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| Table 389. | Pupils per teacher in public and private elementary and secondary schools, by level of education and country: Selected years, 1985 to 2003 |
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| Elementary | Junior high school (lower secondary) | Senior high school (upper secondary)
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Country | 1985| 1990| 1996| 2000| 2001| 2002| 2003|1985|1990|1996| 2000| 2001| 2002| 2003|1985|1990|1996| 2000| 2001| 2002| 2003
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1 | 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15| 16| 17| 18| 19| 20| 21| 22
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Australia ......|\1\13.8| --- | 18.1| 17.3| 17.0| 16.9| 16.6|--- |--- |--- | --- | ---| 12.5|\2\12.4| 3.2|--- |--- | --- | --- | 12.5|\2\ 12.4
Austria ........| 11.3| 11.6| 12.7| --- | 14.3| 14.4| 14.4| 9.2| 7.7| 9.2| --- | 9.8| 9.8| 10.0|15.2|12.4| 8.5| --- | 9.9| 10.3| 10.2
Belgium ........| --- | --- | --- | 15.0| 13.4| 13.1| 13.1|--- |--- |--- | --- | --- | 9.3| 10.6|--- |--- |--- | --- | --- | 9.3| 9.6
Canada .........| 18.1| 17.1| 17.0| 18.1| 18.3| --- | --- |16.0|15.5|20.0| 18.1| 18.4| --- | --- |16.0|15.3|19.5| 19.5| 17.2| --- | ---
Denmark ........| 12.7| 11.2| 11.2| 10.4| 10.0| 10.9| 10.8|10.2| 9.3|10.1| 11.4| 11.1| 10.9| 10.8|14.8|13.3|12.1| 14.4| 13.9| 14.2| 13.4
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France .........| --- | --- | 19.5| 19.8| 19.5| 19.4| 19.4|--- |--- |--- | 14.7| 13.5| 13.7| 13.7|--- |--- |--- | 10.4| 11.2| 10.6| 10.6
Germany\3\ .....| 20.7| 20.3| 20.9| 19.8| 19.4| 18.9| 18.7|16.9|14.6|16.0| 15.7| 15.7| 15.7| 15.6|23.7|21.0|13.1| 13.9| 13.7| 13.6| 13.7
Ireland ........| --- | --- | 22.6| 21.5| 20.3| 19.5| 18.7|--- |--- |--- | 15.9| 15.2| 14.3| 13.7| 7.2| 8.3|--- | --- | --- | 14.3| 13.7
Italy ..........| 12.8| 10.7| 11.2| 11.0| 10.8| 10.6| 10.9| 9.6| 8.5|10.8| 10.4| 9.9| 9.9| 10.3|10.8|10.7| 9.8| 10.2| 10.4| 10.3| 10.8
Japan ..........| --- |\1\20.8| 19.7| 20.9| 20.6| 20.3| 19.9|--- |18.6|16.2| 16.8| 16.6| 16.2| 15.7|--- |16.2|15.6| 14.0| 14.0| 13.7| 13.5
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Netherlands ....| 20.2| 19.2| 20.0| 16.8| 17.2| 17.0| 16.0|12.7|12.4|--- | --- | --- | 15.9| 15.7|--- |--- |--- | --- | --- | 15.9| 15.7
New Zealand ....| 20.1| 19.1| 22.0| 20.6| 19.6| 19.6| 19.9|--- |--- |18.1| 19.9| 18.7| 19.4| 18.8|--- |--- |14.1| 13.1| 12.8| 13.8| 10.9
Norway .........| --- | --- | --- | 12.4| 11.6| 11.5|\1\11.7|--- |--- |--- | 9.9| 9.3| 10.3|\1\10.4|--- |--- |--- | 9.7| 9.2| 9.2|\1\ 9.2
Portugal .......| --- | --- | --- | 12.1| 11.6| 11.0| --- |--- |--- |--- | 10.4| 9.9| 9.3| --- |--- |--- |--- | 7.9| 8.0| 7.5| ---
Spain ..........| 26.8| 21.2| 18.0| 14.9| 14.7| 14.6| 14.3|21.4|18.8|17.8| --- | --- | 13.7| 13.3|15.3|14.8|14.2| --- | --- | 8.3| 7.9
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Sweden .........| 11.6| 10.6| 12.7| 12.8| 12.4| 12.5| 12.3|10.8|10.2|12.2| 12.8| 12.4| 12.2| 12.1|13.1|11.9|15.2| 15.2| 16.6| 14.1| 14.1
Turkey .........| 31.1| 30.6| --- | 30.5| 29.8| 27.5| 25.9|41.3|48.4|--- | --- | --- | --- | --- |11.0|12.1|--- | 14.0| 17.2| 17.7| 18.0
United Kingdom .| 19.7| 22.0| 21.3| 21.2| 20.5| 19.9|\2\20.0|--- |18.5|16.0|\2\17.6|\2\17.3|\2\17.6|\2\17.4|11.1|13.9|15.3|\2\12.5|\2\12.3|\2\12.5|\2\ 12.6
United States ..| 17.0| 15.6| 16.9| 15.8| 16.3| 15.5| 15.5|16.5|15.9|17.5| 16.3| 17.0| 15.5| 15.5|16.2|15.8|14.7| 14.1| 14.8| 15.6| 15.6
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---Not available. \1\Public schools only. \2\Includes only general programs in lower and upper secondary education. \3\Data for 1985 are for the former West Germany. NOTE: In this table, U.S. data for elementary correspond to grades 1 through 6; junior high school corresponds to grades 7 through 9; and senior high school corresponds to grades 10 through 12. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education Online Database; Annual National Accounts, Vol. 1, 1997; and Education at a Glance, 2002 through 2005. (This table was prepared October 2005.)
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