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Table 406.Public education expenditures per student, by level of student: Selected countries, 1985, 1990, 1991, and 1992

                                    [In constant 1992 dollars]

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                  |                                 |                                 |
     Country      |             Primary             |            Secondary            |          Higher education
                  |                                 |                                 |
                  |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------
                  | 1985  | 1990  | 1991  |  1992   | 1985  | 1990  | 1991  |  1992   | 1985  | 1990  | 1991  | 1992
------------------|-------|-------|-------|---------|-------|-------|-------|---------|-------|-------|-------|-------
        1         |   2   |   3   |   4   |    5    |   6   |   7   |   8   |    9    |  10   |  11   |  12   |  13
------------------|-------|-------|-------|---------|-------|-------|-------|---------|-------|-------|-------|-------
Austria ..........|$3,451 |$3,526 |$3,681 |  $4,010 |$3,943 |$4,632 |$4,821 |  $6,420 |$6,557 |$6,369 |$6,635 |$5,820
Belgium ..........| 2,232 | 2,131 | 2,206 |   2,390 | 5,279 | 4,805 | 5,151 |   5,150 | 7,098 | 6,178 | 6,423 | 6,590
Denmark ..........| 3,570 | 4,446 | 4,529 |   4,220 | 5,045 | 5,301 | 5,540 |   4,940 | 8,570 | 8,332 | 7,916 | 6,710
France  ..........|   --- |   --- | 2,669 |   2,900 |   --- |   --- | 4,780 |   5,430 |   --- |   --- | 4,903 | 6,020
Germany  .........|   --- |   --- |   --- |   2,980 |   --- |   --- |   --- |   4,260 |   --- |   --- |   --- |   ---
                  |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Japan  ...........|   --- |   --- |   --- |   3,530 |   --- |   --- |   --- |   3,900 |   --- |   --- |   --- |11,850
Ireland ..........| 1,323 | 1,429 | 1,588 |   1,770 | 2,277 | 2,403 | 2,563 |   2,770 | 5,173 | 5,527 | 5,755 | 7,270
Norway ...........| 3,404 | 3,878 | 4,002 |   4,480 | 4,817 | 5,153 | 5,538 |   6,200 | 7,857 | 8,629 | 8,658 | 8,720
Portugal .........| 1,330 | 1,931 | 2,174 |     --- | 1,759 |   --- | 2,435 |     --- | 3,732 |   --- | 6,346 |   ---
Spain ............| 1,439 | 1,800 | 1,917 |   2,030 | 1,998 | 2,706 | 2,812 |   3,140 | 1,907 | 3,156 | 3,340 | 3,770
                  |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |         |       |       |       |
Sweden\1\ ........|   --- | 5,271 | 5,635 |   4,840 |   --- | 6,292 | 6,835 |   6,050 |   --- | 8,669 | 8,819 | 7,120
Switzerland\1\ ...|   --- |   --- | 5,611 |   3,560 |   --- |   --- | 6,761 |     --- |   --- |   --- |15,124 |12,900
Turkey ...........|   --- |   --- |   582 |     --- |   --- |   --- |   519 |     --- |   --- |   --- | 2,879 |   ---
United Kingdom ...| 2,336 | 2,897 | 2,878 |   3,120 | 3,864 | 5,499 | 4,383 |   4,390 |   --- |   --- | 9,911 |10,370
United States ....| 4,364 | 5,223 | 5,333 |   5,600 | 5,282 | 6,546 | 6,667 |   6,470 |10,221 |12,013 |12,157 |11,880
------------------|-------|-------|-------|---------|-------|-------|-------|---------|-------|-------|-------|-------

\1\Change in definition in 1992.

---Data not available.

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

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Education at a Glance, and unpublished data. (This table was prepared May 1995.)


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