Table 601.60.

Teachers' statutory teaching and total working time and average class size in public elementary and secondary schools, by level of education and country: 2012

Country	Statutory teaching and total working time												Average class size
	Number of weeks of teaching			Number of days of teaching			Net teaching time in hours			Total working time in hours
	Elemen- tary school	Junior high school (lower secondary)	Senior high school (upper sec- ondary)1	Elemen- tary school	Junior high school (lower secondary)	Senior high school (upper sec- ondary)1	Elemen- tary school	Junior high school (lower secondary)	Senior high school (upper sec- ondary)1	Elemen- tary school	Junior high school (lower secondary)	Senior high school (upper sec- ondary)1	Elemen- tary school	Junior high school (lower secondary)
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
OECD average2	38	38	37	183	182	180	782	694	655	1,200	1,173	1,142	21	24
Australia3	40	40	40	197	197	195	871	809	801	1,211	1,234	1,234	23	23
Austria3	38	38	38	180	180	180	779	607	589	†	†	†	18	21
Belgium (Flemish)3	37	37	37	176	174	174	748	652	609	915	†	†	—	—
Belgium (French)3	37	37	37	181	181	181	721	661	601	†	†	†	21	—
Canada3	37	37	37	183	183	183	802	747	751	1,223	1,224	1,229	—	—
Chile4	38	38	38	179	179	179	1,103	1,103	1,103	1,839	1,839	1,839	29	31
Czech Republic3	39	39	39	188	188	188	827	620	592	†	†	†	20	21
Denmark5	†	†	†	†	†	†	659	659	369	†	†	†	21	21
England5	38	38	38	189	189	189	680	692	692	1,259	1,259	1,259	—	—
Estonia4	35	35	35	172	172	172	619	619	568	1,540	1,540	1,540	17	16
Finland6	38	38	38	187	187	187	673	589	547	787	703	642	19	20
France3	36	36	36	144	†	†	924	648	648	972	†	†	23	25
Germany3	40	40	40	193	193	193	804	755	718	†	†	†	21	25
Greece3	35	31	31	171	152	152	569	415	415	1,140	1,170	1,170	17	22
Hungary6	37	37	37	183	183	183	604	604	604	—	—	—	21	21
Iceland3	37	37	35	180	180	170	624	624	544	1,650	1,650	1,720	19	20
Ireland3	37	33	33	183	167	167	915	735	735	1,079	778	778	24	—
Israel3	38	37	37	182	175	175	838	629	558	1,219	924	781	28	29
Italy3	39	39	39	171	171	171	752	616	616	†	†	†	19	22
Japan5	40	40	39	200	200	196	731	602	510	†	†	†	28	33
Korea, Republic of6	38	38	38	190	190	190	694	568	549	†	†	†	25	34
Luxembourg3	36	36	36	176	176	176	810	739	739	990	828	828	15	19
Mexico3	42	42	36	200	200	171	800	1,047	838	800	1,167	971	20	27
Netherlands4	40	—	—	195	—	—	930	750	750	†	†	†	—	—
New Zealand3	39	39	38	195	193	190	935	848	760	1,560	1,255	950	—	—
Norway3	38	38	38	190	190	190	741	663	523	1,300	1,225	1,150	†	†
Poland5	38	38	37	184	182	180	633	561	558	—	—	—	19	23
Portugal4	37	37	37	168	168	168	756	616	616	1,027	926	926	21	22
Scotland4	38	38	38	190	190	190	855	855	855	1,045	1,045	1,045	—	—
Slovak Republic3	38	38	38	184	184	184	819	635	607	—	—	—	17	20
Slovenia3	40	40	40	190	190	190	627	627	570	†	†	†	19	20
Spain3	37	37	36	176	176	171	880	713	693	1,140	1,140	1,140	20	24
Sweden3	†	†	†	†	†	†	—	—	—	1,360	1,360	1,360	—	—
Switzerland	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Turkey3	38	38	38	180	180	180	720	504	567	980	836	921	24	29
United Kingdom	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	26	20
United States5	36	36	36	180	180	180	1,131	1,085	1,076	1,362	1,366	1,365	22	28
Other reporting      countries
Brazil	42	42	42	203	203	203	—	—	—	†	†	†	25	29
China	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	38	52
Indonesia	44	44	44	251	163	163	1,255	734	734	—	—	—	24	36
Russian Federation5	34	35	35	170	210	210	561	483	483	†	†	†	18	18

—Not available.

†Not applicable according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

1 General programs only.

2 Refers to the mean of the data values for all reporting OECD countries, to which each country or country component reporting data contributes equally.

3 Typical teaching time reported.

4 Maximum teaching time reported.

5 Actual teaching time reported.

6 Minimum teaching time reported.

NOTE: In this table, elementary school corresponds to International Standard Classification of Education 1997 (ISCED:97) level 1 (U.S. grades 1 through 6), junior high school corresponds to ISCED:97 level 2 (U.S. grades 7 through 9), and senior high school corresponds to ISCED:97 level 3 (U.S. grades 10 through 12).

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance, 2014. (This table was prepared August 2014.)