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: 2014

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	181	180	776	694	644	1,585	1,609	1,588	21		23
Australia3	40	40	40	197	197	195	872	812	804	†	†	†	23		23
Austria3	38	38	38	180	180	180	779	607	589	1,776	1,776	†	18		21
Belgium (Flemish)3	37	37	37	175	147	147	744	549	513	†	†	†	—		—
Belgium (French)3	37	37	37	182	182	182	728	668	606	962	†	†	—		—
Canada3	37	37	37	183	183	183	796	743	744	†	†	†	—		—
Chile4	38	38	38	183	183	183	1,146	1,146	1,146	2,006	2,006	2,006	29		30
Czech Republic3	39	39	39	187	187	187	823	617	589	1,664	1,664	1,664	21		22
Denmark5,6	†	†	†	†	†	†	663	663	386	1,680	1,680	1,680	—		—
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	187	187	187	673	589	547	†	†	†	19		20
France3	36	36	36	162	†	†	924	648	648	1,607	1,607	1,607	23		25
Germany3	40	40	40	193	193	193	800	750	714	1,757	1,757	1,757	21		24
Greece3	35	31	31	171	152	152	569	459	459	†	†	†	—		—
Hungary7	36	36	36	165	165	164	594	594	590	1,640	1,640	1,640	21		21
Iceland3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19		20
Ireland3	37	33	33	183	167	167	915	735	735	†	†	†	25		—
Israel3	38	36	36	181	174	174	838	682	543	1,225	1,128	852	28		29
Italy3	39	39	39	171	171	171	752	616	616	†	†	†	20		21
Japan5	40	40	39	201	202	197	742	611	513	1,891	1,891	1,891	27		32
Korea, Republic of7	38	38	38	190	190	190	656	548	550	1,520	1,520	1,520	24		32
Latvia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16		15
Luxembourg3	36	36	36	176	176	176	810	739	739	†	†	†	15		19
Mexico3	41	41	36	200	200	173	800	1,047	848	†	†	†	19		28
Netherlands4	40	—	—	195	—	—	930	750	750	1,659	1,659	1,659	23	8	—
New Zealand3	38	38	38	192	191	190	922	840	760	†	†	†	—		25
Norway4	38	38	38	190	190	190	741	663	523	1,688	1,688	1,688	—		—
Poland5	37	37	37	181	179	177	621	546	545	1,496	1,480	1,464	19		23
Portugal4	36	36	36	165	165	165	743	605	605	1,442	1,442	1,442	21		23
Scotland4	38	38	38	190	190	190	855	855	855	1,365	1,365	1,365	—		—
Slovak Republic3	38	38	38	186	186	186	828	642	614	1,568	1,568	1,568	18		19
Slovenia3	38	38	38	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	18		20
Switzerland	38	38	38	185	185	185	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		—
Turkey3	38	38	38	180	180	180	720	504	504	1,592	1,592	1,592	23		28
United Kingdom	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	26		20
United States5,9	36	36	36	180	180	180	—	981	—	1,922	1,936	1,960	22		28
Other reporting countries
Brazil3	42	42	42	203	203	203	—	—	—	†	†	†	25		28
China	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	37		49
Colombia3	40	40	40	200	200	200	1,000	1,200	1,200	1,600	1,600	1,600	—		—
Indonesia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25		31
Lithuania	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16		19
Russian Federation5	34	35	35	170	210	210	561	483	483	—	—	—	21		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 For senior high school, data are for 2015 instead of 2014.

7 Minimum teaching time reported.

8 Data for government-dependent private institutions are included.

9 For net teaching time, data are for 2013 instead of 2014. For working time, data are for 2012 instead of 2014.

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, 2016. (This table was prepared May 2017.)