Education in States and Nations: 1991

(ESN) Table 30a: Current public expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP, by level of education and country: 1991

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                             Primary-         Higher                       
Country          Total      secondary      education          Undistributed
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Australia          4.2            2.8            1.4                    **   
Canada 1           6.1            4.0            2.1                    **   
Denmark            5.7            4.3            1.2                    0.2
Finland            5.4            3.7            1.2                    0.5
France             4.6            3.6            0.8                    0.2
Germany (West)     3.3            2.1            0.8                    0.4
Hungary            4.8            3.9            0.8                    0.1
Italy 2            4.1            3.1            0.7                    0.3
Japan              3.1            2.4            0.3                    0.5
Netherlands        4.8            3.1            1.5                    0.2
Norway             5.7            4.3            1.1                    0.3
Spain 3            3.9            3.1            0.7                    0.1
Sweden             5.7            4.7            1.1                    **   
United Kingdom     **             **             1.0                    **   
United States      4.6            3.4            1.2                    **   
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** Not available or applicable.
1 Preprimary expenditures are included in primary-secondary figure.
2 1989 data.
3 1992 data.

NOTE: Row percentages may not sum to totals, due to rounding. See supplemental note to Indicator 30 for a detailed discussion of international comparisons of public education expenditures; the supplemental note for details on data provided by all countries, Australia, Canada, Finland, France, West Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States; for notes on the calculation of country- and state-level gross products, on the non-inclusion of proprietary schools, and the methodology used for adjusting inflation rates, and limitations to these adjustments.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Center for Educational Research and Innovation, International Indicators Project, 1993.

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Figure 30 Table 30b