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Table 411. Public education expenditures per student, by level of student: Selected countries, 1985 to 1997
[In constant 1997 dollars]
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      Country       |                        Primary                |               Secondary                       |             Higher education
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                    |_______________________________________________|_______________________________________________|____________________________________________________
                    |    1985  |    1990  |  1994   | 1995  | 1997  |    1985  |    1990  |  1994   | 1995  | 1997  |     1985   |     1990  |  1994   |  1995  |  1997
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         1          |      2   |      3   |    4    |   5   |   6   |      7   |      8   |    9    |  10   |  11   |      12    |      13   |   14    |   15   |   16
____________________|__________|__________|_________|_______|_______|__________|__________|_________|_______|_______|____________|___________|_________|________|________
Australia ..........|   $3,117 |      --- |  $3,070 |$3,001 |$3,751 |   $4,376 |      --- |  $4,589 |$4,276 |$5,794 |\1\ $14,284 |\2\$12,424 |  $7,246 | $7,094 |$11,240
Austria ............|    4,007 |   $4,110 |     --- |   --- | 6,258 |    4,581 |   $5,398 |     --- |   --- | 8,213 |      7,616 |     7,422 |     --- |    --- |  9,993
Belgium\3\ .........|    2,595 |    2,473 |   3,682 | 3,497 | 5,205 |    5,984 |      --- |   6,366 | 6,180 | 9,111 |      8,252 |     7,168 |   7,245 |  6,449 |    ---
Canada .............|      --- |      --- |     --- |   --- |   --- |      --- |      --- |     --- |   --- |   --- |      9,568 |    10,892 |   8,238 |  7,511 | 14,816
Czech Republic .....|      --- |      --- |   1,869 |   --- | 1,942 |      --- |      --- |   2,571 |   --- | 3,643 |        --- |       --- |   5,517 |    --- |  5,478
                    |          |          |         |       |       |          |          |         |       |       |            |           |         |        |
Denmark ............|    4,305 |    5,108 |   5,378 | 5,948 | 6,913 |    6,076 |    6,092 |   7,305 | 6,331 | 7,285 |      9,917 |     9,672 |   9,414 |  7,947 |  7,294
Finland ............|      --- |      --- |   4,309 | 4,572 | 4,643 |      --- |      --- |   4,985 | 5,291 | 5,009 |        --- |       --- |   6,732 |  7,605 |  7,190
France .............|      --- |    2,968 |   3,454 | 3,436 | 3,735 |      --- |    5,157 |   5,911 | 6,055 | 7,118 |        --- |     5,610 |   5,305 |  5,927 |  7,058
Germany\4\ .........|    3,358 |      --- |   3,616 |   --- | 3,460 |    3,676 |      --- |   4,622 |   --- | 4,536 |      8,085 |       --- |   7,776 |  8,888 |  9,621
Greece .............|      --- |      --- |   2,014 | 2,132 | 2,351 |      --- |      --- |   1,982 | 1,991 | 2,581 |        --- |       --- |   3,087 |  2,712 |  3,990
                    |          |          |         |       |       |          |          |         |       |       |            |           |         |        |
Hungary ............|      --- |      --- |   1,706 |   --- | 2,035 |      --- |      --- |   1,623 |   --- | 2,093 |        --- |       --- |   4,541 |    --- |  5,430
Iceland ............|      --- |      --- |   2,843 | 3,079 |   --- |      --- |      --- |   3,629 | 9,227 |   --- |        --- |       --- |   5,295 |    --- |    ---
Ireland ............|    1,560 |    1,636 |   2,326 | 2,282 | 2,571 |    2,684 |    2,753 |   3,823 | 3,541 | 3,868 |      6,099 |     6,331 |   6,146 |  5,177 |  8,171
