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: 2016 and 2017

Country	Statutory teaching time, 20171												Total statutory working time2 in hours, 2017				Average class size, 2016
	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	38	37		183	181	179		778	701	655		1,620	1,642	1,638		21		23
Australia5	40	40	40		195	195	195		865	797	797		†	†	†		23		21
Austria5	38	38	38		180	180	180		779	607	589		1,776	1,776	†		18		21
Belgium (Flemish)5,6	37	37	37		157	128	128		739	533	498		†	†	†		—		—
Belgium (French)5	36	36	36		179	179	179		716	657	596		962	†	†		—		—
Canada5	37	37	37		183	183	183		798	745	746		†	†	†		—		—
Chile7	38	38	38		178	178	178		1,064	1,064	1,064		1,962	1,962	1,962		28		29
Czech Republic5	39	39	39		187	187	187		617	617	589		1,560	1,560	1,560		21		22
Denmark	†	†	†		†	†	†		†	†	405		1,680	1,680	1,680		22		22
Estonia5	35	35	35		172	172	172		585	602	568		1,540	1,540	1,540		19		19
Finland6	38	38	38		187	187	187		673	589	547		†	†	†		20		20
France5	36	36	36		162	†	†		900	684	684		1,607	1,607	1,607		23		25
Germany5	40	40	40		193	193	193		801	747	719		1,782	1,782	1,782		21		24
Greece7	36	36	35		176	177	172		660	609	594		†	†	†		17		20
Hungary6	38	38	38		182	182	181		655	655	652		1,664	1,664	1,664		21		21
Iceland	37	37	36		180	180	175		624	624	485		1,760	1,760	1,800		19		20
Ireland5	37	33	33		182	164	164		910	722	722		†	†	†		25		—
Israel5	37	36	36		182	175	173		843	699	610		1,236	1,181	1,166		27		29
Italy5	39	39	39		174	174	174		766	626	626		†	†	†		19		21
Japan8	40	40	39		201	201	196		742	610	511		1,883	1,883	1,883		27		32
Korea, Republic of6	38	38	38		190	190	190		671	533	551		1,520	1,520	1,520		23		29
Latvia5	35	35	35		170	170	170		1,020	1,020	1,020		1,760	1,760	1,760		16		15
Lithuania5	32	34	34		160	170	168		576	612	603		1,584	1,584	1,584		16		18
Luxembourg5	—	—	—		—	—	—		—	—	—		—	—	—		—		—
Mexico5	42	42	36		200	200	171		800	1,047	838		†	†	†		24		29
Netherlands7	40	—	—		200	—	—		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		—		—
Poland5	37	37	37		179	177	175		564	478	473		1,496	1,480	1,464		19		22
Portugal7	39	38	38		173	168	168		779	616	616		1,488	1,458	1,458		21		22
Slovak Republic5	39	39	39		189	189	189		794	652	567		1,568	1,568	1,568		18		19
Slovenia5	38	38	38		190	190	190		627	627	570		—	—	—		20		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	39	39	39		190	190	190		817	760	646		2,142	2,142	2,142		19		19
Turkey5	38	38	38		180	180	180		720	504	504		1,592	1,592	1,592		21		24
United Kingdom	—	—	—		—	—	—		—	—	—		—	—	—		27		21
England	38	38	38		190	190	190		†	†	†		1,265	1,265	1,265		—		—
Scotland7	38	38	38		190	190	190		855	855	855		1,365	1,365	1,365		—		—
United States10,11	36	36	36	12	180	180	180	12	1,004	966	966	12	2,016	2,032	2,047	12	21		27
Other reporting countries
Brazil	42	42	42		200	200	200		—	—	—		†	†	†		24		28
Colombia5	40	40	40		200	200	200		1,000	1,200	1,200		1,600	1,600	1,600		25		31
Costa Rica5	41	41	41		198	198	198		1,188	1,267	1,267		†	†	†		15		35
Russian Federation	—	—	—		—	—	—		—	—	—		—	—	—		20		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, unless otherwise noted.

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 Average planned teaching time in each school at the beginning of the school year.

9 Includes preprimary education.

10 Actual teaching time reported.

11All data are for 2016.

12Includes vocational programs.

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, 2018, and Online Education Database, retrieved November 27, 2018, from https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx. (This table was prepared November 2018.)