Public and private education expenditures per student, by level of education and country: Selected years, 2000 through 2008

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Table 429.

Country	Elementary education								Secondary education								Higher education
Country	2000		2005		2007		2008		2000		2005		2007		2008		2000		2005		2007		2008
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13
	Current dollars
OECD average¹	$4,304		$5,976		$6,624		$7,122		$5,779		$7,418		$8,057		$8,980		$9,509		$11,387		$12,495		$13,214
Australia	4,967		5,992		6,498		6,723		6,894		8,408		8,840		9,052		12,854		14,579		14,726		15,043
Austria	6,560		8,259		8,664		9,542		8,578		9,751		10,641		11,741		10,851		14,775		15,039		15,043
Belgium.	4,310		6,648		7,363		8,528		6,889	²	7,731	²	8,992	²	10,511	²	10,771		11,960		13,482		15,020
Canada	—		—		7,648	^3,4	—		5,947	⁵	7,774	^3,5	8,388		—		14,983	²	23,329	^6,7	20,903	⁶	—
Chile	1,940		2,120		2,088		2,268		2,016		2,077		2,090		2,222		7,483		6,873		6,292		6,626

Czech Republic	1,827		2,812		3,359		3,799		3,239		4,847		5,527		6,174		5,431		6,649		8,209		8,318
Denmark	7,074		8,513		9,176		10,080		7,726	⁸	9,407	⁸	9,675	⁸	10,720	⁸	11,981	⁸	14,959	⁸	16,466	⁸	17,634	⁸
Estonia.	—		3,384	⁶	4,058		5,579		—		3,918	⁶	4,869		6,371		—		3,869		5,653	⁷	6,022	⁷
Finland	4,317		5,557		6,234		7,092		6,094	²	7,324	²	7,829	²	8,659	²	8,244		12,285		13,566		15,402
France	4,486		5,365		6,044		6,267		7,636		8,927		9,532		10,231		8,373		10,995		12,773		14,079

Germany	4,198		5,014		5,548		5,929		6,826		7,636		7,841		8,606		10,898		12,446		13,823		15,390
Greece.	3,318	^3,6	5,146	³	—		—		3,859	⁶	8,423		—		—		3,402	⁶	6,130		—		—
Hungary⁶	2,245		4,438		4,656		4,495		2,446		3,806		4,225		4,658		7,024		6,244		6,721		7,327
Iceland	5,854	⁶	9,254		9,629		10,599		6,518	⁶	8,411	⁸	8,349	²	9,007	²	7,994	⁶	9,474	⁸	9,309		10,429
Ireland	3,385		5,732		6,901		7,795	⁶	4,638		7,500		9,375		10,868	⁶	11,083		10,468		12,631		16,284	⁶

Israel.	4,351		4,699		5,060		5,314		5,518		5,495		5,741		6,429		11,550		10,919		11,435		12,568
Italy	5,973	⁶	6,835	⁶	7,383	⁶	8,671	⁶	7,218	⁶	7,648	⁶	8,004	⁶	9,315	⁶	8,065	⁶	8,026	⁶	8,673		9,553
Japan	5,507		6,744		7,247		7,491		6,266	⁸	7,908	⁸	8,760	⁸	9,092	⁸	10,914	⁸	12,326	⁸	14,201	⁸	14,890	⁸
Korea, Republic of	3,155		4,691		5,437		5,420		4,069		6,645		7,860		7,931		6,118		7,606		8,920		9,081
Luxembourg⁶	—		14,079	'³	13,985	³	13,648		—		18,845		17,928		19,898		—		—		—		—

Mexico	1,291		1,913		2,111		2,246		1,615		2,180		2,236		2,333		4,688		6,402		6,971		7,504
Netherlands	4,325		6,266		6,552		7,208		5,912		7,741		10,248		10,950		11,934		13,883		15,969		17,245
New Zealand	—		4,780		4,675		5,582		—		6,278		5,933		6,994		—		10,262		9,905		10,526
Norway	6,550	⁶	9,001		9,922		11,077		8,476	^2,6	10,995	²	11,997	²	13,070	²	13,353	⁶	15,552		17,140		18,942
Poland⁶	2,105		3,312		4,063		4,855		—		3,055		3,590		4,525		3,222		5,593		5,576		7,063

