The bar charts below show the number of hours each teacher spent teaching in different schools in four different countries in 2001. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart gives data on how many

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teachers

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spent teaching in various

schools

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in 4 different countries namely Japan, Spain, Iceland

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the USA in 2001.

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, in all 4 countries,

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spent most of their time in upper secondary

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while

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they spent minimal time in primary

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.

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,

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in the USA had the biggest amount of teaching

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in contrast

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with other countries. To start,

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in Japan had 600, approximately 650 and 700

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of teaching in primary, lower secondary and upper secondary

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respectively. In comparison,

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in Spain had more

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on all levels of education, particularly well above 600 for primary, a bit over 700 for lower secondary and exactly 900

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for upper secondary

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. In Iceland, the numbers constituted almost 600, 600 and just over 900

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for primary, lower secondary and upper secondary

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respectively, unlikely in the USA, where the figures for the same

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comprised roughly 750, 1000 and almost 1200

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