Digest of Education Statistics: 2005
Digest of Education Statistics: 2005

NCES 2006-030
June 2006


Table 406. Public and private education expenditures per student, by level of education and country: Selected years, 1999 through 2002
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                    |             Elementary          |            Secondary            |            Higher education
                    |_________________________________|_________________________________|_____________________________________
Country             |     1999|     2000|  2001|  2002|     1999|     2000|  2001|  2002|      1999|      2000|   2001|   2002
____________________|_________|_________|______|______|_________|_________|______|______|__________|__________|_______|_______
1                   |        2|        3|     4|     5|        6|        7|     8|     9|        10|        11|     12|     13
____________________|_________|_________|______|______|_________|_________|______|______|__________|__________|_______|_______
                    |                                                   Current dollars
                    |_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Australia ..........|   $4,858|   $4,967|$5,052|$5,169|   $6,850|   $6,894|$7,239|$7,375|   $11,725|   $12,854|$12,688|$12,416
Austria ............|    6,568|    6,560| 6,571| 7,015|    8,504|    8,578| 8,562| 8,887|    12,070|    10,851| 11,274| 12,448
Belgium ............|    4,351|    4,310| 5,321| 5,665|    6,789|    6,889| 7,912| 8,272|    10,055|    10,771| 11,589| 12,019
Canada .............|     --- |     --- |  --- |  --- |\1\ 5,981|\1\ 5,947|  --- |  --- |    15,211|    14,983|   --- |   ---
Czech Republic .....|    1,769|    1,827| 1,871| 2,077|    3,402|    3,239| 3,448| 3,628|     5,688|     5,431|  5,555|  6,236
                    |         |         |      |      |         |         |      |      |          |          |       |
Denmark ............|    6,721|    7,074| 7,572| 7,727|    7,626|    7,726| 8,113| 8,003|    10,657|    11,981| 14,280| 15,183
Finland ............|    4,138|    4,317| 4,708| 5,087|    5,863|    6,094| 6,537| 7,121|     8,114|     8,244| 10,981| 11,768
France .............|    4,108|    4,486| 4,777| 5,033|    7,141|    7,636| 8,107| 8,472|     7,831|     8,373|  8,837|  9,276
Germany ............|    3,818|    4,198| 4,237| 4,537|    6,603|    6,826| 6,620| 7,025|    10,393|    10,898| 10,504| 10,999
Greece .............|\2\ 2,176|\2\ 3,318| 3,299| 3,803|\2\ 2,904|\2\ 3,859| 3,768| 4,058|\2\  4,260|\2\  3,402|  4,280|  4,731
                    |         |         |      |      |         |         |      |      |          |          |       |
Hungary\2\ .........|    2,179|    2,245| 2,592| 3,016|    2,368|    2,446| 2,633| 3,184|     5,861|     7,024|  7,122|  8,205
Iceland ............|     --- |\2\ 5,854| 6,373| 7,171|     --- |\2\ 6,518| 7,265| 7,229|      --- |\2\  7,994|  7,674|  8,251
Ireland ............|    3,018|    3,385| 3,743| 4,180|    4,383|    4,638| 5,245| 5,725|     9,673|    11,083| 10,003|  9,809
Italy\2\ ...........|    5,354|    5,973| 6,783| 7,231|    6,518|    7,218| 8,258| 7,598|     7,552|     8,065|  8,347|  8,636
Japan ..............|    5,240|    5,507| 5,771| 6,117|    6,039|    6,266| 6,534| 6,952|    10,278|    10,914| 11,164| 11,716
                    |         |         |      |      |         |         |      |      |          |          |       |
Korea, Republic of .|    2,838|    3,155| 3,714| 3,553|    3,419|    4,069| 5,159| 5,882|     5,356|     6,118|  6,618|  6,047