Portugal	3,672		4,871	⁶	5,011	⁶	5,234	⁶	5,349		6,473	⁶	6,833	⁶	7,357	⁶	4,766		8,787	⁶	10,398	⁶	10,373	⁶
Slovak Republic	1,308		2,806		3,499		4,137		1,927	^2,9	2,716	^2,9	3,219	^2,9	3,956	^2,9	4,949	^7,9	5,783	^7,9	5,736	^7,9	6,560	^7,9
Slovenia.	—		—		—		—		—		7,065	^2,5	7,267	^2,5	8,555	^2,5	—		8,573		8,559		9,263
Spain	3,941		5,502		6,533		7,184		5,185	²	7,211		8,730		9,792		6,666		10,089		12,548		13,366
Sweden	6,336		7,533		8,338		9,080		6,339		8,198		9,143		9,940		15,097		15,946		18,361		20,014

Switzerland⁶	6,631		8,469		9,211		9,063		9,780		12,861		13,982		17,825	²	18,450		21,734		20,883		21,648
Turkey⁶	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		4,121		—		—		—
United Kingdom	3,877		6,361		8,222		8,758		5,991	²	7,167	²	8,892	²	9,487	²	9,657		13,506		15,463		15,310
United States	6,995		9,156		10,229		9,982		8,855		10,390		11,301		12,097		20,358	²	24,370		27,010		29,910
	Constant 2010 dollars
OECD average¹	$5,444		$6,665		$6,959		$7,205		$7,310		$8,274		$8,465		$9,084		$12,028		$12,701		$13,126		$13,369
Australia	6,283		6,683		6,826		6,802		8,720		9,378		9,287		9,157		16,259		16,261		15,470		15,219
Austria	8,298		9,211		9,102		9,654		10,850		10,876		11,179		11,878		13,726		16,479		15,799		15,219
Belgium.	5,452		7,415		7,735		8,628		8,714	²	8,623	²	9,446	²	10,634	²	13,624		13,340		14,163		15,196
Canada	—		—		8,035	^3,4	—		7,522	⁵	8,671	^3,5	8,812		—		18,952	²	26,020	^6,7	21,959	⁶	—
Chile	2,454		2,365		2,193		2,294		2,550		2,317		2,196		2,248		9,465		7,665		6,610		6,704

Czech Republic	2,311		3,136		3,528		3,844		4,097		5,406		5,806		6,246		6,870		7,415		8,624		8,415
Denmark	8,948		9,495		9,639		10,198		9,773	⁸	10,493	⁸	10,164	⁸	10,845	⁸	15,155	⁸	16,684	⁸	17,298	⁸	17,840	⁸
Estonia.	—		3,774	⁶	4,263		5,644		—		4,370	⁶	5,115		6,445		—		4,315		5,939	⁷	6,092	⁷
Finland	5,461		6,198		6,549		7,175		7,708	²	8,168	²	8,224	²	8,760	²	10,428		13,702		14,252		15,582
France	5,674		5,984		6,350		6,340		9,659		9,956		10,013		10,351		10,591		12,264		13,418		14,243

Germany	5,310		5,592		5,828		5,998		8,634		8,517		8,238		8,707		13,785		13,882		14,521		15,569
Greece.	4,197	^3,6	5,739	'³	—		—		4,881	⁶	9,394		—		—		4,303	⁶	6,838		—		—
Hungary⁶	2,840		4,950		4,891		4,547		3,094		4,245		4,439		4,712		8,885		6,965		7,060		7,413
Iceland	7,405	⁶	10,321		10,116		10,723		8,245	⁶	9,381	⁸	8,771	²	9,112	²	10,112	⁶	10,567	⁸	9,780		10,551
Ireland	4,282		6,394		7,249		7,886	⁶	5,867		8,365		9,849		10,995	⁶	14,019		11,675		13,269		16,474	⁶

