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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.
| COUNTRY | 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 |