Education in States and Nations: 1991

(ESN) Table 32a: Current public expenditure per student (in U.S. dollars), by level of education and country: 1991

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                      All             Primary                        Higher
Country            levels            secondary                    education
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Australia          $2,783               $2,093                       $7,830
Canada 1            5,211                4,338                        8,555
Denmark             5,395                4,884                        7,160
Finland             4,748                3,928                        6,357
France 1            4,153                3,808                        5,048
Germany (West)      3,979                3,101                        5,539
Hungary             1,626                1,363                        5,855
Italy 2             4,145                3,720                        4,421
Japan               3,092                2,635                        2,362
Netherlands         3,970                3,018                        8,552
Norway              4,887                4,343                        5,917
Spain 3             2,233                2,077                        2,778
Sweden              6,159                5,825                        8,204
United Kingdom         **                   **                       10,228
United States       5,015                4,605                        6,767
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** Not available. 1 Preprimary expenditures and enrollments are included in the primary-secondary figure.
2 1989 data.
3 1992 data.

NOTE: Purchasing power parity indices (PPPI) were used to convert other currencies to U.S. dollars. Because the fiscal year has a different starting date in different countries, within-country Consumer Price Indices (CPI) were used to adjust the PPPIs to account for inflation. See supplemental notes to Indicator 32 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 non-inclusion of proprietary schools, on the calculation of full-time equivalent enrollments, on 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 32c Table 32b