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Table 413. Public education expenditures per student, by level of student: Selected countries, 1985 to 1999 [In constant 1999 dollars]

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     Country      |                        Primary               |               Secondary                     |             Higher education
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                  |______________________________________________|_____________________________________________|__________________________________________________
                  |    1985  |     1990  | 1995  | 1998  | 1999  |    1985  |    1990  | 1995  | 1998  | 1999  |     1985  |     1990  |  1995  |  1998  | 1999
__________________|__________|___________|_______|_______|_______|__________|__________|_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|________|________|________
        1         |      2   |      3    |   4   |  5    |  6    |   7      |   8      |  9    |  10   |  11   |   12      |   13      |  14    |  15    |  16
__________________|__________|___________|_______|_______|_______|__________|__________|_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|________|________|________
Australia  .......|   $3,185 |       --- |$3,066 |$4,068 |$4,858 |   $4,472 |      --- |$4,369 |$5,958 |$6,850 |\1\$14,597 |\2\$12,696 | $7,250 |$11,791 |$11,725
Austria ..........|    4,095 |    $4,200 |   --- | 6,198 | 6,568 |    4,681 |   $5,516 |   --- | 8,342 | 8,504 |     7,783 |     7,584 |    --- | 11,526 | 12,070
Belgium\3\  ......|    2,652 |     2,527 | 3,573 | 3,882 | 4,351 |    6,115 |      --- | 6,315 | 6,374 | 6,789 |     8,432 |     7,325 |  6,590 |  6,741 | 10,055
Canada ...........|      --- |       --- |   --- |   --- |   --- |      --- |      --- |   --- |   --- | 5,981 |     9,777 |    11,130 |  7,675 | 14,898 | 15,211
Czech Republic  ..|      --- |       --- |   --- | 1,681 | 1,769 |      --- |      --- |   --- | 3,252 | 3,402 |       --- |       --- |    --- |  5,706 |  5,688
                  |          |           |       |       |       |          |          |       |       |       |           |           |        |        |
Denmark ..........|    4,399 |     5,220 | 6,078 | 6,860 | 6,721 |    6,209 |    6,225 | 6,469 | 7,358 | 7,626 |    10,134 |     9,884 |  8,121 |  9,771 | 10,657
Finland  .........|      --- |       --- | 4,672 | 4,743 | 4,138 |      --- |      --- | 5,407 | 5,223 | 5,863 |       --- |       --- |  7,771 |  7,487 |  8,114
France  ..........|      --- |     3,033 | 3,511 | 3,834 | 4,108 |      --- |    5,270 | 6,187 | 6,750 | 7,141 |       --- |     5,732 |  6,057 |  7,384 |  7,831
Germany  .........|\4\ 3,431 |       --- |   --- | 3,608 | 3,818 |    3,756 |      --- |   --- | 6,345 | 6,603 |     8,262 |       --- |  9,083 |  9,688 | 10,393
Greece  ..........|      --- |       --- | 2,179 | 2,420 | 2,176 |      --- |      --- | 2,034 | 3,359 | 2,904 |       --- |       --- |  2,771 |  4,248 |  4,260
                  |          |           |       |       |       |          |          |       |       |       |           |           |        |        |
Hungary ..........|      --- |       --- |   --- | 2,072 | 2,179 |      --- |      --- |   --- | 2,187 | 2,368 |       --- |       --- |    --- |  5,184 |  5,861
Iceland ..........|      --- |       --- | 3,146 |   --- |   --- |      --- |      --- | 9,429 |   --- |   --- |       --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |    ---
