average class size in 6 countries

The bar charts illustrate the mean quantity of students in the class of six countries together with the world’s one in 2006. It is true that the group including South Korea, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Mexico had bigger class sizes in both levels than the world’s one, while the classes in Denmark and Iceland were not as dense as the global average. Besides, lower secondary school class size was higher than the primary level in most of the countries such as South Korea, Japan, Mexico, Denmark, which is also aligned with the world’s trend, whereas there was a superior number of students per primary class in the United Kingdom and Iceland. For the 5-8 age group, the figure of Japanese class size was the most outstanding, at over 30 pupils, while the rate for the global standard was significantly lower, at only 19 pupils. Nearly 30 Korean schoolchildren were allocated in a class, compared to 25 classmates of UK's and Mexico’s classrooms. Meanwhile, Denmark and Iceland’s data made up approximately 17 – 18 pupils in a class, under the world number in this age group. Regarding the class for 8-14 years old, South Korea was the highest among the six mentioned countries and world, at above 40 secondary students per class, which was double crowded as the world average, at only 20 students in total. Mexico, Japan, and the UK had about 34, 32, and 24 schoolers per class, respectively. In the group which had a smaller size than the world number, there were Denmark and Iceland, at about 19 and 17 learners in total.