Table 413. | Public education expenditures per student, by level of student: Selected countries, 1985 to 1999 [In constant 1999 dollars] |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Country | Primary | Secondary | Higher education | | | |______________________________________________|_____________________________________________|__________________________________________________ | 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 __________________|__________|___________|_______|_______|_______|__________|__________|_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|________|________|________ |
---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.) |