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Average number of pupils per trained teacher in primary education: 10 pupils/teacher
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11/237 countriesBack to EducationGlobal39.89pupils/teacherYear-over-year-3.73%5-year change+14.87%
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2025
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Top 10 · Average number of pupils per trained teacher in primary education (2025)
With 54.76 pupils/teacher in 2025, Indonesia leads the world in average number of pupils per trained teacher in primary education, followed by Laos (51.96 pupils/teacher) and the Gambia (36.87 pupils/teacher). The top 5 is rounded off by Uzbekistan (26.12 pupils/teacher) and Nauru (25.8 pupils/teacher). Further down, Kyrgyzstan (24.54 pupils/teacher) and Nepal (23.63 pupils/teacher) hold the next two spots. Algeria (21.38 pupils/teacher), Thailand (14.56 pupils/teacher), and Kazakhstan (13.91 pupils/teacher) round out the top ten. Across the top ten, Indonesia is 3.9× as high as Kazakhstan (13.91 pupils/teacher). Seven of the top ten are in Asia, with three from South-Eastern Asia. Among these countries, Uzbekistan saw the largest year-over-year change at +24.7%.
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