| 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
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Country |_______________________________________|______________________________________|______________________________________
| 1985 | 1990 | 1996| 1999| 2000| 2001|1985|1990|1996| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |1985|1990|1996| 1999 | 2000| 2001
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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
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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
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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| --- | --- | ---
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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
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| ---Not available. 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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