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Teachers' statutory teaching and working time

<p>This dataset contains data on statutory requirements on teaching and working time of teachers. It covers requirements for full-time teachers in public institutions at pre-primary, primary and (lower and upper) secondary education (general and vocational programmes).</p><p>The default table displays data on teaching time (in hours, days and weeks per year). The selection can be changed to display data in working time (total working time or working time required at school, in hours per year).</p><p>Additional details regarding sources for data and the methodology used and specific notes for countries can be found in the accompanying document <b>Sources, Methodologies and Technical Notes</b>. For more information, please consult <a href="https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/education-at-a-glance_19991487.html"><i>Education at a Glance</i></a>.</p><p>For historical data on statutory teaching hours, see <a href="https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?pg=0&bp=true&snb=2&tm=teaching%20time%20trend%20teacher&df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_EAG_WT_TREND%40DF_ALL&df[ag]=OECD.EDU.IMEP&lc=en"><b>Trends in teachers' statutory teaching time since 2000</b></a>.</p><p>Data for the latest available year are preliminary. Final data will be released on 29 September 2026.