Israel.	5,504		5,241		5,315		5,376		6,980		6,129		6,031		6,504		14,610		12,179		12,013		12,715
Italy	7,555	⁶	7,623	⁶	7,756	⁶	8,772	⁶	9,130	⁶	8,530	⁶	8,408	⁶	9,424	⁶	10,202	⁶	8,952	⁶	9,112		9,665
Japan	6,966		7,522		7,613		7,578		7,926	⁸	8,820	⁸	9,202	⁸	9,198	⁸	13,805	⁸	13,748	⁸	14,919	⁸	15,064	⁸
Korea, Republic of	3,991		5,232		5,712		5,484		5,147		7,412		8,258		8,023		7,739		8,483		9,371		9,187
Luxembourg⁶	—		15,703	³	14,692	³	13,807		—		21,019		18,834		20,130		—		—		—		—

Mexico	1,633		2,133		2,217		2,273		2,043		2,431		2,349		2,360		5,930		7,141		7,324		7,591
Netherlands	5,471		6,989		6,883		7,292		7,478		8,634		10,766		11,078		15,095		15,484		16,775		17,446
New Zealand	—		5,332		4,911		5,647		—		7,002		6,233		7,076		—		11,445		10,405		10,649
Norway	8,285	⁶	10,039		10,423		11,206		10,721	^2,6	12,263	²	12,603	²	13,223	²	16,890	⁶	17,346		18,006		19,163
Poland⁶	2,663		3,694		4,268		4,911		—		3,408		3,772		4,578		4,076		6,238		5,857		7,146

Portugal	4,645		5,433	⁶	5,264	⁶	5,295	⁶	6,766		7,220	⁶	7,179	⁶	7,443	⁶	6,029		9,801	⁶	10,923	⁶	10,494	⁶
Slovak Republic	1,655		3,130		3,676		4,185		2,437	^2,9	3,029	^2,9	3,382	^2,9	4,002	^2,9	6,260	^7,9	6,451	^7,9	6,026	^7,9	6,637	^7,9
Slovenia.	—		—		—		—		—		7,880	^2,5	7,634	^2,5	8,655	^2,5	—		9,562		8,991		9,371
Spain	4,985		6,137		6,863		7,268		6,559	²	8,043		9,171		9,906		8,432		11,253		13,182		13,522
Sweden	8,014		8,402		8,759		9,186		8,018		9,144		9,605		10,056		19,096		17,786		19,289		20,248

Switzerland⁶	8,388		9,446		9,677		9,169		12,371		14,344		14,688		18,034	²	23,338		24,241		21,938		21,901
Turkey⁶	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—		5,213		—		—		—
United Kingdom	4,904		7,095		8,638		8,861		7,578	²	7,994	²	9,341	²	9,598	²	12,215		15,064		16,245		15,488
United States	8,848		10,212		10,746		10,099		11,201		11,588		11,872		12,238		25,751	²	27,181		28,374		30,260

—Not available.

¹ Refers to the mean of the data values for all reporting OECD countries, to which each country reporting data contributes equally. The average includes all current OECD countries for which a given year's data are available, even if they were not members of OECD in that year.

² Includes postsecondary non-higher-education.

³ Includes preprimary education.

⁴ Includes lower secondary education.

⁵ Includes elementary education.

⁶ Public institutions only.

⁷ Excludes occupation-specific education corresponding to that offered at the associate's degree level in the United States.

⁸ Postsecondary non-higher-education included in both secondary and higher education.

⁹ Occupation-specific education corresponding to that offered at the associate's degree level in the United States is included in secondary education.

NOTE: Includes all expenditures by public and private education institutions, such as administration, instruction, ancillary services for students and families, and research and development. 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 2011. (This table was prepared June 2011.)

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