Education > Teaching weeks per year > Primary: Countries Compared
Author: Ian Graham, Staff Editor
Is there a link between the length of the primary school year and the level of educational attainment? <p>Of the 25 countries with the highest average number of weeks of primary school instruction, there are eight – New Zealand, Greece, Brazil, Switzerland, Finland, Iceland, Denmark and Germany – that are also in the top 25 for students progressing to secondary level, all of which have progression rates in excess of 99 percent. Of these, Finland, New Zealand, Denmark, Switzerland and Germany are in the top 18 for the percentage of adults educated until the tertiary level. <p>The top four countries for percentage of adults with tertiary education – Canada, United States, Ireland and Japan – are not in the top 25 for hours of primary instruction. Japan is the only of the four in the top 25 for progression to secondary level.
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Average number of weeks taught per year by primary level teachers. Data for 2000.
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Interesting observations about Education > Teaching weeks per year > Primary
- All of the top 2 countries by teaching weeks per year > primary are Muslim.
- Denmark ranked first for teaching weeks per year > primary amongst High income OECD countries in 2000.
- Italy ranked last for teaching weeks per year > primary amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2000.
- Russia ranked first for teaching weeks per year > primary amongst Europe in 2000.
- Indonesia ranked first for teaching weeks per year > primary amongst Emerging markets in 2000.
- Greece ranked first for teaching weeks per year > primary amongst Eurozone in 2000.
- Australia ranked first for teaching weeks per year > primary amongst Non-religious countries in 2000.
- 7 of the top 10 countries by teaching weeks per year > primary are Hot countries.
- France ranked third last for teaching weeks per year > primary amongst European Union in 2000.
- Jordan ranked first for teaching weeks per year > primary amongst Heavily indebted countries in 2000.
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Posted on 16 Mar 2005
Ian Graham, Staff Editor