Ireland ..........|    1,594 |     1,671 | 2,332 | 2,805 | 3,018 |    2,743 |    2,814 | 3,618 | 4,020 | 4,383 |     6,232 |     6,469 |  5,291 |  8,708 |  9,673
Italy ............|    3,077 |     4,049 | 4,755 | 5,777 | 5,354 |    3,955 |    4,692 | 5,540 | 6,599 | 6,518 |     5,557 |     8,496 |  4,530 |  6,433 |  7,552
Japan ............|\2\ 3,126 |       --- | 4,714 | 5,186 | 5,240 |      --- |      --- | 4,574 | 6,019 | 6,039 |\1\  3,137 |       --- |  4,006 | 10,087 | 10,278
                  |          |           |       |       |       |          |          |       |       |       |           |           |        |        |
Korea, Republic of|      --- |       --- |   --- | 2,900 | 2,838 |      --- |      --- |   --- | 3,622 | 3,419 |       --- |       --- |    --- |  6,495 |  5,356
Luxembourg .......|\2\ 6,559 |\5\  7,498 |11,683 |   --- |   --- |      --- |      --- |10,886 |   --- |   --- |\1\ 19,436 |       --- |  7,259 |    --- |    ---
Mexico ...........|      --- |       --- |   --- |   882 | 1,096 |      --- |      --- |   --- | 1,621 | 1,480 |       --- |       --- |    --- |  3,883 |  4,789
Netherlands ......|    3,583 |     3,422 | 3,347 | 3,878 | 4,162 |    4,202 |    4,965 | 4,576 | 5,420 | 5,670 |    11,466 |    12,206 |  8,806 | 10,992 | 12,285
New Zealand ......|\2\ 3,156 |     2,812 | 2,867 |   --- |   --- |      --- |    2,338 | 3,988 |   --- |   --- |\1\ 13,215 |    14,282 |  6,007 |    --- |    ---
                  |          |           |       |       |       |          |          |       |       |       |           |           |        |        |
Norway ...........|    4,013 |     4,568 | 8,350 | 5,887 | 5,920 |    5,481 |    5,814 | 4,739 | 7,504 | 7,628 |     7,838 |     8,661 |    --- | 11,157 | 12,096
Poland ...........|      --- |       --- |   --- | 1,529 | 2,094 |      --- |      --- |   --- | 1,469 | 1,343 |       --- |       --- |    --- |  4,355 |  3,877
Portugal .........|\2\ 1,517 |\2\  2,399 | 2,819 | 3,189 | 3,478 |\1\ 1,964 |\2\ 2,603 | 3,248 | 4,737 | 5,181 |\1\  5,114 |\2\  5,554 |    --- |    --- |  4,802
Spain ............|    1,538 |     1,924 | 2,463 | 3,338 | 3,635 |    2,124 |    2,920 | 3,752 | 4,368 | 4,864 |     2,207 |     3,652 |  3,885 |  5,148 |  5,707
Sweden\6\ ........|\2\ 6,052 |     6,281 | 5,470 | 5,701 | 5,736 |      --- |      --- | 6,061 | 5,772 | 5,911 |\1\  9,207 |    10,324 | 12,558 | 13,513 | 14,222
                  |          |           |       |       |       |          |          |       |       |       |           |           |        |        |
Switzerland\6\ ...|      --- |\2\  6,600 | 6,296 | 6,612 | 6,663 |    3,223 |      --- | 8,730 | 9,553 | 9,756 |    15,713 |\2\ 17,234 | 15,807 | 16,925 | 17,997
Turkey ...........|      --- |       --- |   --- |   --- |   --- |      --- |      --- |   --- |   --- |   --- |       --- |       --- |    --- |    --- |    ---
United Kingdom ...|    2,757 |     3,112 | 3,588 | 3,402 | 3,627 |    3,890 |    4,804 | 4,596 | 5,344 | 5,608 |    15,374 |    11,704 |  6,093 |  9,911 |  9,554
United States ....|    4,388 |     5,350 | 5,216 | 6,175 | 6,582 |    5,519 |    6,868 | 6,653 | 7,934 | 8,157 |     8,788 |    10,425 |  8,541 | 20,235 | 19,220
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---Not available.
\1\1986 data.
\2\1991 data.
\3\Data for Flemish Belgium only.
\4\Data 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, various years; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared August 2002.)


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