Digest of Education Statistics: 2006
Digest of Education Statistics: 2006

NCES 2007-017
July 2007


Table 412. Public and private education expenditures per student, by level of education and country: 2000 through 2003 
Country Elementary Secondary Higher education
2000 2001 2002 2003 2000 2001 2002 2003 2000 2001 2002 2003
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
  Current dollars
Australia $4,967   $5,052 $5,169   $5,494   $6,894   $7,239 $7,375   $7,788   $12,854   $12,688 $12,416 $12,406  
Austria 6,560   6,571 7,015   7,139   8,578   8,562 8,887   8,943   10,851   11,274 12,448 12,344  
Belgium 4,310   5,321 5,665   6,180   6,889   7,912 8,272   7,708   10,771   11,589 12,019 11,824  
Canada       5,947 1  6,482     14,983   19,992  
Czech Republic 1,827   1,871 2,077   2,273   3,239   3,448 3,628   4,088   5,431   5,555 6,236 6,774  
                         
Denmark 7,074   7,572 7,727   7,814   7,726   8,113 8,003   8,183   11,981   14,280 15,183 14,014  
Finland 4,317   4,708 5,087   5,321   6,094   6,537 7,121   7,402   8,244   10,981 11,768 12,047  
France 4,486   4,777 5,033   4,939   7,636   8,107 8,472   8,653   8,373   8,837 9,276 10,704  
Germany 4,198   4,237 4,537   4,624   6,826   6,620 7,025   7,173   10,898   10,504 10,999 11,594  
Greece 3,318 2  3,299 3,803   4,218   3,859 2  3,768 4,058   4,954   3,402 2  4,280 4,731 4,924  
                         
Hungary2  2,245   2,592 3,016   3,286   2,446   2,633 3,184   3,948   7,024   7,122 8,205 8,576  
Iceland 5,854 2  6,373 7,171   7,752   6,518 2  7,265 7,229   6,898   7,994 2  7,674 8,251 8,023  
Ireland 3,385   3,743 4,180   4,760   4,638   5,245 5,725   6,374   11,083   10,003 9,809 9,341  
Italy2  5,973   6,783 7,231   7,366   7,218   8,258 7,598   7,938   8,065   8,347 8,636 8,764  
Japan 5,507   5,771 6,117   6,350   6,266   6,534 6,952   7,283   10,914   11,164 11,716 11,556  
                         
Korea, Republic of 3,155   3,714 3,553   4,098   4,069   5,159 5,882   6,410   6,118   6,618 6,047 7,089  
Luxembourg   7,873 10,611   11,481     11,091 15,195   17,078      
Mexico 1,291   1,357 1,467   1,656   1,615   1,915 1,768   1,918   4,688   4,341 6,074 5,774  
Netherlands 4,325   4,862 5,558   5,836   5,912   6,403 6,823   6,996   11,934   12,974 13,101 13,444  
New Zealand   4,536   4,841     5,698   5,693     8,832  
                         
Norway 6,550 2  7,404 7,508   7,977   8,476 2  9,040 10,154   10,919   13,353 2  13,189 13,739 13,772  
Poland2  2,105   2,322 2,585   2,859       2,951   3,222   3,579 4,834 4,589  
Portugal 3,672   4,181 4,940 2  4,503 2  5,349   5,976 6,921 2  6,094 2  4,766   5,199 6,960 7,200 2 
Slovak Republic 1,308   1,252 1,471   2,020   1,927   1,874 2,193   2,401   4,949   5,285 4,756 4,678  
Spain 3,941   4,168 4,592   4,829   5,185   5,442 6,010   6,418   6,666   7,455 8,020 8,943  
                         
