Table 413.

Teachers' statutory working time and average class sizes in public elementary and secondary schools, by level of education and country: 2009

Country	Statutory teaching and working time												Average class size
	Number of weeks of instruction			Number of days of instruction			Net teaching time in hours			Total working time in hours
	Elemen- tary	Junior high school (lower secondary)	Senior high school (upper sec- ondary)1	Elemen- tary	Junior high school (lower secondary)	Senior high school (upper sec- ondary)1	Elemen- tary	Junior high school (lower secondary)	Senior high school (upper sec- ondary)1	Elemen- tary	Junior high school (lower secondary)	Senior high school (upper sec- ondary)1	Elemen- tary	Junior high school (lower sec- ondary)1
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
OECD average2	38	38	38	186	185	183	779	701	656	1,665	1,660	1,663	21	24
Australia	40	40	40	197	197	193	874	812	797	†	†	†	23	23
Austria	38	38	38	180	180	180	779	607	589	1,776	1,776	†	19	22
Belgium (Flemish)	37	37	37	178	179	179	801	687	642	†	†	†	—	—
Belgium (French)	38	38	38	183	183	183	732	671	610	†	†	†	20	—
Chile.	40	40	40	191	191	191	1,232	1,232	1,232	1,760	1,760	1,760	28	29
Czech Republic	40	40	40	189	189	189	832	624	595	1,664	1,664	1,664	20	22
Denmark3	42	42	42	200	200	200	648	648	377	1,680	1,680	1,680	20	20
England3	38	38	38	190	190	190	635	714	714	1,265	1,265	1,265	—	—
Estonia	39	39	39	175	175	175	630	630	578	†	†	†	18	20
Finland	38	38	38	188	188	188	677	592	550	†	†	†	20	20
France3	35	35	35	—	—	—	918	642	628	†	†	†	23	24
Germany	40	40	40	193	193	193	805	756	713	1,775	1,775	1,775	22	25
Greece	36	32	32	177	157	157	589	426	426	†	†	†	17	21
Hungary	37	37	37	181	181	181	597	597	597	1,864	1,864	1,864	21	22
Iceland3	36	36	35	176	176	171	609	609	547	1,800	1,800	1,800	18	20
Ireland	37	33	33	183	167	167	915	735	735	†	†	†	24	—
Israel	43	42	42	183	176	176	788	589	524	†	†	†	27	32
Italy	39	39	39	172	172	172	757	619	619	†	†	†	19	21
Japan3	40	40	40	201	201	198	707	602	500	1,899	1,899	1,899	28	33
Korea, Republic of	40	40	40	220	220	220	836	618	605	1,680	1,680	1,680	29	35
Luxembourg	36	36	36	176	176	176	739	634	634	†	†	†	15	19
Mexico	42	42	36	200	200	172	800	1,047	843	†	†	†	20	29
Netherlands4	40	—	—	195	—	—	930	750	750	1,659	1,659	1,659	22	—
Norway	38	38	38	190	190	190	741	654	523	1,688	1,688	1,688	†	†
Poland	37	37	37	181	179	180	489	483	486	1,480	1,464	1,472	19	24
Portugal	37	37	37	175	175	175	875	770	770	1,464	1,464	1,464	20	22
Scotland	38	38	38	190	190	190	855	855	855	1,365	1,365	1,365	—	—
Slovak Republic	38	38	38	187	187	187	832	645	617	1,560	1,560	1,560	18	21
Slovenia	40	40	40	190	190	190	690	690	633	†	†	†	19	20
Spain	37	37	36	176	176	171	880	713	693	1,425	1,425	1,425	20	24
Sweden	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	1,767	1,767	1,767	—	—
Switzerland	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	19
Turkey	38	†	38	180	†	180	639	†	567	1,808	†	1,808	26	†
United Kingdom	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	26	21
United States3	36	36	36	180	180	180	1,097	1,068	1,051	1,913	1,977	1,998	24	23
Other reporting    countries
Brazil	40	40	40	200	200	200	800	800	800	800	800	800	27	30
China	35	35	35	175	175	175	—	—	—	—	—	—	37	55
Indonesia	44	44	44	251	163	163	1,255	734	734	—	—	—	28	36
Russian Federation3	34	35	35	164	169	169	615	507	507	†	†	†	16	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 Actual teaching and working time.

4 Average class size data are for 2006.

NOTE: For the U.S. data in this table, elementary school corresponds to grades 1 through 6, junior high school corresponds to grades 7 through 9, and senior high school corresponds to grades 10 through 12. Canada and New Zealand are not shown in this table due to missing data.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance, 2011. (This table was prepared July 2011.)