|13.1|   12.4|   13.9|   13.7
Ireland ........|   --- |   --- | 22.6| 21.6| 21.5| 20.3|--- |--- |--- |   --- |   15.9|   15.2| 7.2| 8.3|--- |   --- |   --- |   ---
Italy ..........|   12.8|   10.7| 11.2| 11.3| 11.0| 10.8| 9.6| 8.5|10.8|   10.3|   10.4|    9.9|10.8|10.7| 9.8|   10.2|   10.2|   10.4
Japan ..........|   --- |\1\20.8| 19.7| 21.2| 20.9| 20.6|--- |18.6|16.2|   17.1|   16.8|   16.6|--- |16.2|15.6|   14.1|   14.0|   14.0
                |       |       |     |     |     |     |    |    |    |       |       |       |    |    |    |       |       |
Netherlands ....|   20.2|   19.2| 20.0| 16.6| 16.8| 17.2|12.7|12.4|--- |   --- |   --- |   --- |--- |--- |--- |   --- |   --- |   ---
New Zealand ....|   20.1|   19.1| 22.0| 20.5| 20.6| 19.6|--- |--- |18.1|   19.8|   19.9|   18.7|--- |--- |14.1|   12.8|   13.1|   12.8
Norway .........|   --- |   --- | --- | 12.6| 12.4| 11.6|--- |--- |--- |   10.1|    9.9|    9.3|--- |--- |--- |    9.9|    9.7|    9.2
Portugal .......|   --- |   --- | --- | --- | 12.1| 11.6|--- |--- |--- |   --- |   10.4|    9.9|--- |--- |--- |   --- |    7.9|    8.0
Spain ..........|   26.8|   21.2| 18.0| 15.4| 14.9| 14.7|21.4|18.8|17.8|   --- |   --- |   --- |15.3|14.8|14.2|   --- |   --- |   ---
                |       |       |     |     |     |     |    |    |    |       |       |       |    |    |    |       |       |
Sweden .........|   11.6|   10.6| 12.7| 13.3| 12.8| 12.4|10.8|10.2|12.2|   13.3|   12.8|   12.4|13.1|11.9|15.2|   15.5|   15.2|   16.6
Turkey .........|   31.1|   30.6| --- | 30.0| 30.5| 29.8|41.3|48.4|--- |   --- |   --- |   --- |11.0|12.1|--- |   16.1|   14.0|   17.2
United Kingdom .|   19.7|   22.0| 21.3| 22.5| 21.2| 20.5|--- |18.5|16.0|   17.4|\2\17.6|\2\17.3|11.1|13.9|15.3|\2\12.4|\2\12.5|\2\12.3
United States ..|   17.0|   15.6| 16.9| 16.3| 15.8| 16.3|16.5|15.9|17.5|   16.8|   16.3|   17.0|16.2|15.8|14.7|   14.5|   14.1|   14.8
________________|_______|_______|_____|_____|_____|_____|____|____|____|_______|_______|_______|____|____|____|_______|_______|_______

---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 (OECD), Education at a Glance, selected years 1985 to 2001; and previously unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared September 2003.)


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