The bar chart provides information about how many hours that each teacher in Primary, LowerSecondary, and UpperSecondary taught per year across four countries in 2001.
Overall, teachers in UpperSecondary accounted for the largest hours of teaching in almost all nations, except for Ireland. It is also clear that the USA’s teachers worked more than other countries in all levels of education.
In terms of Japan and Spain, the number of hours that each teacher of Primary School and Lower Secondary teaching shared the similar figure, at exactly 600 hours in 2001. However, in Upper Secondary, there was a significant difference in teaching hours in two countries, with Spain making up nearly 1000 hours, around 300 higher than Japan.
Regarding the remaining countries, the disparity in teaching hours was obvious. While, in Ireland, teachers in Lower Secondary tended to work more hours than those in Primary and High School, at 800 hours, followed closely by teachers in High School, the hours that per teacher in Primary School was only 600. Conversely, the biggest hours teaching in the USA belonged to teachers in Upper Secondary, 1100 hours were done, compared to over 1000 hours in Lower Secondary and approximately 900 hours in Primary.