Table 605.10.

Gross domestic product per capita and public and private education expenditures per full-time-equivalent (FTE) student, by level of education and country: Selected years, 2005 through 2010

Country	Gross domestic product per capita					Elementary and secondary education expenditures per FTE student										Higher education expenditures per FTE student
	2005	2007	2008	2009	2010	2005		2007		2008		2009		2010		2005		2007		2008		2009		2010
1	2	3	4	5	6	7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		15		16
	Current dollars
OECD average1	$28,772	$33,452	$33,886	$33,206	$33,471	$6,751		$7,410		$8,180		$8,632		$8,501		$11,358		$12,442		$13,391		$13,707		$13,211
Australia	33,983	37,615	39,532	39,971	40,801	7,142		7,590		7,814		9,139		9,803		14,579		14,726		15,043		16,074		15,142
Austria	34,107	36,839	39,849	38,834	40,411	9,436		9,959		10,994		11,681		11,693		14,775		15,039		15,043		14,257		15,007
Belgium	32,077	34,662	36,879	36,698	37,878	7,306		8,333		9,706		9,783		10,123		11,960		13,482		15,020		15,443		15,179
Canada	—	38,883	38,522	40,136	—	7,774	2	8,388	2	8,997	2	9,774	2	—		23,329	3,4	20,903	3	20,903	3	22,475	3	—
Chile	12,635	—	14,106	14,578	15,107	2,099		2,089		2,245		2,635		2,935		6,873		6,292		6,829		6,829		6,863
Czech Republic	20,280	23,995	25,845	25,614	25,364	4,098		4,712		5,236		5,615		5,532		6,649		8,209		8,318		8,237		7,635
Denmark5	33,626	36,326	39,494	38,299	40,600	8,997		9,448		10,429		11,094		11,404		14,959		16,466		17,634		18,556		18,977
Estonia	16,660	20,620	21,802	19,789	20,093	3,736		4,637		6,054		6,149		5,984		3,869		5,653	4	6,022	4	6,373		6,501
Finland	30,468	35,322	37,795	35,848	36,030	6,610		7,216		8,068		8,314		8,591		12,285		13,566		15,402		16,569		16,714
France	29,644	32,495	34,233	33,724	34,395	7,456		8,070		8,559		8,861		9,070		10,995		12,773		14,079		14,642		15,067
Germany	30,496	34,683	37,171	36,048	37,661	7,039		7,243		7,859		8,534		—		12,446		13,823		15,390		15,711		—
Greece	25,472	27,793	29,920	29,381	27,539	5,493	2	—		—		—		—		6,130		—		—		—		—
Hungary3	17,014	18,763	20,700	20,154	20,625	4,027		4,371		4,626		4,506		4,555		6,244		6,721		7,327		8,518		8,745
Iceland	35,571	36,325	39,029	36,718	35,509	8,815		8,949		9,745		9,309		8,592		9,474	5	9,309		10,429		9,939		8,728
Ireland	38,061	44,381	42,644	39,750	41,000	6,411		7,791		8,915	3	9,615	3	9,638	3	10,468		12,631		16,284	3	16,420	3	16,008	3
Israel	21,474	26,444	27,690	27,454	26,552	5,041		5,345		5,780		5,464		5,692		10,919		11,435		12,568		11,214		10,730
Italy	27,750	31,016	33,271	32,397	32,110	7,410	3	7,771	3	9,071	3	8,943	3	8,489	3	8,026	3	8,673		9,553		9,562		9,580
Japan5	30,290	33,635	33,902	32,324	35,238	7,343		8,012		8,301		8,502		9,168		12,326		14,201		14,890		15,957		16,015
Korea, Republic of	21,342	26,574	26,877	27,171	28,829	5,638		6,663		6,723		8,122		7,396		7,606		8,920		9,081		9,513		9,972
Luxembourg	69,984	82,456	89,732	82,972	84,672	15,930	2,3	15,579	2,3	16,909		18,018		19,050		—		—		—		—		—
Mexico	11,299	14,128	15,190	14,397	15,195	2,025		2,165		2,284		2,339		2,464		6,402		6,971		7,504		8,020		7,872
Netherlands	34,724	39,594	42,887	41,089	41,682	7,045		8,571		9,251		10,030		10,075		13,883		15,969		17,245		17,849		17,161
