Proportion of primary education time spent learning foreign languages statistics - countries compared

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Education Statistics > Proportion of primary education time spent learning foreign languages (most recent) by country

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Countries (A to Z)	Description
Argentina	8
Australia	6
Austria	9
Chile	x
Czech Republic	11
Denmark	10
Finland	9
France	11
Germany	16
Greece	15
Hungary	9
Iceland	15
India	14
Indonesia	6
Ireland	10
Italy	11
Japan	13
Jordan	16
Malaysia	11
Mexico	9
Netherlands	14
New Zealand	n
Norway	16
Paraguay	x
Peru	6
Philippines	9
Portugal	10
Russia	x
Spain	11
Sweden	12
Thailand	x
Tunisia	5
Turkey	11
United States	7
Uruguay	8
Zimbabwe	14

DEFINITION: Intended instruction time spent studying modern foreign languages, as a percentage of total intended instruction time for students 12 to 14 years of age. Data for 1999.

SOURCE: UNESCO Institute of Statistics

Education Statistics > Proportion of primary education time spent learning foreign languages (most recent) by country

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