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Table 414. Public education expenditures per student, by level of student: Selected countries, 1985 to 1998 [In constant 1998 dollars]

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      Country       |                        Primary               |               Secondary                     |             Higher education
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                    |______________________________________________|_____________________________________________|__________________________________________________
                    |    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.
\1\1986 data.
\2\1991 data.
\3\Data for Flemish Belgium only.
\4\Data are for the former West Germany.
\5\1989 data.
\6\Change in definition of expenditures in 1992.

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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