Luxembourg .........|     --- |     --- | 7,873|10,611|     --- |     --- |11,091|15,195|      --- |      --- |   --- |   ---
Mexico .............|    1,096|    1,291| 1,357| 1,467|    1,480|    1,615| 1,915| 1,768|     4,789|     4,688|  4,341|  6,074
Netherlands ........|    4,162|    4,325| 4,862| 5,558|    5,670|    5,912| 6,403| 6,823|    12,285|    11,934| 12,974| 13,101
New Zealand ........|     --- |     --- |  --- | 4,536|     --- |     --- |  --- | 5,698|      --- |      --- |   --- |   ---
                    |         |         |      |      |         |         |      |      |          |          |       |
Norway .............|\2\ 5,920|\2\ 6,550| 7,404| 7,508|\2\ 7,628|\2\ 8,476| 9,040|10,154|\2\ 12,096|\2\ 13,353| 13,189| 13,739
Poland\2\ ..........|    2,094|    2,105| 2,322| 2,585|    1,343|     --- |  --- |  --- |     3,877|     3,222|  3,579|  4,834
Portugal ...........|    3,478|    3,672| 4,181| 4,940|    5,181|    5,349| 5,976| 6,921|     4,802|     4,766|  5,199|  6,960
Slovak Republic ....|     --- |    1,308| 1,252| 1,471|    2,163|    1,927| 1,874| 2,193|     5,325|     4,949|  5,285|  4,756
Spain ..............|    3,635|    3,941| 4,168| 4,592|    4,864|    5,185| 5,442| 6,010|     5,707|     6,666|  7,455|  8,020
                    |         |         |      |      |         |         |      |      |          |          |       |
Sweden .............|    5,736|    6,336| 6,295| 7,143|    5,911|    6,339| 6,482| 7,400|    14,222|    15,097| 15,188| 15,715
Switzerland\2\ .....|    6,663|    6,631| 6,889| 7,776|    9,756|    9,780|10,916|11,900|    17,997|    18,450| 20,230| 23,714
Turkey\2\ ..........|     --- |     --- |  --- |  --- |     --- |     --- |  --- |  --- |     4,328|     4,121|   --- |   ---
United Kingdom .....|    3,627|    3,877| 4,415| 5,150|    5,608|    5,991| 5,933| 6,505|     9,554|     9,657| 10,753| 11,822
United States ......|    6,582|    6,995| 7,560| 8,049|    8,157|    8,855| 8,779| 9,098|    19,220|    20,358| 22,234| 20,545
                    |_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                    |                                                Constant 2004 dollars
                    |_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Australia ..........|   $5,508|   $5,449|$5,389|$5,428|   $7,767|   $7,563|$7,721|$7,744|   $13,294|   $14,101|$13,533|$13,037
Austria ............|    7,447|    7,196| 7,009| 7,366|    9,642|    9,410| 9,132| 9,332|    13,686|    11,903| 12,025| 13,071
Belgium ............|    4,933|    4,728| 5,676| 5,948|    7,698|    7,557| 8,439| 8,686|    11,401|    11,816| 12,361| 12,620
Canada .............|     --- |     --- |  --- |  --- |\1\ 6,782|\1\ 6,524|  --- |  --- |    17,247|    16,436|   --- |   ---
Czech Republic .....|    2,006|    2,004| 1,996| 2,181|    3,857|    3,553| 3,678| 3,810|     6,449|     5,958|  5,925|  6,548
                    |         |         |      |      |         |         |      |      |          |          |       |
Denmark ............|    7,621|    7,760| 8,077| 8,114|    8,647|    8,475| 8,654| 8,403|    12,083|    13,143| 15,231| 15,943
Finland ............|    4,692|    4,736| 5,022| 5,341|    6,648|    6,685| 6,973| 7,477|     9,200|     9,044| 11,713| 12,357
France .............|    4,658|    4,921| 5,095| 5,285|    8,097|    8,377| 8,647| 8,896|     8,879|     9,185|  9,426|  9,740
Germany ............|    4,329|    4,605| 4,519| 4,764|    7,487|    7,488| 7,061| 7,376|    11,784|    11,955| 11,204| 11,549