Sweden 6,336   6,295 7,143   7,291   6,339   6,482 7,400   7,662   15,097   15,188 15,715 16,073  
Switzerland2  6,631   6,889 7,776   8,131   9,780   10,916 11,900   12,209   18,450   20,230 23,714 25,900  
Turkey2      869       1,428   4,121    
United Kingdom 3,877   4,415 5,150   5,851   5,991   5,933 6,505   7,290   9,657   10,753 11,822 11,866  
United States 6,995   7,560 8,049   8,305   8,855   8,779 9,098   9,590   20,358   22,234 20,545 24,074  
  Constant 2005 dollars
Australia $5,633   $5,571 $5,611   $5,831   $7,819   $7,983 $8,006   $8,266   $14,578   $13,992 $13,479 $13,168  
Austria 7,440   7,246 7,616   7,577   9,729   9,442 9,648   9,492   12,307   12,433 13,514 13,102  
Belgium 4,888   5,868 6,150   6,560   7,813   8,725 8,980   8,181   12,216   12,780 13,048 12,550  
Canada       6,745 1  6,880     16,993   21,220  
Czech Republic 2,072   2,063 2,255   2,413   3,674   3,802 3,939   4,339   6,160   6,126 6,770 7,190  
                         
Denmark 8,023   8,350 8,388   8,294   8,762   8,947 8,688   8,686   13,588   15,748 16,483 14,875  
Finland 4,896   5,192 5,522   5,648   6,911   7,209 7,731   7,857   9,350   12,109 12,775 12,787  
France 5,088   5,268 5,464   5,242   8,660   8,940 9,197   9,184   9,496   9,745 10,070 11,361  
Germany 4,761   4,672 4,925   4,908   7,742   7,300 7,626   7,614   12,360   11,583 11,941 12,306  
Greece 3,763 2  3,638 4,129   4,477   4,377 2  4,155 4,405   5,258   3,858 2  4,720 5,136 5,226  
                         
Hungary2  2,546   2,858 3,274   3,488   2,774   2,904 3,457   4,190   7,966   7,854 8,907 9,103  
Iceland 6,639 2  7,028 7,785   8,228   7,392 2  8,012 7,848   7,322   9,066 2  8,463 8,957 8,516  
Ireland 3,839   4,128 4,538   5,052   5,260   5,784 6,215   6,765   12,570   11,031 10,649 9,915  
Italy2  6,774   7,480 7,850   7,818   8,186   9,107 8,248   8,425   9,147   9,205 9,375 9,302  
Japan 6,246   6,364 6,641   6,740   7,107   7,205 7,547   7,730   12,378   12,311 12,719 12,266  
                         
Korea, Republic of 3,578   4,096 3,857   4,350   4,615   5,689 6,386   6,804   6,939   7,298 6,565 7,524  
Luxembourg   8,682 11,519   12,186     12,231 16,496   18,127      
Mexico 1,464   1,496 1,593   1,758   1,832   2,112 1,919   2,036   5,317   4,787 6,594 6,129  
Netherlands 4,905   5,362 6,034   6,194   6,705   7,061 7,407   7,426   13,535   14,307 14,222 14,270  
New Zealand   4,924   5,138     6,186   6,043     9,374  
                         
Norway 7,429 2  8,165 8,151   8,467   9,613 2  9,969 11,023   11,590   15,144 2  14,544 14,915 14,618  
Poland2  2,387   2,561 2,806   3,035       3,132   3,654   3,947 5,248 4,871  
Portugal 4,165   4,611 5,363 2  4,780 2  6,067   6,590 7,513 2  6,468 2  5,405   5,733 7,556 7,642 2 
Slovak Republic 1,483   1,381 1,597   2,144   2,186   2,067 2,381   2,548   5,613   5,828 5,163 4,965  
Spain 4,470   4,596 4,985   5,126   5,881   6,001 6,524   6,812   7,560   8,221 8,707 9,492  
                         
Sweden 7,186   6,942 7,754   7,739   7,189   7,148 8,033   8,133   17,122   16,749 17,060 17,060  
Switzerland2  7,521   7,597 8,442   8,630   11,092   12,038 12,919   12,959   20,925   22,309 25,744 27,491  
Turkey2      922       1,516   4,674    
United Kingdom 4,397   4,869 5,591   6,210   6,795   6,543 7,062   7,738   10,952   11,858 12,834 12,595  
United States 7,933   8,337 8,738   8,815   10,043   9,681 9,877   10,179   23,089   24,519 22,304 25,552  
—Not available.
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 2006. (This table was prepared September 2006.)