Students per Country

The first graph shows the number of students (in thousands) in primary education in each of the listed countries in 2005. It is clear from the graph that Indonesia and the United States have the greatest amount, and that most countries have less than five thousand.

Similarly, the second graph shows the number of students (in thousands) in primary education in each of the listed countries in 2010. Once more, Indonesia and the United States have the greatest amount, though there is also significant growth from Ethiopia.

In the final graph, once again, Indonesia and the US are the leaders, but Ethiopia and Pakistan have also increased, which could imply potential social programs encouraging education, or perhaps is a result of political stability and economic growth.

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Teachers per Country

In and of itself, this graph shows the number of teachers in various countries in 2005 – Mexico and Pakistan are the two leaders. However, we can gain more insight from it when compared with the graph of students in 2005; surprisingly, the numbers don’t correlate precisely, which can demonstrate the inequalities in education worldwide.

Just like the previous image, this chart shows the number of teachers in various countries, but this time it’s 10 years later. Thus, this graph is a great way to see growth over the same set of data: Mexico has grown substantially, outstripping the rest of the countries, as seen in the greater difference in the heights of the bars.

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Expenditure per country

This is a chart of the percent of GDP various countries spent on its education system in 2010. One clear outlier is Uganda, with less than 2% of GDP, but there is no clear outlier on the top end of the range of expenditure, though it does fluctuate.

This is the same chart of GDP and various countries but in 2015, and this time the outliers have flipped: Norway is significantly more willing to spend money on their education system, leading all other countries considered with 7.6%, almost a full percent increase from 5 years prior.

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Students per Teacher/Expenditure

This scatter plot shows the amount of teachers are afforded to the amount of students, with each dot representing a country. Were it equivalent worldwide, the dots would be perfectly linear; that isn’t the case, so this plot show various discrepancies within our global education system.

This visualization shows the amount of students in primary education versus the percent of GDP a country spends on education, animated over time. The countries are delineated by color, as seen on the right. By activating the animation, the dots bounce, showing that our education system does not remain static over time.