The bar chart compares the average working hours of elementary, middle, and high school teachers in four distinct countries in 2001.
Overall, it is apparent that teachers in the USA worked longer hours than those in Japan, Spain, and Iceland. Whereas, another prominent feature is that high school teachers undertook more hours of work, in complete contrast to primary school teachers.
As mentioned earlier, the highest sum of working hours was recorded among high school teachers in the USA, at 1,200 hours, compared to those teaching the same level in Japan (650 hours), Spain, and Iceland (around 850 hours).
Moreover, the length of work for primary school teachers in all four countries was the shortest, especially in Iceland (over 500 hours), followed by Japan and Spain (about 550 and 600 hours, respectively ), while the USA, again, occupied the top rank (almost 700 hours).
American middle school teachers also worked a larger amount of time (above 1,000 hours) than Spanish and Japanese teachers of the same level (700 and 550 hours, respectively). Most notably, Icelandic secondary school teachers worked half as long as Americans.