New Zealand	24,882	27,020	29,231	29,204	29,629	5,659		5,454		6,496		7,556		7,681		10,262		9,905		10,526		10,619		10,418
Norway	47,620	53,672	43,659	54,708	44,825	9,975		10,855		12,070		12,971		13,067		15,552		17,140		18,942		19,269		18,512
Poland3	13,573	16,312	18,062	18,910	20,034	3,165		3,804		4,682		5,167		5,693		5,593		5,576		7,063		7,776		8,866
Portugal3	19,967	22,638	24,962	24,935	25,519	5,646		5,898		6,276		7,288		7,419		8,787		10,398		10,373		10,481		10,578
Slovak Republic6	15,881	20,270	23,205	22,620	23,194	2,740		3,296		4,006		4,781		5,066		5,783		5,736		6,560		6,758		6,904
Slovenia	23,043	26,557	29,241	27,150	26,649	7,065		7,267		8,555		8,670		8,505		8,573		8,559		9,263		9,311		9,693
Spain	27,270	31,469	33,173	32,146	31,574	6,411		7,671		8,522		8,818		8,479		10,089		12,548		13,366		13,614		13,373
Sweden	32,770	36,785	39,321	37,192	39,251	7,861		8,773		9,524		9,709		10,044		15,946		18,361		20,014		19,961		19,562
Switzerland3	35,500	41,800	45,517	44,773	48,962	10,721		11,702		13,775		13,411		13,510		21,734		20,883		21,648		21,577		21,893
Turkey	—	—	14,963	14,442	15,775	—		—		—		—		2,020		—		—		—		—		—
United Kingdom	31,580	34,957	36,817	34,483	35,299	6,888		8,622		9,169		9,602		9,980		13,506		15,463		15,310		16,338		15,862
United States	41,674	46,434	46,901	45,087	46,548	9,771		10,882		11,107		11,818		11,826		23,435		25,373		27,499		27,066		25,576
	Constant 2012 dollars
OECD average1	$33,826	$37,042	$36,135	$35,536	$35,242	$7,936		$8,205		$8,723		$9,238		$8,951		$13,353		$13,777		$14,280		$14,669		$13,911
Australia	39,952	41,652	42,156	42,777	42,960	8,396		8,404		8,332		9,781		10,322		17,140		16,307		16,041		17,202		15,943
Austria	40,098	40,792	42,494	41,560	42,549	11,093		11,027		11,723		12,500		12,312		17,370		16,653		16,042		15,258		15,801
Belgium	37,711	38,382	39,327	39,273	39,882	8,589		9,227		10,350		10,470		10,659		14,061		14,929		16,018		16,527		15,982
Canada	—	43,056	41,079	42,952	—	9,139	2	9,288	2	9,594	2	10,460	2	—		27,427	3,4	23,147	3	22,291	3	24,053	3	—
Chile	14,854	—	15,042	15,601	15,906	2,467		2,313		2,394		2,820		3,091		8,080		6,967		7,282		7,308		7,226
Czech Republic	23,843	26,570	27,561	27,412	26,706	4,817		5,217		5,584		6,010		5,825		7,816		9,090		8,870		8,815		8,039
Denmark5	39,532	40,224	42,116	40,987	42,749	10,577		10,462		11,121		11,873		12,007		17,586		18,233		18,804		19,858		19,981
Estonia	19,586	22,833	23,249	21,178	21,156	4,392		5,135		6,456		6,581		6,301		4,549		6,260	4	6,422	4	6,820		6,845
Finland	35,820	39,113	40,304	38,364	37,936	7,771		7,991		8,604		8,897		9,045		14,443		15,022		16,424		17,732		17,598
France	34,851	35,982	36,506	36,091	36,215	8,766		8,936		9,127		9,483		9,550		12,927		14,143		15,013		15,669		15,864
Germany	35,852	38,405	39,638	38,578	39,654	8,275		8,020		8,380		9,133		—		14,632		15,306		16,411		16,814		—
Greece	29,946	30,776	31,906	31,443	28,996	6,458	2	—		—		—		—		7,207		—		—		—		—
Hungary3	20,003	20,777	22,074	21,569	21,716	4,734		4,840		4,933		4,823		4,796		7,341		7,442		7,813		9,116		9,208
Iceland	41,819	40,223	41,619	39,295	37,388	10,363		9,909		10,391		9,962		9,046		11,138	5	10,308		11,122		10,636		9,190
Ireland	44,746	49,144	45,474	42,540	43,170	7,537		8,627		9,507	3	10,290	3	10,148	3	12,307		13,987		17,365	3	17,572	3	16,855	3
