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Table 408.Public education expenditures per student, by level of student: Selected countries, 1985 to 1993 [In constant 1993 dollars]

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      Country      |             Primary                   |            Secondary                  |          Higher education
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                   |_______________________________________|_______________________________________|_______________________________________
                   | 1985  | 1990  | 1991  | 1992  | 1993  | 1985  | 1990  | 1991  | 1992  | 1993  | 1985  | 1990  | 1991  | 1992  | 1993
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         1         |   2   |   3   |   4   |   5   |   6   |   7   |   8   |   9   |  10   |  11   |  12   |  13   |  14   |  15   |  16
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Austria ...........|$3,554 |$3,632 |$3,791 |$4,130 |$4,291 |$4,061 |$4,771 |$4,965 |$6,612 |$6,721 |$6,753 |$6,560 |$6,834 |$5,994 |$8,642
Belgium ...........| 2,299 | 2,195 | 2,273 | 2,462 | 2,953 | 5,437 | 4,949 | 5,305 | 5,304 | 5,373 | 7,310 | 6,363 | 6,615 | 6,787 | 6,380
Denmark ...........| 3,677 | 4,579 | 4,665 | 4,346 | 4,745 | 5,196 | 5,459 | 5,706 | 5,088 | 6,175 | 8,826 | 8,582 | 8,153 | 6,911 | 8,045
France ............|    ---|    ---| 2,749 | 2,987 | 3,154 |    ---|    ---| 4,923 | 5,593 | 5,685 |    ---|    ---| 5,050 | 6,200 | 6,033
Germany\2\ ........|    ---|    ---|    ---| 3,069 | 2,815 |    ---|    ---|    ---| 4,388 | 6,481 |    ---|    ---|    ---|    ---| 7,902
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Japan  ............|    ---|    ---|    ---| 3,636 | 3,960 |    ---|    ---|    ---| 4,017 | 4,356 |    ---|    ---|    ---|12,205 | 7,556
Ireland ...........| 1,363 | 1,472 | 1,636 | 1,823 | 1,882 | 2,346 | 2,475 | 2,640 | 2,853 | 3,031 | 5,327 | 5,693 | 5,927 | 7,488 | 7,076
Norway ............| 3,505 | 3,995 | 4,122 | 4,614 |    ---| 4,961 | 5,307 | 5,704 | 6,386 |    ---| 8,092 | 8,887 | 8,917 | 8,981 | 8,343
Portugal ..........| 1,369 | 1,989 | 2,239 |    ---| 2,581 | 1,811 |    ---| 2,508 |    ---| 2,491 | 3,844 |    ---| 6,536 |    ---| 5,667
Spain .............| 1,482 | 1,854 | 1,974 | 2,091 | 2,293 | 2,058 | 2,787 | 2,896 | 3,234 | 3,033 | 1,964 | 3,250 | 3,440 | 3,883 | 3,835
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Sweden\1\ .........|    ---| 5,429 | 5,803 | 4,985 | 4,917 |    ---| 6,480 | 7,039 | 6,231 | 5,651 |    ---| 8,929 | 9,083 | 7,333 |12,693
Switzerland\1\ ....|    ---|    ---| 5,779 | 3,667 | 5,835 |    ---|    ---| 6,963 |    ---| 7,024 |    ---|    ---|15,577 |13,286 |15,731
Turkey ............|    ---|    ---|   599 |    ---|   832 |    ---|    ---|   535 |    ---|   587 |    ---|    ---| 2,965 |    ---| 2,696
United Kingdom ....| 2,406 | 2,984 | 2,964 | 3,213 | 3,295 | 3,979 | 5,664 | 4,514 | 4,521 | 4,494 |    ---|    ---|10,207 |10,680 | 8,241
United States .....| 4,495 | 5,380 | 5,492 | 5,768 | 5,492 | 5,440 | 6,742 | 6,866 | 6,664 | 6,541 |10,527 |12,373 |12,521 |12,236 |14,607
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\1\Change in definition in 1992.

\2\Data for 1985 are for the former West Germany.

---Data not available.

NOTE.--Data adjusted to U.S. dollars using the purchasing-power-parity (PPP) index. The data used in calculating expenditure per student include only the expenditure for educational institutions. Public subsidies for students' living expenses are excluded. The figures include public expenditures per student in public and private institutions.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Education at a Glance, 1996; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared September 1997.)



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