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: 2013

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 sec- ondary)1	Senior high school (upper sec- ondary)1	Elemen- tary school	Junior high school (lower sec- ondary)1	Senior high school (upper sec- ondary)1	Elemen- tary school	Junior high school (lower sec- ondary)1	Senior high school (upper sec- ondary)1		Elemen- tary school	Junior high school (lower sec- ondary)1	Senior high school (upper sec- ondary)1	Elemen- tary school		Junior high school (lower sec- ondary)
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		11	12	13	14		15
OECD average2	38	37	37	183	182	181	772	694	643		1,600	1,618	1,603	21		24
Australia3	40	40	40	196	196	194	879	821	812		†	†	†	23		23
Austria3	38	38	38	180	180	180	779	607	589		1,776	1,776	†	18		21
Belgium (Flemish)3	37	37	37	177	179	179	752	669	625		†	†	†	—		—
Belgium (French)3	37	37	37	181	181	181	721	661	601		962	†	†	20		—
Canada3	37	37	37	183	183	183	796	743	745		†	†	†	—		—
Chile4	38	38	38	181	181	181	1,129	1,129	1,129		1,989	1,989	1,989	29		31
Czech Republic3	39	39	39	188	188	188	827	620	592		1,760	1,760	1,760	20		22
Denmark5	†	†	†	†	†	†	662	662	369	6	1,680	1,680	1,680	21		21
England5	38	38	38	190	190	190	722	745	745		1,265	1,265	1,265	—		—
Estonia4	35	35	35	172	172	172	619	619	568		1,540	1,540	1,540	17		15
Finland7	38	38	38	188	188	188	677	592	550		†	†	†	19		20
France3	36	36	36	144	†	†	924	648	648		1,607	1,607	1,607	23		25
Germany3	40	40	40	193	193	193	800	752	715		1,768	1,768	1,768	21		24
Greece3	35	31	31	171	152	152	569	415	415		†	†	†	17		22
Hungary7	36	36	36	182	182	181	601	601	597		1,864	1,864	1,864	21		21
Iceland3	37	37	35	180	180	170	624	624	544		1,800	1,800	1,800	19		20
Ireland3	37	33	33	183	167	167	915	735	735		†	†	†	25		—
Israel3	38	36	36	182	175	175	840	644	570		1,225	985	811	28		29
Italy3	39	39	39	171	171	171	752	616	616		—	—	—	19		22
Japan5	40	40	39	201	202	197	736	608	513		1,899	1,899	1,899	27		32
Korea, Republic of7	38	38	38	190	190	190	667	557	549		1,520	1,520	1,520	24		33
Luxembourg3	36	36	36	176	176	176	810	739	739		†	†	†	15		19
Mexico3	42	42	36	200	200	171	800	1,047	838		†	†	†	20		28
Netherlands4	40	—	—	195	—	—	930	750	750		1,659	1,659	1,659	23	8	—
New Zealand3	38	38	38	192	191	190	922	841	760		†	†	†	—		—
Norway4	38	38	38	190	190	190	741	663	523		1,688	1,688	1,688	—		—
Poland5	38	37	37	184	182	179	629	555	551		1,504	1,488	1,472	19		23
Portugal4	36	36	36	166	166	166	747	609	609		1,282	1,282	1,282	21		22
Scotland4	38	38	38	190	190	190	855	855	855		1,365	1,365	1,365	—		—
Slovak Republic3	38	38	38	187	187	187	832	645	617		1,568	1,568	1,568	18		19
Slovenia3	40	40	40	190	190	190	627	627	570		—	—	—	19		20
Spain3	37	37	36	176	176	171	880	713	693		1,425	1,425	1,425	21		25
Sweden3	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†		1,767	1,767	1,767	—		—
Switzerland	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—		—
Turkey3	38	38	38	180	180	180	720	504	504		1,576	1,576	1,576	23		28
United Kingdom	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	27		20
United States5	36	36	36	180	180	180	—	981	—		1,922	1,936	1,960	22		28
Other reporting countries
Brazil	42	42	42	203	203	203	—	—	—		—	—	—	25		28
China	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	37		50
Colombia3	40	40	40	200	200	200	1,000	1,200	1,200		1,600	1,600	1,600	24		30
Indonesia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	26		31
Latvia	35	35	35	165	165	165	825	825	990		1,760	1,760	1,760	16		15
Russian Federation5	34	35	35	170	210	210	561	483	483		—	—	—	18		19

—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 Data from 2011 reported for 2013.

7 Minimum teaching time reported.

8 Data for government-dependent private institutions are included.

NOTE: In this table, elementary school corresponds to International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011 level 1 (U.S. grades 1 through 6), junior high school corresponds to ISCED 2011 level 2 (U.S. grades 7 through 9), and senior high school corresponds to ISCED 2011 level 3 (U.S. grades 10 through 12).

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance, 2015. (This table was prepared February 2016.)