The graph illustrates the average amount of students in a class in primary school and secondary school around the world by 2006.
According to the graph, the world average class size is in primary school is larger than the secondary school in 2006, with 26 and 24 students respectively. There are two countries that follow this regularity in this graph, The primary students have 20 classmates in their class in Denmark and 23 classmates in the UK. With the age growing, the number of classmates decreased to 18 and 21 in lower secondary school.
In contrast, other countries didn’t follow the trajectory of the world. It is obvious that the size of the class is influenced by the total population of the country. Therefore, the class size in Iceland only has 15 primary students and 17 secondary students, which is much lower than the Japan and South Korea. The number of students in Mexico soaring dramatically since Mexican primary students graduated and participated the secondary school, from 20 students to over 30 students.
