Table 418.

Public and private education expenditures per student, by level of education and country: Selected years, 2000 through 2005

Country	Elementary education								Secondary education								Higher education
	2000		2003		2004		2005		2000		2003		2004		2005		2000		2003		2004		2005
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13
	Current dollars
Australia	$4,967		$5,494		$5,776		$5,992		$6,894		$7,788		$8,160		$8,408		$12,854		$12,406		$14,036		$14,579
Austria	6,560		7,139		7,669		8,259		8,578		8,943		9,446		9,751		10,851		12,344		13,959		14,775
Belgium	4,310		6,180		6,636		6,648		6,889	1	7,708	1	7,751	1	7,731	1	10,771		11,824		11,842		11,960
Canada	—		—		—		—		5,947	2	—		7,837	2	—		14,983		—		—		—
Czech Republic	1,827		2,273		2,791		2,812		3,239		4,088		4,779		4,847		5,431		6,774		6,752		6,649
Denmark	7,074		7,814		8,081		8,513		7,726		8,183		8,849		9,407	1	11,981		14,014		15,225		14,959
Finland	4,317		5,321		5,581		5,557		6,094	1	7,402	1	7,441	1	7,324	1	8,244		12,047		12,505		12,285
France	4,486		4,939		5,082		5,365		7,636		8,653		8,737		8,927		8,373		10,704		10,668		10,995
Germany	4,198		4,624		4,948		5,014		6,826		7,173		7,576		7,636		10,898		11,594		12,255		12,446
Greece	3,318	3,4	4,218	4	4,595	4	5,146	4	3,859	3	4,954		5,213		8,423		3,402	3	4,924		5,593		6,130
Hungary3	2,245		3,286		3,841		4,438		2,446		3,948		3,692		3,806		7,024		8,576		7,095		6,244
Iceland	5,854	3	7,752		8,434		9,254		6,518	3	6,898		7,721		8,411		7,994	3	8,023		8,881		9,474
Ireland	3,385		4,760		5,422		5,732		4,638		6,374		7,110		7,500		11,083		9,341		10,211		10,468
Italy3	5,973		7,366		7,390		6,835		7,218		7,938		7,843		7,648		8,065		8,764		7,723		8,026
Japan	5,507		6,350		6,551		6,744		6,266		7,283		7,615		7,908		10,914		11,556		12,193		12,326
Korea, Republic of	3,155		4,098		4,490		4,691		4,069		6,410		6,761		6,645		6,118		7,089		7,068		7,606
Luxembourg	—		11,481	4	13,458	3,4	14,079	3,4	—		17,078		17,876	3	18,845	3	—		—		—		—
Mexico	1,291		1,656		1,694		1,913		1,615		1,918		1,922		2,180		4,688		5,774		5,778		6,402
Netherlands	4,325		5,836		6,222		6,266		5,912		6,996		7,541		7,741		11,934		13,444		13,846		13,883
New Zealand	—		4,841		5,190		4,780		—		5,693		6,299		6,278		—		8,832		8,866		10,262
Norway	6,550		7,977		8,533		9,001		8,476	1,3	10,919	1	11,109	1	10,995	1	13,353	3	13,772		14,997		15,552
Poland	2,105	3	2,859	3	3,130	3	3,312	3	—		2,951	3	2,889	3	3,055		3,222	3	4,589	3	4,412	3	5,593	3
Portugal	3,672		4,503	3	4,681	3	4,871	3	5,349		6,094	3	6,168	3	6,473	3	4,766		7,200	3	7,741	3	8,787	3
Slovak Republic	1,308		2,020		2,073		2,806		1,927		2,401		2,744		2,716		4,949		4,678		6,535		5,783
Spain	3,941		4,829		4,965		5,502		5,185	1	6,418	1	6,701		7,211		6,666		8,943		9,378		10,089
Sweden	6,336		7,291		7,469		7,532		6,339		7,662		8,039		8,198		15,097		16,073		16,218		15,946
Switzerland3	6,631		8,131		8,570		8,469		9,780		12,209		12,176		12,861		18,450		25,900		21,966		21,734
Turkey3	—		869		1,120		—		—		1,428		1,808		—		4,121		—		—		—
United Kingdom	3,877		5,851		5,941		6,361		5,991	1	7,290	1	7,090	1	7,167	1	9,657		11,866		11,484		13,506
United States	6,995		8,305		8,805		9,156		8,855		9,590		9,938		10,390		20,358		24,074		22,476		24,370
