The bar chart depicts the amount of hours yearly being taught by teaching staff in 4 distinct nations in 2001.
Overall, it is clear that the amount of time teachers spend teaching in high schools accounted for numerous hours in all countries except for Ireland. Another highlight is that teachers are required to teach at least 600 hours.
Looking at the data in Spain and Japan, the figures for hours of teaching in primary and lower secondary schools were identical at 600 hours. In high school, there are some differences between those countries, with the data for the former being nearly 1000 hours, which was around 350 hours higher than that of the latter.
Regarding the remaining countries, there were the same gaps in the data of hours that teachers taught in primary and secondary schools about 200 hours in the USA and Ireland. In terms of the amount of hours teaching in upper secondary in America and Ireland, with respective figures being about 1100 hours and 800 hours.