Public and private education expenditures per student, by level of education and country: Selected years, 2000 through 2006

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Table C.4.01.

Public and private education expenditures per student, by level of education and country: Selected years, 2000 through 2006

	Elementary education								Secondary education								Higher education
	Elementary education								Secondary education								Higher education
Country	2000		2004		2005		2006		2000		2004		2005		2006		2000		2004		2005		2006
	Current dollars
OECD average¹	$4,393		$5,832		$6,252		$6,437		$5,934		$7,294		$7,802		$8,015		$9,509		$11,100		$11,512		$12,336

OECD countries
Australia	4,967		5,776		5,992		6,311		6,894		8,160		8,408		8,700		12,854		14,036		14,579		15,016
Austria	6,560		7,669		8,259		8,516		8,578		9,446		9,751		10,577		10,851		13,959		14,775		15,148
Belgium	4,310		6,636		6,648		7,072		6,889	²	7,751	²	7,731	²	8,601	²	10,771		11,842		11,960		13,244
Canada	—		—		—		—		5,947	³	7,837	^3,4	7,774	^3,4	—		14,983		—		—		—
Czech Republic	1,827		2,791		2,812		3,217		3,239		4,779		4,847		5,307		5,431		6,752		6,649		7,989

Denmark	7,074		8,081		8,513		8,798		7,726	⁵	8,849	⁵	9,407	⁵	9,662	⁵	11,981	⁵	15,225	⁵	14,959	⁵	15,391	⁵
Finland	4,317		5,581		5,557		5,899		6,094	²	7,441	²	7,324	²	7,533	²	8,244		12,505		12,285		12,845
France	4,486		5,082		5,365		5,482		7,636		8,737		8,927		9,303		8,373		10,668		10,995		11,568
Germany	4,198		4,948		5,014		5,362		6,826		7,576		7,636		7,548		10,898		12,255		12,446		13,016
Greece	3,318	^4,6	4,595	⁴	5,146	⁴	—		3,859	⁶	5,213		8,423		—		3,402	⁶	5,593		6,130		—

Hungary⁶	2,245		3,841		4,438		4,599		2,446		3,692		3,806		3,978		7,024		7,095		6,244		6,367
Iceland	5,854	⁶	8,434		9,254		9,299		6,518	⁶	7,721	⁵	8,411	⁵	8,493	²	7,994	⁶	8,881	⁵	9,474	⁵	8,579
Ireland	3,385		5,422		5,732		6,337		4,638		7,110		7,500		8,991		11,083		10,211		10,468		11,832
Italy	5,973	⁶	7,390	⁶	6,835	⁶	7,716	⁶	7,218	⁶	7,843	⁶	7,648	⁶	8,495	⁶	8,065	⁶	7,723	⁶	8,026	⁶	8,725
Japan	5,507		6,551		6,744		6,989		6,266	⁵	7,615	⁵	7,908	⁵	8,305	⁵	10,914	⁵	12,193	⁵	12,326	⁵	13,418	⁵

Korea, Republic of	3,155		4,490		4,691		4,935		4,069		6,761		6,645		7,261		6,118		7,068		7,606		8,564
Luxembourg	—		13,458	^4,6	14,079	^4,6	13,676	^4,6	—		17,876	⁶	18,845	⁶	18,144	⁶	—		—		—		—
Mexico	1,291		1,694		1,913		2,003		1,615		1,922		2,180		2,165		4,688		5,778		6,402		6,462
Netherlands	4,325		6,222		6,266		6,425		5,912		7,541		7,741		9,516		11,934		13,846		13,883		15,196
New Zealand	—		5,190		4,780		4,952		—		6,299		6,278		6,043		—		8,866		10,262		9,288

Norway	6,550		8,533		9,001		9,486		8,476	^2,6	11,109	²	10,995	²	11,435	²	13,353	⁶	14,997		15,552		16,235
Poland⁶	2,105		3,130		3,312		3,770		—		2,889		3,055		3,411		3,222		4,412		5,593		5,224
Portugal	3,672		4,681	⁶	4,871	⁶	5,138	⁶	5,349		6,168	⁶	6,473	⁶	6,846	⁶	4,766		7,741	⁶	8,787	⁶	9,724	⁶
Slovak Republic	1,308		2,073		2,806		3,221		1,927	²	2,744	²	2,716	²	2,963	²	4,949		6,535		5,783		6,056
Spain	3,941		4,965		5,502		5,970		5,185	²	6,701		7,211		7,955		6,666		9,378		10,089		11,087

Sweden	6,336		7,469		7,532		7,699		6,339		8,039		8,198		8,496		15,097		16,218		15,946		16,991
Switzerland⁶	6,631		8,570		8,469		8,793		9,780		12,176		12,861		13,268		18,450		21,966		21,734		22,230
Turkey⁶	—		1,120		—		1,130		—		1,808		—		1,834		4,121		—		—		—
United Kingdom	3,877		5,941		6,361		7,732		5,991	²	7,090	²	7,167	²	8,763	²	9,657		11,484		13,506		15,447
United States	6,995		8,805		9,156		9,709		8,855		9,938		10,390		10,821		20,358	²	22,476		24,370		25,109
OECD average¹	$5,492		$6,648		$6,892		$6,875		$7,419		$8,315		$8,601		$8,560		$11,889		$12,653		$12,692		$13,175

