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| Table C.3.14. | IEA: Number of instructional days and instructional hours in eighth grade as reported Table C.3.3nn14.14. by TIMSS, by country: 2007 |
| Country | Number of days per year school open for instruction | Number of instructional hours per day | Total annual instructional time (in hours) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Median | Mean | Median | Mean | Median | |||||
| Algeria | 197 | 196 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 1,199 | 1,179 | ||||
| Armenia | 210 | 204 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 1,097 | 918 | ||||
| Australia | 197 | 200 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 1,032 | 1,067 | ||||
| Bahrain | 179 | 180 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 943 | 930 | ||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 178 | 175 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 993 | 788 | ||||
| Botswana | 189 | 189 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 1,084 | 1,040 | ||||
| Bulgaria | 173 | 170 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 815 | 765 | ||||
| Chinese Taipei | 202 | 200 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 1,193 | 1,050 | ||||
| Colombia | 199 | 200 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 1,193 | 1,267 | ||||
| Cyprus | 167 | 166 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 870 | 872 | ||||
| Czech Republic | 193 | 193 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 926 | 869 | ||||
| Egypt | 192 | 192 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 1,119 | 1,200 | ||||
| El Salvador | 200 | 200 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 891 | 900 | ||||
| England | 190 | 190 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 986 | 950 | ||||
| Georgia | 180 | 180 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 855 | 810 | ||||
| Ghana | 195 | 195 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 1,103 | 1,024 | ||||
| Hong Kong SAR1 | 184 | 190 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 1,035 | 1,013 | ||||
| Hungary | 182 | 181 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 810 | 815 | ||||
| Indonesia | 231 | 239 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 1,385 | 1,295 | ||||
| Iran | 199 | 200 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 904 | 900 | ||||
| Israel | 204 | 208 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 1,165 | 1,127 | ||||
| Italy | 204 | 204 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 1,091 | 1,088 | ||||
| Japan | 201 | 201 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1,016 | 1,005 | ||||
| Jordan | 197 | 195 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 1,066 | 1,024 | ||||
| Korea | 206 | 205 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 990 | 923 | ||||
| Kuwait | 182 | 180 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 911 | 990 | ||||
| Lebanon | 167 | 167 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 1,024 | 1,066 | ||||
| Lithuania | 191 | 195 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 932 | 878 | ||||
| Malaysia | 196 | 194 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 1,146 | 1,213 | ||||
| Malta | 180 | 180 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 984 | 960 | ||||
| Morocco | 206 | 204 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 1,291 | 1,326 | ||||
| Norway | 190 | 190 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 855 | 855 | ||||
| Oman | 181 | 180 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 985 | 960 | ||||
| Palestinian Nat'l Authority | 192 | 201 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 913 | 905 | ||||
| Qatar | 191 | 182 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 1,073 | 971 | ||||
| Romania | 174 | 170 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 902 | 850 | ||||
| Russian Federation | 199 | 204 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 867 | 918 | ||||
| Saudi Arabia | 182 | 180 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 990 | 945 | ||||
| Scotland | 192 | 190 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1,047 | 1,045 | ||||
| Serbia | 173 | 170 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 783 | 765 | ||||
| Singapore | 172 | 172 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 982 | 903 | ||||
| Slovenia | 188 | 188 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 860 | 846 | ||||
| Sweden | 179 | 178 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 942 | 949 | ||||
| Syria | 166 | 164 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 799 | 738 | ||||
| Thailand | 199 | 200 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 1,264 | 1,200 | ||||
| Tunisia | 195 | 193 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 1,261 | 1,184 | ||||
| Turkey | 182 | 180 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 973 | 720 | ||||
| Ukraine | 188 | 190 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 896 | 855 | ||||
| United States | 180 | 180 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 1,109 | 1,146 | ||||
| 1 Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China. | ||||||||||
| NOTE: Based on principals' responses. The mean represents the average of all responses. The median represents the midpoint in the responses when sorted numerically. The "mean" calculation uses the means of the responses; the "median" calculation uses the median of the responses. | ||||||||||
| SOURCE: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 2007. unpublished tabulations. | ||||||||||
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