Figure 28.

Public direct expenditures for education as a percentage of the gross domestic product (GDP), by country: 2005

NOTE: Includes all OECD countries for which comparable data are available. Includes all government expenditures for education institutions, plus public subsidies to households for living costs that are not spent at education institutions. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance, 2008.