Greece .............|\2\ 2,467|\2\ 3,640| 3,519| 3,993|\2\ 3,293|\2\ 4,233| 4,019| 4,261|\2\  4,830|\2\  3,732|  4,565|  4,968
                    |         |         |      |      |         |         |      |      |          |          |       |
Hungary\2\ .........|    2,471|    2,463| 2,765| 3,167|    2,685|    2,683| 2,808| 3,343|     6,646|     7,705|  7,597|  8,615
Iceland ............|     --- |\2\ 6,422| 6,798| 7,530|     --- |\2\ 7,150| 7,749| 7,591|      --- |\2\  8,769|  8,185|  8,664
Ireland ............|    3,422|    3,713| 3,992| 4,389|    4,970|    5,088| 5,594| 6,011|    10,968|    12,158| 10,669| 10,300
Italy\2\ ...........|    6,071|    6,552| 7,235| 7,593|    7,390|    7,918| 8,808| 7,978|     8,563|     8,847|  8,903|  9,068
Japan ..............|    5,941|    6,041| 6,156| 6,423|    6,847|    6,874| 6,969| 7,300|    11,654|    11,972| 11,908| 12,302
                    |         |         |      |      |         |         |      |      |          |          |       |
Korea, Republic of .|    3,218|    3,461| 3,961| 3,731|    3,877|    4,464| 5,503| 6,176|     6,073|     6,711|  7,059|  6,350
Luxembourg .........|     --- |     --- | 8,398|11,142|     --- |     --- |11,830|15,955|      --- |      --- |   --- |   ---
Mexico .............|    1,243|    1,416| 1,447| 1,540|    1,678|    1,772| 2,043| 1,856|     5,430|     5,143|  4,630|  6,378
Netherlands ........|    4,719|    4,744| 5,186| 5,836|    6,429|    6,485| 6,830| 7,164|    13,929|    13,091| 13,838| 13,756
New Zealand ........|     --- |     --- |  --- | 4,763|     --- |     --- |  --- | 5,983|      --- |      --- |   --- |   ---
                    |         |         |      |      |         |         |      |      |          |          |       |
Norway .............|\2\ 6,712|\2\ 7,185| 7,897| 7,884|\2\ 8,649|\2\ 9,298| 9,642|10,662|\2\ 13,715|\2\ 14,648| 14,068| 14,426
Poland\2\ ..........|    2,374|    2,309| 2,477| 2,714|    1,523|     --- |  --- |  --- |     4,396|     3,534|  3,817|  5,076
Portugal ...........|    3,944|    4,028| 4,460| 5,187|    5,874|    5,868| 6,374| 7,267|     5,445|     5,228|  5,545|  7,308
Slovak Republic ....|     --- |    1,435| 1,335| 1,545|    2,453|    2,114| 1,999| 2,303|     6,038|     5,429|  5,637|  4,994
Spain ..............|    4,122|    4,323| 4,446| 4,822|    5,515|    5,688| 5,805| 6,311|     6,471|     7,312|  7,952|  8,421
                    |         |         |      |      |         |         |      |      |          |          |       |
Sweden .............|    6,504|    6,950| 6,714| 7,500|    6,702|    6,954| 6,914| 7,770|    16,126|    16,561| 16,200| 16,501
Switzerland\2\ .....|    7,555|    7,274| 7,348| 8,165|   11,062|   10,728|11,643|12,495|    20,406|    20,239| 21,578| 24,900
Turkey\2\ ..........|     --- |     --- |  --- |  --- |     --- |     --- |  --- |  --- |     4,907|     4,521|   --- |   ---
United Kingdom .....|    4,112|    4,253| 4,709| 5,408|    6,359|    6,572| 6,328| 6,830|    10,833|    10,594| 11,469| 12,413
United States ......|    7,463|    7,673| 8,064| 8,452|    9,249|    9,714| 9,364| 9,553|    21,793|    22,332| 23,715| 21,573
____________________|_________|_________|______|______|_________|_________|______|______|__________|__________|_______|_______
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\1\Includes elementary education.
\2\Public 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: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance, 2002 through 2005. (This table was prepared February 2006.)