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: 2017 and 2018

Country	Statutory teaching time, 20181									Total statutory working time2 in hours, 2018			Average class size, 2017
	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	183	182	783	709	667	1,612	1,634	1,629	21		23
Australia5	41	41	41	196	196	196	870	811	811	---	---	---	23		21
Austria5	38	38	38	180	180	180	779	607	589	1,776	1,776	†	18		21
Belgium (Flemish)5	37	37	37	159	160	160	748	667	622	†	†	†	---		---
Belgium (French)5	36	36	36	179	179	179	716	657	596	962	†	†	---		---
Canada5	37	37	37	183	183	183	797	744	746	---	---	---	---		---
Chile6	38	38	38	178	178	178	1,063	1,063	1,063	1,962	1,962	1,962	28		29
Colombia5	40	40	40	200	200	200	1,000	880	880	1,800	1,800	1,800	25		31
Czech Republic5	39	39	39	187	187	187	617	617	589	1,560	1,560	1,560	21		22
Denmark7,8	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	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
Finland9	38	38	38	188	188	188	677	592	550	†	†	†	20		19
France5	36	36	36	162	†	†	900	684	684	1,607	1,607	1,607	23		25
Germany5	40	40	40	193	193	193	800	744	717	1,769	1,769	1,769	21		24
Greece6	36	36	38	177	178	186	664	614	642	†	†	†	17		21
Hungary9	38	38	38	180	180	179	648	648	644	1,632	1,632	1,632	22		21
Iceland5	37	37	36	180	180	175	624	624	472	1,800	1,800	1,800	19		20
Ireland5	37	33	33	181	165	165	905	726	726	†	†	†	25		---
Israel5	38	36	36	182	174	172	843	696	623	1,235	1,178	1,195	27		29
Italy9	39	39	39	172	172	172	755	617	617	†	†	†	19		21
Japan10	40	40	39	201	201	196	739	610	511	1,891	1,891	1,891	27		32
Korea, Republic of10	38	38	38	190	190	190	675	526	547	1,520	1,520	1,520	23		28
Latvia5	35	35	35	170	170	170	1,020	1,020	1,020	1,760	1,760	1,760	17		16
Lithuania5	34	36	36	170	181	180	612	652	648	1,584	1,584	1,584	17		18
Luxembourg	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	15		19
Mexico5	40	40	36	195	195	174	780	1,021	853	†	†	†	24		28
Netherlands6	40	---	---	200	---	---	930	750	750	1,659	1,659	1,659	23	11	---
New Zealand5	38	38	38	192	191	190	922	840	760	1,616	†	†	---		---
Norway6	38	38	38	190	190	190	741	663	523	1,688	1,688	1,688	---		---
Poland6	37	37	37	178	178	176	561	481	475	1,488	1,488	1,472	19		22
Portugal6	38	37	37	172	167	167	774	612	612	1,308	1,283	1,283	21		22
Slovak Republic5	39	39	39	191	191	191	783	649	573	1,560	1,560	1,560	18		19
Slovenia5	38	38	38	190	190	190	627	627	570	---	---	---	18		20
Spain5	37	37	36	176	176	171	880	713	693	1,425	1,425	1,425	21		25
Sweden	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	1,767	1,767	1,767	20		21
Switzerland7,8	38	39	38	183	187	183	785	748	621	1,930	1,930	1,930	19		19
Turkey5	38	38	38	180	180	180	720	504	504	1,592	1,592	1,592	22		26
United Kingdom	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	28		24
England	38	38	38	190	190	190	†	†	†	1,265	1,265	1,265	---		---
Scotland6	38	38	38	190	190	190	855	855	855	1,365	1,365	1,365	---		---
United States7,12	36	36	36	180	180	180	1,004	966	966	2,016	2,032	2,047	21		27
Other reporting countries
Brazil	42	42	42	200	200	200	---	---	---	†	†	†	24		28
Costa Rica5	41	41	41	198	198	198	1,188	1,267	1,267	†	†	†	15		35
Russian Federation7	34	35	35	170	210	210	561	483	483	---	---	---	20		20

---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.

6 Maximum teaching time reported.

7 Actual teaching time reported.

8 Teaching time data are for 2017.

9 Minimum teaching time reported.

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

11 Includes preprimary education.

12 Teaching time data are for 2016.

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, 2019, and Online Education Database, retrieved September 29, 2019, from https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx. (This table was prepared September 2019.)