Public and private education expenditures per student, by level of education and country: Selected years, 2000 through 2007

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Table 425.

Country	Elementary education								Secondary education								Higher education
Country	2000		2005		2006		2007		2000		2005		2006		2007		2000		2005		2006		2007
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13
	Current dollars
OECD average¹	$4,302		$6,109		$6,282		$6,735		$5,788		$7,611		$7,813		$8,271		$9,439		$11,760		$12,416		$12,622
Australia	4,967		5,992		6,311		6,498		6,894		8,408		8,700		8,840		12,854		14,579		15,016		14,726
Austria	6,560		8,259		8,516		8,664		8,578		9,751		10,577	²	10,641		10,851		14,775		15,148		15,039
Belgium	4,310		6,648		7,072		7,363		6,889	²	7,731	²	8,601	²	8,992	²	10,771		11,960		13,244		13,482
Canada	—		—		—		—		5,947	³	7,774	^3,4	8,045	^3,4	—		14,983	²	23,329	^5,6	20,278	^2,5	—
Chile	1,940		2,120		1,936		2,088		2,016		2,077		1,924		2,090		7,483		6,873		6,620		6,292

Czech Republic	1,827		2,812		3,217		3,359		3,239		4,847		5,307		5,527		5,431		6,649		7,989		8,209
Denmark	7,074		8,513		8,798		9,176		7,726	⁷	9,407	⁷	9,662	⁷	9,675	⁷	11,981	⁷	14,959	⁷	15,391	⁷	16,466	⁷
Finland	4,317		5,557		5,899		6,234		6,094	²	7,324	²	7,533	²	7,829	²	8,244		12,285		12,845		13,566
France	4,486		5,365		5,482		6,044		7,636		8,927		9,303		9,532		8,373		10,995		11,568		12,773
Germany	4,198		5,014		5,362		5,548		6,826		7,636		7,548		7,841		10,898		12,446		13,016		13,823

Greece	3,318	^4,5	5,146	⁴	—		—		3,859	⁵	8,423		—		—		3,402	⁵	6,130		—		—
Hungary⁵	2,245		4,438		4,599		4,656		2,446		3,806		3,978		4,225		7,024		6,244		6,367		6,721
Iceland	5,854	⁵	9,254		9,299		9,629		6,518	⁵	8,411	⁷	8,493	²	8,349	²	7,994	⁵	9,474	⁷	8,579		9,309
Ireland	3,385		5,732		6,337		6,901		4,638		7,500		8,991		9,375		11,083		10,468		11,832		12,631
Italy	5,973	⁵	6,835	⁵	7,716	⁵	7,383	⁵	7,218	⁵	7,648	⁵	8,495	⁵	8,004	⁵	8,065	⁵	8,026	⁵	8,725		8,673

Japan	5,507		6,744		6,989		7,247		6,266	⁷	7,908	⁷	8,305	⁷	8,760	⁷	10,914	⁷	12,326	⁷	13,418	⁷	14,201	⁷
Korea, Republic of	3,155		4,691		4,935		5,437		4,069		6,645		7,261		7,860		6,118		7,606		8,564		8,920
Luxembourg⁵	—		14,079	⁴	13,676	⁴	13,985	⁴	—		18,845		18,144		17,928		—		—		—		—
Mexico	1,291		1,913		2,003		2,111		1,615		2,180		2,165		2,236		4,688		6,402		6,462		6,971
Netherlands	4,325		6,266		6,425		6,552		5,912		7,741		9,516		10,248		11,934		13,883		15,196		15,969

New Zealand	—		4,780		4,952		4,675		—		6,278		6,043		5,933		—		10,262		9,288		9,905
Norway	6,550	⁵	9,001		9,486		9,922		8,476	^2,5	10,995	²	11,435	²	11,997	²	13,353	⁵	15,552		16,235		17,140
Poland⁵	2,105		3,312		3,770		4,063		—		3,055		3,411		3,590		3,222		5,593		5,224		5,576
Portugal	3,672		4,871	⁵	5,138	⁵	5,011		5,349		6,473	⁵	6,846	⁵	6,833	⁵	4,766		8,787	⁵	9,724	⁵	10,398	⁵
Slovak Republic	1,308		2,806		3,221		3,499		1,927	^2,8	2,716	^2,8	2,963	^2,8	3,219	^2,8	4,949	⁶	5,783	⁶	6,056	⁶	5,736	⁶

Spain	3,941		5,502		5,970		6,533		5,185	²	7,211		7,955		8,730		6,666		10,089		11,087		12,548
Sweden	6,336		7,533		7,699		8,338		6,339		8,198		8,496		9,143		15,097		15,946		16,991		18,361
Switzerland⁵	6,631		8,469		8,793		9,211		9,780		12,861		13,268		13,982		18,450		21,734		22,230		20,883
Turkey⁵	—		—		1,130		—		—		—		1,834		—		4,121		—		—		—
United Kingdom	3,877		6,361		7,732		8,222		5,991	²	7,167	²	8,763	²	8,892	²	9,657		13,506		15,447		15,463
United States	6,995		9,156		9,709		10,229		8,855		10,390		10,821		11,301		20,358	²	24,370		25,109		27,010
	Constant 2009 dollars
OECD average¹	$5,408		$6,772		$6,745		$7,031		$7,276		$8,436		$8,389		$8,634		$11,865		$13,035		$13,332		$13,177
Australia	6,244		6,642		6,776		6,784		8,666		9,320		9,342		9,229		16,158		16,160		16,124		15,375
Austria	8,246		9,154		9,145		9,045		10,783		10,809		11,358	²	11,110		13,640		16,377		16,265		15,701
Belgium	5,418		7,369		7,594		7,687		8,660	²	8,569	²	9,235	²	9,387	²	13,540		13,257		14,221		14,076
Canada	—		—		—		—		7,476	³	8,617	^3,4	8,639	^3,4	—		18,835	²	25,859	^5,6	21,774	^2,5	—
Chile	2,439		2,350		2,079		2,180		2,534		2,303		2,066		2,182		9,407		7,618		7,109		6,569

