Table 459.

Teachers' statutory teaching and total working time and average class size in public elementary and secondary schools, by level of education and country: 2010

Country	Statutory teaching and total working time												Average class size
	Number of weeks of instruction			Number of days of instruction			Net teaching time in hours			Total working time in hours
	Elemen- tary	Junior high school (lower secondary)	Senior high school (upper sec-ondary)1	Elemen- tary	Junior high school (lower secondary)	Senior high school (upper sec-ondary)1	Elemen- tary	Junior high school (lower secondary)	Senior high school (upper sec-ondary)1	Elemen- tary	Junior high school (lower secondary)	Senior high school (upper sec-ondary)1	Elemen- tary	Junior high school (lower sec-ondary)
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
OECD average2	38	38	38	187	185	183	782	704	658	1,678	1,673	1,676	21	23
Australia3	40	40	40	196	196	193	868	819	803	†	†	†	23	23
Austria3	38	38	38	180	180	180	779	607	589	1,776	1,776	†	18	22
Belgium (Flemish)3	37	37	37	179	180	180	761	675	630	†	†	†	—	—
Belgium (French)3	38	38	38	183	183	183	732	671	610	†	†	†	21	—
Canada3	37	37	37	183	183	183	799	740	744	†	†	†	—	—
Chile3	38	38	38	179	179	179	1,087	1,087	1,087	2,068	2,068	2,068	27	28
Czech Republic3	41	41	41	196	196	196	862	647	617	1,696	1,696	1,696	20	21
Denmark4	42	42	42	200	200	200	650	650	377	1,680	1,680	1,680	20	21
England4	38	38	38	190	190	190	684	703	703	1,265	1,265	1,265	—	—
Estonia5	39	39	39	175	175	175	630	630	578	1,540	1,540	1,540	18	19
Finland6	38	38	38	189	189	189	680	595	553	†	†	†	19	20
France4	35	35	35	—	—	—	918	646	632	†	†	†	23	24
Germany3	40	40	40	193	193	193	805	756	713	1,793	1,793	1,793	21	25
Greece3	36	31	31	177	153	153	589	415	415	†	†	†	17	22
Hungary6	37	37	37	183	183	183	604	604	604	1,864	1,864	1,864	21	22
Iceland3	37	37	35	180	180	170	624	624	544	1,800	1,800	1,800	18	20
Ireland3	37	33	33	183	167	167	915	735	735	†	†	†	24	—
Israel3	38	37	37	183	175	175	820	598	521	†	†	†	29	31
Italy6	39	39	39	175	175	175	770	630	630	†	†	†	19	21
Japan4	40	40	40	201	201	198	707	602	500	1,876	1,876	1,876	28	33
Korea, Republic of5	40	40	40	220	220	220	807	627	616	1,680	1,680	1,680	27	35
Luxembourg3	36	36	36	176	176	176	739	634	634	†	†	†	15	19
Mexico3	42	42	36	200	200	172	800	1,047	843	†	†	†	20	28
Netherlands5,7	40	—	—	195	—	—	930	750	750	1,659	1,659	1,659	22	—
New Zealand3	39	38	38	194	192	190	930	845	760	†	†	†	—	—
Norway3	38	38	38	190	190	190	741	654	523	1,688	1,688	1,688	†	†
Poland3	38	38	37	186	184	183	502	497	494	1,520	1,504	1,496	19	23
Portugal5	37	37	37	173	173	173	865	761	761	1,456	1,456	1,456	20	22
Scotland5	38	38	38	190	190	190	855	855	855	1,365	1,365	1,365	—	—
Slovak Republic3	38	38	38	189	189	189	841	652	624	1,583	1,583	1,583	18	21
Slovenia3	40	40	40	190	190	190	690	690	633	—	—	—	18	20
Spain3	37	37	36	176	176	171	880	713	693	1,425	1,425	1,425	20	24
Sweden	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	1,767	1,767	1,767	—	—
Switzerland	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	19
Turkey3	37	†	37	175	†	175	621	†	551	1,816	†	1,816	26	†
United Kingdom	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	26	21
United States4	36	36	36	180	180	180	1,097	1,068	1,051	1,913	1,977	1,998	20	24
Other reporting
countries
Brazil	40	40	40	200	200	200	800	800	800	800	800	800	26	30
China	35	35	35	175	175	175	—	—	—	—	—	—	37	54
Indonesia4	44	44	44	244	200	200	697	544	638	1,069	1,069	1,069	27	36
Russian Federation4	34	35	35	164	169	169	615	507	507	†	†	†	17	18

—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 Actual teaching time reported.

5 Maximum teaching time reported.

6 Minimum teaching time reported.

7 Average class size data are for 2006.

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

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance, 2012. (This table was prepared June 2012.)