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: 2011

Country	Statutory teaching and total 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	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
OECD average2	38	38	37	185	185	183	790	709	664	1,599	1,591	1,593	21	23
Australia3	40	40	40	196	196	195	873	811	802	†	†	†	23	23
Austria3	38	38	38	180	180	180	779	607	589	1,776	1,776	†	18	21
Belgium (Flemish)3	37	37	37	178	179	179	757	671	626	†	†	†	—	—
Belgium (French)3	37	37	37	181	181	181	721	661	601	†	†	†	21	—
Canada3	37	37	37	183	183	183	799	743	747	†	†	†	—	—
Chile4	38	38	38	182	182	182	1,120	1,120	1,120	1,998	1,998	1,998	30	31
Czech Republic3	39	39	39	191	191	191	840	630	602	1,696	1,696	1,696	20	21
Denmark5	42	42	42	200	200	200	650	650	369	1,680	1,680	1,680	21	21
England5	38	38	38	190	190	190	684	695	695	1,265	1,265	1,265	—	—
Estonia4	35	35	35	172	172	172	619	619	568	1,540	1,540	1,540	17	17
Finland6	38	38	38	189	189	189	680	595	553	†	†	†	19	20
France3	36	36	36	141	—	—	936	648	648	1,607	1,607	1,607	23	24
Germany3	40	40	40	193	193	193	804	757	715	1,793	1,793	1,793	21	25
Greece3	36	31	31	177	153	153	589	415	415	†	†	†	17	22
Hungary6	37	37	37	183	183	183	604	604	604	1,864	1,864	1,864	21	21
Iceland3	37	37	35	180	180	170	624	624	544	1,800	1,800	1,800	18	20
Ireland3	37	33	33	183	167	167	915	735	735	†	†	†	24	—
Israel3	38	37	37	183	175	175	842	614	521	†	†	†	28	30
Italy6	39	39	39	175	175	175	770	630	630	†	†	†	19	22
Japan5	40	40	39	200	200	196	731	602	510	1,883	1,883	1,883	28	33
Korea, Republic of4	40	40	40	220	220	220	812	621	609	1,680	1,680	1,680	26	34
Luxembourg3	36	36	36	176	176	176	810	739	739	†	†	†	15	19
Mexico3	41	41	36	200	200	173	800	1,047	848	†	†	†	20	27
Netherlands4	40	—	—	195	—	—	930	750	750	1,659	1,659	1,659	—	—
New Zealand3	39	39	38	195	193	190	935	848	760	†	†	†	—	—
Norway3	38	38	38	190	190	190	741	663	523	1,688	1,688	1,688	†	†
Poland5	37	36	36	179	177	175	618	547	544	1,464	1,448	1,432	19	23
Portugal4	38	38	38	176	176	176	880	774	774	1,508	1,508	1,508	21	22
Scotland4	38	38	38	190	190	190	855	855	855	1,365	1,365	1,365	—	—
Slovak Republic3	39	39	39	190	190	190	846	656	627	1,583	1,583	1,583	18	20
Slovenia3	40	40	40	190	190	190	690	690	633	†	†	†	19	19
Spain3	37	37	36	176	176	171	880	713	693	1,425	1,425	1,425	20	24
Sweden3	†	†	†	†	†	†	—	—	—	1,767	1,767	1,767	—	—
Switzerland	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Turkey3	38	†	38	180	†	180	639	†	567	1,816	†	1,816	26	†
										0	0	0
United Kingdom	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	26	21
United States5	36	36	36	180	180	180	1,097	1,068	1,051	1,913	1,977	1,998	20	24
Other reporting
countries
Argentina7	38	38	38	180	181	181	720	1,448	1,448	—	—	—	25	28
Brazil	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	26	29
China	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	38	53
Indonesia5,8	44	44	44	244	200	200	697	544	638	1,069	1,069	1,069	26	35
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.

7 Data are for 2010.

8 Statutory teaching and total working time data are for 2010.

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

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance, 2013. (This table was prepared December 2013.)