Czech Republic	2,297		3,116		3,455		3,506		4,072		5,373		5,698		5,770		6,827		7,369		8,578		8,571
Denmark	8,892		9,436		9,447		9,580		9,712	⁷	10,427	⁷	10,375	⁷	10,101	⁷	15,061	⁷	16,581	⁷	16,527	⁷	17,190	⁷
Finland	5,427		6,160		6,334		6,508		7,661	²	8,118	²	8,089	²	8,173	²	10,363		13,617		13,793		14,163
France	5,639		5,946		5,887		6,310		9,599		9,894		9,990		9,951		10,525		12,188		12,422		13,335
Germany	5,277		5,558		5,758		5,792		8,581		8,464		8,105		8,187		13,699		13,795		13,976		14,431

Greece	4,171	^4,5	5,704	⁴	—		—		4,851	⁵	9,336		—		—		4,277	⁵	6,795		—		—
Hungary⁵	2,822		4,919		4,939		4,861		3,075		4,219		4,271		4,411		8,830		6,921		6,837		7,017
Iceland	7,359	⁵	10,257		9,985		10,053		8,194	⁵	9,323	⁷	9,119	²	8,717	²	10,049	⁵	10,502	⁷	9,212		9,719
Ireland	4,255		6,354		6,805		7,204		5,830		8,313		9,654		9,788		13,932		11,603		12,705		13,187
Italy	7,508	⁵	7,576	⁵	8,285	⁵	7,708	⁵	9,073	⁵	8,477	⁵	9,122	⁵	8,356	⁵	10,138	⁵	8,896	⁵	9,369		9,055

Japan	6,923		7,475		7,505		7,566		7,877	⁷	8,765	⁷	8,918	⁷	9,145	⁷	13,720	⁷	13,663	⁷	14,408	⁷	14,826	⁷
Korea, Republic of	3,966		5,199		5,299		5,676		5,115		7,366		7,797		8,206		7,691		8,431		9,196		9,313
Luxembourg⁵	—		15,606	⁴	14,685	⁴	14,601	⁴	—		20,888		19,482		18,717		—		—		—		—
Mexico	1,623		2,120		2,151		2,203		2,030		2,416		2,324		2,334		5,893		7,096		6,939		7,278
Netherlands	5,437		6,946		6,899		6,840		7,432		8,580		10,218		10,699		15,002		15,388		16,317		16,671

New Zealand	—		5,299		5,318		4,881		—		6,959		6,489		6,194		—		11,374		9,973		10,341
Norway	8,234	⁵	9,977		10,185		10,359		10,655	^2,5	12,187	²	12,279	²	12,525	²	16,786	⁵	17,239		17,433		17,894
Poland⁵	2,646		3,671		4,048		4,242		—		3,386		3,663		3,748		4,050		6,199		5,609		5,821
Portugal	4,616		5,399	⁵	5,517	⁵	5,232		6,724		7,175	⁵	7,351	⁵	7,134	⁵	5,991		9,740	⁵	10,441	⁵	10,856	⁵
Slovak Republic	1,644		3,110		3,459		3,653		2,422	^2,8	3,010	^2,8	3,181	^2,8	3,361	^2,8	6,221	⁶	6,410	⁶	6,503	⁶	5,988	⁶

Spain	4,954		6,099		6,411		6,821		6,518	²	7,993		8,542		9,114		8,380		11,183		11,905		13,100
Sweden	7,965		8,350		8,267		8,705		7,969		9,087		9,123		9,546		18,978		17,675		18,245		19,169
Switzerland⁵	8,336		9,387		9,442		9,617		12,294		14,255		14,247		14,597		23,193		24,091		23,870		21,802
Turkey⁵	—		—		1,213		—		—		—		1,969		—		5,180		—		—		—
United Kingdom	4,874		7,051		8,303		8,584		7,531	²	7,944	²	9,410	²	9,283	²	12,139		14,971		16,587		16,144
United States	8,793		10,149		10,425		10,680		11,131		11,516		11,620		11,799		25,591	²	27,012		26,961		28,198

—Not available.

¹ Refers to the mean of the data values for all reporting OECD countries, to which each country reporting data contributes equally.

² Includes postsecondary non-higher-education.

³ Includes elementary education.

⁴ Includes preprimary education.

⁵ Public institutions only.

⁶ Excludes occupation-specific education corresponding to that offered at the associate's degree level in the United States.

⁷ Postsecondary non-higher-education included in both secondary and higher education.

⁸ Occupation-specific education corresponding to that offered at the associate's degree level in the United States is included in primary and secondary 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 2010. (This table was prepared June 2010.)

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