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: 2015

Country	Statutory teaching time1									Total statutory working time2 in hours			Average class size
	Number of weeks of teaching			Number of days of teaching			Net teaching time in hours
	Elemen-tary school	Junior high school (lower sec-ondary)3	Senior high school (upper sec-ondary)3	Elemen-tary school	Junior high school (lower sec-ondary)3	Senior high school (upper sec-ondary)3	Elemen-tary school	Junior high school (lower sec-ondary)3	Senior high school (upper sec-ondary)3	Elemen-tary school	Junior high school (lower sec-ondary)3	Senior high school (upper sec-ondary)3	Elemen-tary school		Junior high school (lower secondary)
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14		15
OECD average4	38	37	37	183	181	179	794	712	662	1,611	1,634	1,620	21		23
Australia5	40	40	40	196	196	195	866	806	804	†	†	†	24		22
Austria5	38	38	38	180	180	180	779	607	589	1,776	1,776	—	18		21
Belgium (Flemish)5,6	37	37	37	176	148	148	748	553	516	†	†	†	—		—
Belgium (French)5	37	37	37	182	182	182	728	668	606	962	†	†	—		—
Canada5	37	37	37	183	183	183	797	742	743	—	—	—	—		—
Chile7	38	38	38	184	184	184	1,157	1,157	1,157	2,015	2,015	2,015	28		29
Czech Republic5	39	39	39	187	187	187	823	617	589	1,760	1,760	1,760	21		22
Denmark8	†	†	†	†	†	†	784	784	386	1,680	1,680	1,680	22		22
Estonia7	35	35	35	172	172	172	619	619	568	1,540	1,540	1,540	19		18
Finland6	38	38	38	188	188	188	677	592	550	†	†	†	19		20
France5	36	36	36	162	†	†	900	648	648	1,607	1,607	1,607	23		25
Germany5	40	40	40	193	193	193	799	750	714	1,768	1,768	1,768	21		24
Greece7	36	31	31	175	153	153	630	528	528	†	†	†	17		21
Hungary6	36	36	36	169	169	168	608	608	605	1,624	1,624	1,624	21		21
Iceland	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19		21
Ireland5	37	33	33	183	167	167	915	735	735	†	†	†	25		—
Israel5	39	37	37	187	179	179	864	704	587	1,263	1,169	990	28		29
Italy5	39	39	39	171	171	171	752	616	616	†	†	†	19		21
Japan8	40	40	39	201	201	196	742	610	511	1,891	1,891	1,891	27		32
Korea, Republic of6	38	38	38	190	190	190	658	548	551	1,520	1,520	1,520	23		30
Latvia5	35	35	35	163	163	163	685	685	685	1,760	1,760	1,760	16		15
Luxembourg5	36	36	36	176	176	176	810	739	739	†	†	†	15		19
Mexico5	41	41	36	200	200	173	800	1,047	848	†	†	†	22		29
Netherlands7	40	—	—	195	—	—	930	750	750	1,659	1,659	1,659	23	9	—
New Zealand5	38	38	38	192	191	190	922	840	760	†	†	†	—		—
Norway7	38	38	38	190	190	190	741	663	523	1,688	1,688	1,688	—		—
Poland6	37	37	37	182	180	178	573	486	481	1,496	1,480	1,464	19		23
Portugal7	36	36	36	165	165	165	743	605	605	1,442	1,442	1,442	21		23
Scotland7	38	38	38	190	190	190	855	855	855	1,365	1,365	1,365	—		—
Slovak Republic5	38	38	38	187	187	187	832	645	617	1,568	1,568	1,568	18		19
Slovenia5	38	38	38	190	190	190	627	627	570	—	—	—	19		20
Spain5	37	37	36	176	176	171	880	713	693	1,425	1,425	1,425	21		25
Sweden5	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	1,767	1,767	1,767	19		21
Switzerland5	38	38	38	185	185	185	1,073	1,073	1,073	1,920	1,920	1,920	19		19
Turkey5	38	38	38	180	180	180	720	504	504	1,592	1,592	1,592	24		35
United Kingdom	38	38	38	190	190	190	942	817	817	1,265	1,265	1,265	27		20
United States8,10	36	36	36	180	180	180	—	981	—	1,922	1,936	1,960	22		28
Other reporting countries
Brazil5	42	42	42	201	201	201	—	—	—	†	†	†	25		28
Colombia5	40	40	40	200	200	200	1,000	1,200	1,200	1,600	1,600	1,600	24		31
Costa Rica	41	41	41	198	198	198	1,188	1,267	1,267	—	—	—	15		28
India	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	24		24
Indonesia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	24		30
Lithuania5	32	35	35	157	170	170	565	610	610	1,050	1,032	1,040	16		19
Russian Federation8	34	35	35	170	210	210	561	483	483	—	—	—	19		19

—Not available.

†Not applicable according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

1 Statutory teaching time refers to the number of hours per year that a full-time teacher is expected to teach a group or class of students (net contact time for instruction), as set by policy, teachers' contracts, or other official documents. It excludes overtime and preparation time.

2 Total statutory working time refers to the number of hours that a full-time teacher is expected to work. It excludes overtime.

3 General programs only.

4 Refers to the mean of the data values for all reporting OECD countries, to which each country or country component reporting data contributes equally.

5 Typical teaching time reported. For the Flemish community of Belgium, typical teaching time is reported only at the primary level.

6 Minimum teaching time reported. For the Flemish community of Belgium, minimum teaching time is reported only at the secondary levels (junior high school and senior high school).

7 Maximum teaching time reported.

8 Actual teaching time reported.

9 Includes preprimary education.

10 For net teaching time, data are for 2013 instead of 2015. For total working time, data are for 2012 instead of 2015.

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, 2017, and Online Education Database, retrieved May 24, 2017, from http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx. (This table was prepared June 2017.)