Pupil-qualified teacher ratio in secondary (headcount basis) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
86
Highest
56.94 headcount basis
Belize
Lowest
6.57 headcount basis
San Marino
Median
15.11 headcount basis
Years covered
27
1999–2025
Data points
2,788
What the numbers show
Pupil-qualified teacher ratio in secondary (headcount basis) is currently reported for 86 countries. The highest value is 56.94 headcount basis in Belize; the lowest is 6.57 headcount basis in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 15.11 headcount basis, and the mean is 18.21 headcount basis.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.
Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in British Virgin Islands (up 265.7%), and the largest decrease in Dominican Republic (down 66.9%).
Pupil-qualified teacher ratio in secondary (headcount basis) (teacher): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belize | 56.94 headcount basis | 2024 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 2 | Palestine | 47.63 headcount basis | 2023 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 3 | Afghanistan | 45.93 headcount basis | 2023 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 4 | Cameroon | 41.83 headcount basis | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 5 | Nauru | 37.7 headcount basis | 2025 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 6 | Niger | 36.65 headcount basis | 2024 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 7 | Nepal | 34.9 headcount basis | 2024 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 8 | Burundi | 32.24 headcount basis | 2025 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 9 | Cote d'Ivoire | 31.74 headcount basis | 2024 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 10 | Eritrea | 31.31 headcount basis | 2022 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 11 | Rwanda | 30.73 headcount basis | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 12 | British Virgin Islands | 30.03 headcount basis | 2023 | up 265.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 26.36 headcount basis | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 14 | Philippines | 26.33 headcount basis | 2022 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 15 | Colombia | 25.92 headcount basis | 2022 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 16 | Suriname | 24.99 headcount basis | 2021 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 17 | El Salvador | 24.96 headcount basis | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 18 | Grenada | 24.54 headcount basis | 2024 | up 106.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Senegal | 24.07 headcount basis | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 20 | Cook Islands | 23.38 headcount basis | 2024 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 21 | Namibia | 23.14 headcount basis | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 22 | Ghana | 23.06 headcount basis | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 23 | Burkina Faso | 22.84 headcount basis | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 24 | Egypt | 22.79 headcount basis | 2024 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 25 | Laos | 22.35 headcount basis | 2017 | — | flat |
| 26 | Tanzania | 21.56 headcount basis | 2021 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 27 | Madagascar | 21.5 headcount basis | 2019 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 28 | Indonesia | 20.95 headcount basis | 2025 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 29 | Ecuador | 19.74 headcount basis | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 30 | Djibouti | 19.52 headcount basis | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 31 | Morocco | 19.48 headcount basis | 2024 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 32 | India | 19.41 headcount basis | 2025 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 33 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.02 headcount basis | 2024 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 34 | Thailand | 17.45 headcount basis | 2025 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 35 | Benin | 17.23 headcount basis | 2022 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 36 | Sri Lanka | 17.14 headcount basis | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 37 | Puerto Rico | 17.09 headcount basis | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 38 | Iran | 16.28 headcount basis | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 39 | Cape Verde | 16.24 headcount basis | 2022 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 40 | Jamaica | 16.04 headcount basis | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 41 | Panama | 15.71 headcount basis | 2017 | — | flat |
| 42 | Marshall Islands | 15.51 headcount basis | 2024 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 43 | Dominica | 15.35 headcount basis | 2023 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 44 | Tuvalu | 14.87 headcount basis | 2024 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 45 | Barbados | 14.84 headcount basis | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 46 | United States | 14.55 headcount basis | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 47 | Jordan | 14.07 headcount basis | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 48 | China | 13.9 headcount basis | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 13.88 headcount basis | 2024 | up 68.2% | rising |