Italy ..............|    3,011 |    3,962 |   4,444 | 4,653 | 5,073 |    3,870 |    4,591 |   5,311 | 5,421 | 6,284 |      5,438 |     8,314 |   4,630 |  4,433 |  5,972
Japan  .............|\2\ 3,059 |      --- |   4,477 | 4,613 | 5,203 |      --- |      --- |   4,522 | 4,476 |   --- |\1\   3,070 |       --- |   3,856 |  3,921 | 18,914
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Korea ..............|      --- |      --- |   2,025 |   --- | 3,327 |      --- |      --- |   1,386 |   --- | 3,909 |        --- |       --- |     --- |    --- |  6,227
Luxembourg .........|\2\ 6,418 |\5\ 7,337 |     --- |11,433 |   --- |      --- |      --- |     --- |10,653 |   --- |\1\  19,020 |       --- |     --- |  7,104 |    ---
Mexico .............|      --- |      --- |     911 |   --- |   871 |      --- |      --- |   1,565 |   --- | 1,651 |        --- |       --- |   4,827 |    --- |  4,628
Netherlands ........|    3,507 |    3,348 |   3,173 | 3,275 |   --- |    4,112 |    4,859 |   4,229 | 4,478 |   --- |     11,220 |    11,945 |   8,041 |  8,618 |    ---
New Zealand ........|\2\ 3,088 |    2,751 |   2,806 | 2,806 |   --- |      --- |    2,288 |   4,394 | 3,902 |   --- |\1\  12,932 |    13,976 |     --- |  5,878 |    ---
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Norway .............|    3,927 |    4,470 |     --- | 8,172 |   --- |    5,364 |    5,690 |     --- | 4,637 | 4,174 |      7,670 |     8,475 |   8,999 |    --- | 10,108
Poland .............|      --- |      --- |     --- |   --- | 1,446 |      --- |      --- |     --- |   --- |   --- |        --- |       --- |     --- |    --- |  4,395
Portugal ...........|\2\ 1,485 |\2\ 2,348 |     --- | 2,759 | 3,248 |\1\ 1,922 |\2\ 2,547 |   2,898 | 3,178 | 4,264 |\1\   5,004 |\2\  5,435 |   3,941 |    --- |    ---
Russian Federation .|      --- |      --- |     --- |   --- |   --- |      --- |      --- |     --- |   --- |   --- |        --- |       --- |     --- |    --- |    ---
Spain ..............|    1,505 |    1,883 |   2,476 | 2,410 | 3,560 |    2,078 |    2,857 |   3,187 | 3,671 | 5,386 |      2,160 |     3,574 |   3,185 |  3,802 |  5,335
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Sweden\6\ ..........|\2\ 5,922 |    6,147 |   5,533 | 5,353 | 5,520 |      --- |      --- |   6,177 | 5,932 | 5,429 |\1\   9,010 |    10,102 |     --- | 12,289 | 12,785
Switzerland\6\ .....|   11,639 |\2\ 6,459 |   6,527 | 6,162 | 6,237 |    3,154 |      --- |   8,337 | 8,543 | 7,243 |     15,376 |\2\ 16,865 |  15,588 | 15,468 | 16,376
Turkey .............|      --- |      --- |     768 |   --- |   --- |      --- |      --- |     552 |   --- |   --- |        --- |       --- |   3,612 |    --- |  2,397
United Kingdom .....|    2,698 |    3,046 |   3,731 | 3,511 | 3,206 |    3,807 |    4,701 |   4,727 | 4,497 | 4,982 |     15,045 |    11,454 |   6,301 |  5,963 |    ---
United States ......|    4,294 |    5,235 |   4,995 | 5,105 | 5,961 |    5,401 |    6,721 |   6,411 | 6,510 | 7,462 |      8,600 |    10,202 |   8,042 |  8,358 | 14,864
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---Not Available.
\1\1986 data.
\2\1991 data.
\3\Data for Flemish Belgium only.
\4\Data for 1985 are for the former West Germany.
\5\1989 data.
\6\Change in definition of expenditures in 1992.

NOTE: Data adjusted to U.S. dollars using the purchasing-power-parity (PPP) index.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Education at a Glance, 1996, 1998, 1999; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared July 2000.)


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