	Constant 2007 dollars
Australia	$5,981		$6,192		$6,340		$6,362		$8,301		$8,778		$8,957		$8,927		$15,477		$13,983		$15,408		$15,479
Austria	7,899		8,046		8,418		8,768		10,329		10,080		10,369		10,353		13,065		13,913		15,323		15,687
Belgium	5,190		6,966		7,285		7,058		8,295	1	8,688	1	8,508	1	8,208	1	12,969		13,327		12,999		12,698
Canada	—		—		—		—		7,161	2	—		8,603	2	—		18,041		—		—		—
Czech Republic	2,200		2,562		3,064		2,985		3,900		4,608		5,246		5,146		6,539		7,635		7,412		7,059
Denmark	8,518		8,807		8,871		9,039		9,303		9,223		9,714		9,988	1	14,426		15,795		16,713		15,882
Finland	5,198		5,997		6,126		5,900		7,338	1	8,343	1	8,168	1	7,775	1	9,926		13,578		13,727		13,043
France	5,401		5,567		5,579		5,696		9,194		9,753		9,591		9,477		10,082		12,065		11,711		11,674
Germany	5,055		5,212		5,432		5,323		8,219		8,085		8,316		8,107		13,122		13,068		13,453		13,214
Greece	3,995	3,4	4,754	4	5,044	4	5,463	4	4,647	3	5,584		5,722		8,942		4,096	3	5,550		6,140		6,509
Hungary3	2,703		3,704		4,216		4,712		2,945		4,450		4,053		4,041		8,457		9,666		7,788		6,630
Iceland	7,049	3	8,737		9,258		9,825		7,848	3	7,775		8,476		8,930		9,625	3	9,043		9,749		10,059
Ireland	4,076		5,365		5,952		6,086		5,585		7,184		7,805		7,963		13,345		10,528		11,209		11,114
Italy3	7,192		8,302		8,112		7,257		8,691		8,947		8,609		8,120		9,711		9,878		8,478		8,521
Japan	6,631		7,157		7,191		7,160		7,545		8,209		8,359		8,396		13,141		13,025		13,385		13,087
Korea, Republic of	3,799		4,619		4,929		4,980		4,899		7,225		7,422		7,055		7,367		7,990		7,759		8,075
Luxembourg	—		12,940	4	14,773	3,4	14,948	3,4	—		19,249		19,623	3	20,008	3	—		—		—		—
Mexico	1,554		1,867		1,860		2,031		1,945		2,162		2,110		2,314		5,645		6,508		6,343		6,797
Netherlands	5,208		6,578		6,830		6,653		7,119		7,885		8,278		8,218		14,369		15,153		15,199		14,740
New Zealand	—		5,456		5,697		5,075		—		6,417		6,915		6,666		—		9,955		9,732		10,895
Norway	7,887		8,991		9,367		9,556		10,206	1,3	12,307	1	12,195	1	11,673	1	16,078	3	15,523		16,463		16,512
Poland	2,535	3	3,222	3	3,436	3	3,516	3	—		3,326	3	3,171	3	3,244		3,880	3	5,172	3	4,843	3	5,938	3
Portugal	4,421		5,075	3	5,138	3	5,172	3	6,441		6,869	3	6,771	3	6,873	3	5,739		8,115	3	8,497	3	9,330	3
Slovak Republic	1,575		2,277		2,276		2,979		2,320		2,706		3,012		2,883		5,959		5,273		7,174		6,140
Spain	4,745		5,443		5,450		5,842		6,243	1	7,234	1	7,356		7,656		8,026		10,080		10,294		10,712
Sweden	7,629		8,218		8,199		7,997		7,633		8,636		8,825		8,704		18,178		18,116		17,803		16,930
Switzerland3	7,984		9,165		9,408		8,991		11,776		13,761		13,366		13,654		22,215		29,192		24,113		23,075
Turkey3	—		979		1,229		—		—		1,610		1,985		—		4,962		—		—		—
United Kingdom	4,668		6,595		6,522		6,753		7,214	1	8,217	1	7,783	1	7,609	1	11,628		13,374		12,606		14,340
United States	8,423		9,361		9,665		9,721		10,662		10,809		10,909		11,031		24,513		27,134		24,672		25,874

— Not available. 1 Includes postsecondary non-higher-education. 2 Includes elementary education. 3 Public institutions only. 4 Includes preprimary education. 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 2008. (This table was prepared July 2008.)