The graph below shows the hours of teaching per year done by each teacher in four different countries in 2001. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart depicts the ratio of educators teaching in Japan,

Spain

,

Ireland

and the

USA

in 2001 by the hour.

Overall

, it can be clearly seen from the graph that the

USA

had the biggest

hours

at each school level

while

teaching at primary schools in Japan,

Spain

and

Ireland

had the same

hours

. Glancing at the chart reveals that Japan and

Spain

had the same ratio of

hours

in Primary and Lower School which is 600

while

UpperSecondary in

Spain

was approximately 650

then

drastically grew to 980 with

Spain

. Another point is that Primary in

Ireland

and the

USA

had a big difference with 600

hours

for

Ireland

and

this

number significantly rose to 850 for the

USA

.

Next,

the number of teaching

hours

in

Ireland

had improved remarkably in the

USA

with 800 and about 1050 respectively.

Furthermore

, Highschool

also

had a difference in number with

Ireland

with just 770 at that time and the

USA

with 1100.