| 50 | Bahamas | 13.59 headcount basis | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 51 | Malaysia | 12.97 headcount basis | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 52 | Armenia | 12.88 headcount basis | 2024 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 53 | Costa Rica | 12.86 headcount basis | 2020 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 54 | Oman | 12.32 headcount basis | 2024 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 55 | Moldova | 12.28 headcount basis | 2024 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 56 | Qatar | 12.21 headcount basis | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 57 | Bahrain | 12.18 headcount basis | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 58 | Singapore | 12.04 headcount basis | 2023 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 59 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 12.02 headcount basis | 2024 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 60 | Gibraltar | 11.91 headcount basis | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 61 | Seychelles | 11.48 headcount basis | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 62 | South Korea | 11.42 headcount basis | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 63 | Turkmenistan | 11.3 headcount basis | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 64 | Spain | 10.85 headcount basis | 2023 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 65 | Macao | 10.76 headcount basis | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 66 | Hong Kong | 10.76 headcount basis | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 67 | Mauritius | 10.76 headcount basis | 2024 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 68 | Cayman Islands | 10.66 headcount basis | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 69 | Belarus | 10.2 headcount basis | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 70 | Bhutan | 10.13 headcount basis | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 71 | Cuba | 10.12 headcount basis | 2024 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 72 | Kazakhstan | 9.94 headcount basis | 2024 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 73 | Uzbekistan | 9.65 headcount basis | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 9.41 headcount basis | 2024 | down 66.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Albania | 9.29 headcount basis | 2024 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 76 | Azerbaijan | 9.14 headcount basis | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 77 | Portugal | 8.95 headcount basis | 2020 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 78 | United Arab Emirates | 8.87 headcount basis | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 79 | Andorra | 8.67 headcount basis | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 80 | Lithuania | 8.45 headcount basis | 2020 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 81 | Niue | 8.04 headcount basis | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 82 | Brunei | 7.88 headcount basis | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 83 | Monaco | 7.54 headcount basis | 2024 | — | rising |
| 84 | Cyprus | 7.43 headcount basis | 2021 | — | falling |
| 85 | Serbia | 7.05 headcount basis | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 86 | San Marino | 6.57 headcount basis | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- ECA: Land-locked Ldcs (unsdcode:98117) 62.93 headcount basis
- ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) 60.65 headcount basis
- GPE: High Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 51.27 headcount basis
- UNICEF: Eastern and Southern Africa 43.22 headcount basis
- GPE: Region 1 38.95 headcount basis
- ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120) 37.67 headcount basis
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 37.21 headcount basis
- ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121) 36.56 headcount basis
- WB: Africa Eastern and Southern 34.62 headcount basis
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 33.28 headcount basis
- GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 33.26 headcount basis
- ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) 33.19 headcount basis
- SDG: Least Developed Countries 32.2 headcount basis
- WB: Least Developed Countries: Un Classification 32.2 headcount basis
- ESCAP: Wb Low Income Economies (wb_low) (unsdcode:98439) 31.95 headcount basis
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 31.84 headcount basis
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 31.84 headcount basis
- ESCAP: Africa (afr) (unsdcode:98405) 31.84 headcount basis
- UNICEF: Africa 31.84 headcount basis
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (excluding High Income) 31.65 headcount basis
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa 31.65 headcount basis
- WB: Sub-saharan Africa (ida & Ibrd) 31.65 headcount basis
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 31.63 headcount basis
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 31.63 headcount basis
- UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 31.63 headcount basis
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) 31.63 headcount basis
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 31.57 headcount basis
- UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 31.55 headcount basis
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 31.53 headcount basis
- WB: Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (hipc) 31.13 headcount basis
- ALECSO: Maghreb Countries 30.57 headcount basis
- ECA: Amu (unsdcode:98111) 30.57 headcount basis
- ESCWA: Maghreb Subregion (unsdcode:98504) 30.53 headcount basis
- WB: Fy23 Ida Countries Classified As Fragile Situations 30.34 headcount basis
- WB: Ida Only 29.33 headcount basis
- ECA: Oil Producing Economies (unsdcode:98123) 29.22 headcount basis
- ESCAP: Ldc (ldc_e) (unsdcode:98411) 28.96 headcount basis
- ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) 28.64 headcount basis
- WB: Pre-demographic Dividend 27.98 headcount basis
- WB: Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations 27.93 headcount basis
About this data
February 2026 Data Release