Table 414. | Public education expenditures per student, by level of student: Selected countries, 1985 to 1998 [In constant 1998 dollars] |
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Country | Primary | Secondary | Higher education | | | |______________________________________________|_____________________________________________|__________________________________________________ | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 1997 | 1998 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 1997 | 1998 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 1997 | 1998 ____________________|__________|___________|_______|_______|_______|__________|__________|_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|________|________|________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 ____________________|__________|___________|_______|_______|_______|__________|__________|_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|________|________|________ Australia ..........| $3,117 | --- |$3,001 |$3,809 |$3,981 | $4,376 | --- |$4,276 |$5,884 |$5,830 |\1\$14,284 |\2\$12,424 | $7,094 |$11,414 |$11,539 Austria ............| 4,007 | $4,110 | --- | 6,355 | 6,065 | 4,581 | $5,398 | --- | 8,340 | 8,163 | 7,616 | 7,422 | --- | 10,148 | 11,279 Belgium\3\ .........| 2,595 | 2,473 | 3,497 | 5,286 | 3,799 | 5,984 | --- | 6,180 | 9,252 | 6,238 | 8,252 | 7,168 | 6,449 | --- | 6,597 Canada .............| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 9,568 | 10,892 | 7,511 | 15,046 | 14,579 Czech Republic .....| --- | --- | --- | 1,972 | 1,645 | --- | --- | --- | 3,700 | 3,182 | --- | --- | --- | 5,563 | 5,584 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Denmark ............| 4,305 | 5,108 | 5,948 | 7,020 | 6,713 | 6,076 | 6,092 | 6,331 | 7,398 | 7,200 | 9,917 | 9,672 | 7,947 | 7,407 | 9,562 Finland ............| --- | --- | 4,572 | 4,715 | 4,641 | --- | --- | 5,291 | 5,087 | 5,111 | --- | --- | 7,605 | 7,302 | 7,327 France .............| --- | 2,968 | 3,436 | 3,735 | 3,752 | --- | 5,157 | 6,055 | 7,228 | 6,605 | --- | 5,610 | 5,927 | 7,168 | 7,226 Germany.............|\4\ 3,358 | --- | --- | 3,514 | 3,531 | 3,676 | --- | --- | 4,606 | 6,209 | 8,085 | --- | 8,888 | 9,770 | 9,481 Greece .............| --- | --- | 2,132 | 2,387 | 2,368 | --- | --- | 1,991 | 2,621 | 3,287 | --- | --- | 2,712 | 4,052 | 4,157 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hungary ............| --- | --- | --- | 2,067 | 2,028 | --- | --- | --- | 2,125 | 2,140 | --- | --- | --- | 5,514 | 5,073 Iceland ............| --- | --- | 3,079 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 9,227 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Ireland ............| 1,560 | 1,636 | 2,282 | 2,611 | 2,745 | 2,684 | 2,753 | 3,541 | 3,928 | 3,934 | 6,099 | 6,331 | 5,177 | 8,298 | 8,522 Italy ..............| 3,011 | 3,962 | 4,653 | 5,152 | 5,653 | 3,870 | 4,591 | 5,421 | 6,382 | 6,458 | 5,438 | 8,314 | 4,433 | 6,065 | 6,295 Japan .............|\2\ 3,059 | --- | 4,613 | 5,284 | 5,075 | --- | --- | 4,476 | --- | 5,890 |\1\ 3,070 | --- | 3,921 | 19,208 | 9,871 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Korea ..............| --- | --- | --- | 3,379 | 2,838 | --- | --- | --- | 3,970 | 3,544 | --- | --- | --- | 6,324 | 6,356 Luxembourg .........|\2\ 6,418 |\5\ 7,337 |11,433 | --- | --- | --- | --- |10,653 | --- | --- |\1\ 19,020 | --- | 7,104 | --- | --- Mexico .............| --- | --- | --- | 885 | 863 | --- | --- | --- | 1,677 | 1,586 | --- | --- | --- | 4,700 | 3,800 Netherlands ........| 3,507 | 3,348 | 3,275 | --- | 3,795 | 4,112 | 4,859 | 4,478 | --- | 5,304 | 11,220 | 11,945 | 8,618 | --- | 10,757 New Zealand ........|\2\ 3,088 | 2,751 | 2,806 | --- | --- | --- | 2,288 | 3,902 | --- | --- |\1\ 12,932 | 13,976 | 5,878 | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Norway .............| 3,927 | 4,470 | 8,172 | --- | 5,761 | 5,364 | 5,690 | 4,637 | 4,239 | 7,343 | 7,670 | 8,475 | --- | 10,265 | 10,918 Poland .............| --- | --- | --- | 1,468 | 1,496 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 1,438 | --- | --- | --- | 4,463 | 4,262 Portugal ...........|\2\ 1,485 |\2\ 2,348 | 2,759 | 3,298 | 3,121 |\1\ 1,922 |\2\ 2,547 | 3,178 | 4,330 | 4,636 |\1\ 5,004 |\2\ 5,435 | --- | --- | --- Spain ..............| 1,505 | 1,883 | 2,410 | 3,615 | 3,267 | 2,078 | 2,857 | 3,671 | 5,470 | 4,274 | 2,160 | 3,574 | 3,802 | 5,418 | 5,038 Sweden\6\ ..........|\2\ 5,922 | 6,147 | 5,353 | 5,606 | 5,579 | --- | --- | 5,932 | 5,513 | 5,648 |\1\ 9,010 | 10,102 | 12,289 | 12,983 | 13,224 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Switzerland\6\ .....| --- |\2\ 6,459 | 6,162 | 6,334 | 6,470 | 3,154 | --- | 8,543 | 7,355 | 9,348 | 15,376 |\2\ 16,865 | 15,468 | 16,630 | 16,563 Turkey .............| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 2,434 | --- United Kingdom .....| 2,698 | 3,046 | 3,511 | 3,256 | 3,329 | 3,807 | 4,701 | 4,497 | 5,059 | 5,230 | 15,045 | 11,454 | 5,963 | --- | 9,699 United States ......| 4,294 | 5,235 | 5,105 | 6,054 | 6,043 | 5,401 | 6,721 | 6,510 | 7,578 | 7,764 | 8,600 | 10,202 | 8,358 | 15,095 | 19,802 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---Not available. NOTE: Data adjusted to U.S. dollars using the purchasing-power-parity (PPP) index. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Education at a Glance, various years; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared August 2001.)
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