OECD countries
Australia	6,210		6,584		6,606		6,740		8,620		9,301		9,270		9,291		16,071		15,999		16,073		16,037
Austria	8,202		8,742		9,105		9,096		10,725		10,767		10,751		11,296		13,567		15,911		16,289		16,178
Belgium	5,389		7,564		7,329		7,553		8,613	²	8,835	²	8,523	²	9,186	²	13,467		13,498		13,186		14,144
Canada	—		—		—		—		7,436	³	8,933	^3,4	8,571	^3,4	—		18,733		—		—		—
Czech Republic	2,284		3,181		3,100		3,436		4,050		5,447		5,344		5,668		6,790		7,696		7,330		8,532

Denmark	8,845		9,211		9,386		9,396		9,660	⁵	10,087	⁵	10,371	⁵	10,319	⁵	14,980	⁵	17,355	⁵	16,492	⁵	16,438	⁵
Finland	5,398		6,362		6,127		6,300		7,619	²	8,482	²	8,074	²	8,045	²	10,308		14,254		13,544		13,719
France	5,609		5,793		5,915		5,855		9,547		9,959		9,841		9,936		10,469		12,160		12,122		12,355
Germany	5,249		5,640		5,528		5,727		8,535		8,636		8,418		8,061		13,626		13,969		13,721		13,901
Greece	4,149	^4,6	5,238	⁴	5,673	⁴	—		4,825	⁶	5,942		9,286		—		4,254	⁶	6,375		6,759		—

Hungary⁶	2,807		4,378		4,893		4,912		3,058		4,208		4,196		4,248		8,782		8,087		6,884		6,800
Iceland	7,319	⁶	9,614		10,202		9,932		8,149	⁶	8,801	⁵	9,273	⁵	9,070	²	9,995	⁶	10,123	⁵	10,445	⁵	9,162
Ireland	4,232		6,180		6,320		6,768		5,799		8,104		8,269		9,602		13,857		11,639		11,541		12,636
Italy	7,468	⁶	8,424	⁶	7,535	⁶	8,241	⁶	9,025	⁶	8,940	⁶	8,432	⁶	9,073	⁶	10,084	⁶	8,803	⁶	8,848	⁶	9,318
Japan	6,885		7,467		7,435		7,465		7,834	⁵	8,680	⁵	8,718	⁵	8,870	⁵	13,646	⁵	13,898	⁵	13,589	⁵	14,331	⁵

Korea, Republic of	3,945		5,118		5,171		5,271		5,087		7,707		7,326		7,755		7,649		8,057		8,385		9,147
Luxembourg	—		15,340	^4,6	15,522	^4,6	14,606	^4,6	—		20,376	⁶	20,776	⁶	19,378	⁶	—		—		—		—
Mexico	1,614		1,931		2,109		2,139		2,019		2,191		2,403		2,312		5,861		6,586		7,058		6,901
Netherlands	5,408		7,092		6,909		6,862		7,392		8,596		8,534		10,163		14,921		15,783		15,305		16,229
New Zealand	—		5,916		5,270		5,289		—		7,180		6,922		6,454		—		10,106		11,313		9,919

Norway	8,189		9,727		9,923		10,131		10,598	^2,6	12,663	²	12,121	²	12,213	²	16,695	⁶	17,095		17,146		17,339
Poland⁶	2,632		3,568		3,651		4,026		—		3,293		3,368		3,643		4,028		5,029		6,166		5,579
Portugal	4,591		5,336	⁶	5,370	⁶	5,488	⁶	6,688		7,031	⁶	7,137	⁶	7,312	⁶	5,959		8,824	⁶	9,688	⁶	10,385	⁶
Slovak Republic	1,635		2,363		3,094		3,440		2,409	²	3,128	²	2,994	²	3,164	²	6,188		7,449		6,376		6,468
Spain	4,927		5,659		6,066		6,376		6,483	²	7,638		7,950		8,496		8,335		10,690		11,123		11,841

Sweden	7,922		8,514		8,304		8,222		7,926		9,163		9,038		9,074		18,876		18,486		17,580		18,146
Switzerland⁶	8,291		9,769		9,337		9,391		12,228		13,879		14,179		14,170		23,068		25,038		23,961		23,742
Turkey⁶	—		1,277		—		1,207		—		2,061		—		1,959		5,153		—		—		—
United Kingdom	4,847		6,772		7,013		8,258		7,491	²	8,082	²	7,901	²	9,359	²	12,074		13,090		14,890		16,498
United States	8,746		10,037		10,094		10,369		11,071		11,328		11,454		11,557		25,454	²	25,620		26,867		26,816

— Not available.

¹Refers to the mean of the data values for all reporting OECD countries, to which each country reporting data contributes equally. The average is omitted for years in which less than 75 percent of the countries reported data.

²Includes postsecondary non-higher-education.

³Includes elementary education.

⁴Includes preprimary education.

⁵Postsecondary non-higher-education included in both secondary and higher education.

⁶Public institutions only.

NOTE: Data adjusted to U.S. dollars using the purchasing-power-parity (PPP) index. Constant dollars based on the Consumer Price Index, prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.

SOURCE: Data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Snyder, T.D., and Dillow, S.A. (2010). Digest of Education Statistics 2009 (NCES 2010-013), table 416. National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S Department of Education. Washington, DC.

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