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SocietyObserved dataAnnual fixture: World Teachers' Day

Pupils per teacher in primary education, Pacific

40.2pupils per teacher

Pacific

NauruPapua New GuineaSamoaFijiVanuatuKiribatiSolomon IslandsTonga

Number of pupils per teacher in primary education, latest known year of each territory up to 2023: the ten highest ratios of the Pacific.

  1. Nauru40.2
  2. Papua New Guinea35.5
  3. Samoa30.2
  4. Fiji28.0
  5. Vanuatu26.6
  6. Kiribati25.5
  7. Solomon Islands25.4
  8. Tonga21.6
  9. Micronesia19.7
  10. Tuvalu15.6

The first territory of the ranking, Nauru, has 40.2 pupils per teacher in primary education.

Observation

Method

World Bank indicator SE.PRM.ENRL.TC.ZS, read for seventeen territories of the Pacific from 2010 to 2023. The latest published value of each is kept, then the ten highest are ranked.

Source

Nature

Observed data

Value read at the source and reproduced without processing.

Recurring annual series. This reading is published every year on this date.

Confidence

Medium

See also

2024/069 · 9 Mar40.5% of adultsShare of smokers among adults, Pacific2026/278 · 5 Oct40.2pupils/teacherPupils per teacher in primary education, Pacific2025/318 · 14 Nov25.3% of people aged 20 to 79Diabetes prevalence among people aged 20 to 79, Pacific2024/319 · 14 Nov44.1% probabilityPremature mortality from noncommunicable diseases, Pacific

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