Data for 2024
Pupils per Qualified Teacher, Primary, 2024
Figures for 2024, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Pupils per Qualified Teacher, Primary, 2024 covers 92 countries. Bolivia is highest, at 284.70; Puerto Rico is lowest, at 8.24. The middle country reads 20.67. Against 2023, 79 values changed (30 up, 49 down), 13 countries joined, 25 left.
Pupils per Qualified Teacher, Primary · Data for 2024
HighestBolivia
284.70LowestPuerto Rico
8.24Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Pupils per Qualified Teacher, Primary, 2024, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 92 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 284.70 | |
| 2 | 175.19 | |
| 3 | 158.71 | |
| 4 | 136.00 | |
| 5 | 117.82 | |
| 6 | 87.54 | |
| 7 | 85.85 | |
| 8 | 84.45 | |
| 9 | 84.18 | |
| 10 | 63.48 | |
| 11 | 61.51 | |
| 12 | 51.72 | |
| 13 | 50.75 | |
| 14 | 49.24 | |
| 15 | 46.14 | |
| 16 | 45.53 | |
| 17 | 44.08 | |
| 18 | 43.12 | |
| 19 | 39.87 | |
| 20 | 37.74 | |
| 21 | 36.75 | |
| 22 | 36.06 | |
| 23 | 35.68 | |
| 24 | 35.44 | |
| 25 | 34.93 | |
| 26 | 32.86 | |
| 27 | 32.72 | |
| 28 | 31.88 | |
| 29 | 31.43 | |
| 30 | 29.12 | |
| 31 | 28.83 | |
| 32 | 28.63 | |
| 33 | 27.21 | |
| 34 | 26.95 | |
| 35 | 26.39 | |
| 36 | 26.14 | |
| 37 | 25.27 | |
| 38 | 24.26 | |
| 39 | 24.15 | |
| 40 | 24.12 | |
| 41 | 23.59 | |
| 42 | 23.25 | |
| 43 | 23.17 | |
| 44 | 22.70 | |
| 45 | 21.37 | |
| 46 | 20.95 | |
| 47 | 20.40 | |
| 48 | 20.21 | |
| 49 | 20.07 | |
| 50 | 19.98 | |
| 51 | 19.88 | |
| 52 | 19.85 | |
| 53 | 19.11 | |
| 54 | 18.60 | |
| 55 | 18.27 | |
| 56 | 18.10 | |
| 57 | 17.94 | |
| 58 | 17.62 | |
| 59 | 17.45 | |
| 60 | 17.34 | |
| 61 | 16.44 | |
| 62 | 16.31 | |
| 63 | 15.61 | |
| 64 | 15.36 | |
| 65 | 15.22 | |
| 66 | 15.11 | |
| 67 | 15.00 | |
| 68 | 14.96 | |
| 69 | 14.76 | |
| 70 | 14.61 | |
| 71 | 14.51 | |
| 72 | 14.48 | |
| 73 | 14.09 | |
| 74 | 13.77 | |
| 75 | 13.76 | |
| 76 | 13.42 | |
| 77 | 13.24 | |
| 78 | 13.20 | |
| 79 | 13.01 | |
| 80 | 12.24 | |
| 81 | 12.18 | |
| 82 | 12.07 | |
| 83 | 12.00 | |
| 84 | 11.78 | |
| 85 | 11.66 | |
| 86 | 11.44 | |
| 87 | 10.31 | |
| 88 | 10.29 | |
| 89 | 10.25 | |
| 90 | 10.21 | |
| 91 | 8.62 | |
| 92 | 8.24 |
02In 2024
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Bolivia284.70
- 2
Madagascar175.19
- 3
Belize158.71
- 4
Ukraine136.00
- 5
South Sudan117.82
Lowest
- 92
Puerto Rico8.24
- 91
San Marino8.62
- 90
Andorra10.21
- 89
Barbados10.25
- 88
British Virgin Islands10.29
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 20.67. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032023 → 2024
Since 2023
What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +13 / −25countries joined / left
- 79values changed, of 79 in both
- 30 · 49rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Fell most
Algeria193.40 → 24.12−169.28
Cameroon156.63 → 63.48−93.15
British Virgin Islands58.12 → 10.29−47.83
Venezuela106.78 → 85.85−20.94
Bangladesh42.27 → 23.59−18.67
Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
The position is ours
UIS publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 92 countries has every column.
05The files
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The publisher’s original
UIS’s own file, on its own site.
indicators
What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
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Cite this edition
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2024). Pupils per Qualified Teacher, Primary, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/pupils-per-qualified-teacher-primary/2024
0612 held
Other years
‹ The year before
Pupils per Qualified Teacher, Primary, 2023104 countries
The year after ›
This is the newest year. A newer one will get its own page at its own address; this one is never rewritten.
All of them
Pupils per Qualified Teacher, Primary: every year12 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Pupils per Qualified Teacher, Primary, 2024: questions and answers
Which country has the highest pupils per qualified teacher (primary) in Pupils per Qualified Teacher, Primary, 2024?
Bolivia, at 284.70, of the 92 countries in the file.
What year does Pupils per Qualified Teacher, Primary, 2024 describe?
2024.
How many countries does Pupils per Qualified Teacher, Primary, 2024 cover?
92.
Where can I download Pupils per Qualified Teacher, Primary, 2024?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Pupils per Qualified Teacher, Primary, 2024 the newest?
Yes, as of 2026-09-29, when it was read from the publisher.