Israel	25,246	29,281	29,528	29,381	27,957	5,926		5,919		6,164		5,847		5,993		12,837		12,663		13,403		12,001		11,298
Italy	32,624	34,344	35,479	34,671	33,809	8,711	3	8,605	3	9,673	3	9,571	3	8,938	3	9,436	3	9,604		10,188		10,233		10,087
Japan5	35,611	37,244	36,153	34,593	37,103	8,633		8,872		8,852		9,098		9,653		14,491		15,726		15,878		17,077		16,862
Korea, Republic of	25,091	29,426	28,661	29,078	30,354	6,629		7,378		7,169		8,692		7,787		8,942		9,877		9,684		10,181		10,499
Luxembourg	82,276	91,305	95,688	88,796	89,152	18,728	2,3	17,251	2,3	18,032		19,282		20,058		—		—		—		—		—
Mexico	13,284	15,644	16,198	15,408	15,999	2,381		2,397		2,436		2,503		2,594		7,527		7,720		8,002		8,583		8,289
Netherlands	40,823	43,843	45,734	43,973	43,887	8,282		9,491		9,865		10,734		10,608		16,321		17,682		18,389		19,102		18,069
New Zealand	29,252	29,920	31,171	31,254	31,197	6,654		6,040		6,927		8,087		8,088		12,064		10,968		11,225		11,365		10,969
Norway	55,985	59,432	46,557	58,547	47,197	11,727		12,020		12,871		13,881		13,758		18,284		18,979		20,199		20,621		19,491
Poland3	15,957	18,062	19,261	20,237	21,094	3,720		4,212		4,992		5,529		5,994		6,575		6,174		7,532		8,322		9,335
Portugal3	23,474	25,068	26,619	26,686	26,869	6,637		6,531		6,692		7,800		7,812		10,331		11,514		11,061		11,216		11,138
Slovak Republic6	18,670	22,445	24,745	24,207	24,421	3,221		3,649		4,272		5,116		5,334		6,799		6,352		6,995		7,232		7,269
Slovenia	27,091	29,407	31,182	29,055	28,059	8,306		8,046		9,123		9,279		8,955		10,079		9,477		9,878		9,965		10,206
Spain	32,060	34,846	35,375	34,402	33,244	7,537		8,495		9,087		9,437		8,927		11,861		13,895		14,254		14,569		14,081
Sweden	38,526	40,733	41,931	39,802	41,328	9,242		9,714		10,156		10,391		10,576		18,747		20,332		21,342		21,362		20,597
Switzerland3	41,735	46,286	48,538	47,915	51,553	12,604		12,958		14,689		14,352		14,225		25,552		23,124		23,085		23,092		23,052
Turkey	—	—	15,956	15,456	16,610	—		—		—		—		2,127		—		—		—		—		—
United Kingdom	37,127	38,708	39,261	36,903	37,166	8,098		9,548		9,777		10,276		10,508		15,879		17,123		16,326		17,485		16,702
United States	48,994	51,417	50,014	48,252	49,011	11,487		12,049		11,844		12,647		12,452		27,551		28,096		29,325		28,966		26,929

—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 preprimary education.

3 Public institutions only.

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

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

6 Occupation-specific education corresponding to that offered at the vocational associate's degree level in the United States is included under elementary and secondary education instead of under higher 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) unless otherwise noted. Expenditures for International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) level 4 (postsecondary non-higher-education) are included in elementary and secondary education unless otherwise noted. Data for Canada, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, and the United States do not include postsecondary non-higher-education. 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, 2008 through 2013. (This table was prepared May 2013.)