Public and private education expenditures per student, by level of education and country: 1999 and 2000

Table 415.

Public and private education expenditures per student, by level of education and country: 1999 and 2000 [In constant 2000 dollars]

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                    |    Primary  |     Secondary     |Higher education
      Country       |_____________|___________________|________________
                    |1999  |2000  |   1999  |   2000  | 1999  | 2000
____________________|______|______|_________|_________|_______|________
         1          |  2   |  3   |     4   |     5   |  6    |  7
____________________|______|______|_________|_________|_______|________
Australia ..........|$5,022|$4,967|   $7,081|   $6,894|$12,121|$12,854
Austria ............| 6,790| 6,560|    8,791|    8,578| 12,478| 10,851
Belgium ............| 4,498| 4,310|    7,018|    6,889| 10,395| 10,771
Canada .............|  --- |  --- |\1\ 6,183|\1\ 5,947| 15,725| 14,983
Czech Republic .....| 1,829| 1,827|    3,517|    3,239|  5,880|  5,431
                    |      |      |         |         |       |
Denmark ............| 6,948| 7,074|    7,884|    7,726| 11,017| 11,981
Finland ............| 4,278| 4,317|    6,061|    6,094|  8,388|  8,244
France .............| 4,247| 4,486|    7,382|    7,636|  8,095|  8,373
Germany ............| 3,947| 4,198|    6,826|    6,826| 10,744| 10,898
Greece\2\ ..........| 2,249| 3,318|    3,002|    3,859|  4,404|  3,402
                    |      |      |         |         |       |
Hungary\2\ .........| 2,253| 2,245|    2,448|    2,446|  6,059|  7,024
Iceland\2\ .........|  --- | 5,854|     --- |    6,518|   --- |  7,994
Ireland ............| 3,120| 3,385|    4,531|    4,638| 10,000| 11,083
Italy\2\ ...........| 5,535| 5,973|    6,738|    7,218|  7,807|  8,065
Japan  .............| 5,417| 5,507|    6,243|    6,266| 10,625| 10,914
                    |      |      |         |         |       |
Korea, Republic of .| 2,934| 3,155|    3,534|    4,069|  5,537|  6,118
Luxembourg .........|  --- |  --- |     --- |     --- |   --- |   ---
Mexico .............| 1,133| 1,291|    1,530|    1,615|  4,951|  4,688
Netherlands ........| 4,303| 4,325|    5,861|    5,912| 12,700| 11,934
New Zealand ........|  --- |  --- |     --- |     --- |   --- |   ---
                    |      |      |         |         |       |
Norway\2\ ..........| 6,120| 6,550|    7,886|    8,476| 12,504| 13,353
Poland\2\ ..........| 2,165| 2,105|    1,388|     --- |  4,008|  3,222
Portugal ...........| 3,595| 3,672|    5,356|    5,349|  4,964|  4,766
Slovak Republic ....|  --- | 1,308|    2,236|    1,927|  5,505|  4,949
Spain ..............| 3,758| 3,941|    5,028|    5,185|  5,900|  6,666
                    |      |      |         |         |       |
Sweden .............| 5,930| 6,336|    6,111|    6,339| 14,702| 15,097
Switzerland\2\ .....| 6,888| 6,631|   10,085|    9,780| 18,605| 18,450
Turkey\2\ ..........|  --- |  --- |     --- |     --- |  4,474|  4,121
United Kingdom .....| 3,749| 3,877|    5,797|    5,991|  9,877|  9,657
United States ......| 6,804| 6,995|    8,432|    8,855| 19,869| 20,358
____________________|______|______|_________|_________|_______|________

---Not available.
\1\Includes primary education.
\2\Public institutions only.

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

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance, 2002 and Education at a Glance, 2003. (This table was prepared September 2003.)

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