Gross domestic product per capita and expenditures on education institutions per full-time-equivalent (FTE) student, by level of education and country: Selected years, 2005 through 2017

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Table 605.10.

Country	Gross domestic product per capita							Elementary and secondary education expenditures per FTE student¹									Postsecondary expenditures per FTE student¹
Country	2005	2010	2014	2015	2016	2017		2005	2010	2014	2015		2016		2017		2005	2010	2014		2015		2016	2017
1	2	3	4	5	6		7	8	9	10	11		12		13		14	15	16		17		18	19
	Current dollars
OECD average²	$28,376	$34,295	$39,414	$40,733	$42,611	$44,723		$6,109	$8,153	$9,009	$9,228		$9,562		$9,934		$9,924	$12,817	$15,056		$15,488		$15,946	$16,421
Australia³	35,571	42,787	47,645	47,305	50,248	51,261		6,891	10,315	10,319	10,743		10,516		11,270		14,172	16,310	19,494		20,299		16,185	20,436
Austria	35,025	42,049	48,814	49,955	52,660	54,512		---	---	13,454	13,939		14,913		15,097		---	---	16,868		17,565		18,623	19,089
Belgium	33,177	39,865	44,930	46,214	48,594	50,616		7,583	10,465	11,903	11,952		12,535		13,054		12,286	15,460	17,196		17,353		18,436	19,422
Canada^4,5	36,328	40,114	45,754	44,671	46,481	48,623		---	9,948	10,747	10,459		11,020		11,380		---	---	22,070	⁶	21,830	⁶	24,453	24,671
Chile	12,668	18,129	22,688	22,593	22,625	23,597		2,140	3,279	4,167	4,259		4,906		5,213		5,969	7,160	7,813		6,728		8,254	9,610
Colombia	8,517	10,975	13,500	13,465	14,196	14,626		---	---	2,754	2,909		3,014		3,137		---	---	3,615		4,998		6,344	5,702
Czech Republic	22,046	27,787	32,504	33,918	36,098	38,992		4,051	5,767	6,887	7,122		7,108		8,052		6,572	7,960	10,490		10,963		10,193	11,484
Denmark	34,153	43,037	47,905	49,071	51,962	55,517		8,942	11,758	12,827	---		---		12,163		14,867	19,566	15,626		---		---	18,062
Estonia	16,574	21,780	29,108	29,444	31,571	33,983		3,706	6,218	6,436	6,685		6,986		7,462		3,838	6,755	11,965		12,909		13,042	14,580
Finland	32,052	38,982	41,750	42,502	44,930	47,502		6,638	8,833	9,769	10,044		10,252		10,133		12,332	17,185	17,875		17,625		17,902	17,730
France	30,504	35,936	40,144	40,841	42,852	44,694		7,423	9,124	9,918	9,963		10,377		10,867		11,189	15,155	16,354		16,252		16,475	16,952
Germany	32,237	39,704	47,011	47,622	50,574	53,255		7,071	9,217	10,799	10,902		11,552		12,195		13,057	17,306	17,145		17,067		17,798	18,486
Greece	25,577	27,932	26,642	26,728	27,468	28,594		5,354	---	6,192	6,205		6,178	⁶	6,199	⁶	6,320	---	3,881		4,104		---	3,294
Hungary	17,074	21,715	25,643	26,785	27,909	29,832		3,947	---	5,552	5,985		7,033		6,780		5,522	---	8,647		8,817		11,507	12,878
Iceland	37,338	39,612	45,713	48,857	53,032	55,562		8,961	8,804	10,599	11,231		11,861		13,254		9,665	8,943	11,418		12,697		14,743	16,270
Ireland⁷	40,448	43,316	51,213	69,152	71,786	79,068		6,481	9,749	9,170	8,510		8,887		9,218		10,582	---	13,702		16,543		16,788	16,794
Israel	24,743	28,835	34,282	35,486	37,816	38,918		4,579	5,686	7,556	---		8,427		9,064		9,952	10,322	13,453		10,651		11,718	12,310
Italy	30,016	34,857	36,195	36,909	39,923	41,785		7,103	8,169	8,727	9,047		8,901		10,036		7,274	10,062	11,439		11,321		11,808	12,226
Japan⁸	31,668	34,994	39,183	40,406	39,990	40,885		7,471	8,882	---	10,102		9,868		9,963		14,653	17,392	---		19,184		18,671	18,839
Korea, Republic of	25,187	31,741	35,324	37,907	39,567	41,001		---	---	---	---		11,810		12,704		---	---	---		10,269		10,530	10,633
Latvia	13,878	17,657	23,798	24,971	26,710	28,680		3,033	4,756	6,631	6,884		6,761		6,766		4,270	5,857	8,974		10,225		7,601	8,346
Lithuania	14,511	20,110	28,184	28,842	30,922	33,827		---	4,541	5,383	5,314		5,879		6,094		4,502	7,171	10,049		9,698		7,851	8,428
Luxembourg	68,141	85,579	100,934	103,788	110,250	112,702		---	---	20,939	20,711		20,224		21,244		---	---	45,801		49,530		49,518	52,089
Mexico	12,540	15,258	18,178	18,459	19,517	20,043		2,007	2,544	3,033	3,075		3,149		2,803		6,225	8,128	8,901		8,381		7,555	6,586
Netherlands	37,625	45,075	49,233	50,302	52,284	55,349		7,760	9,897	10,674	11,026		11,326		11,931		15,411	17,613	19,234		19,402		19,872	20,445
New Zealand	25,590	31,175	37,134	37,403	39,906	41,556		---	---	9,064	9,192		9,679		9,937		---	---	15,109		15,045		15,235	16,068
Norway	47,801	57,961	65,896	60,369	58,917	62,940		9,793	12,942	14,194	14,069		14,042		14,848		---	18,868	21,009		20,558		22,446	23,439
Poland⁹	13,898	20,827	25,163	26,542	27,983	29,809		3,181	5,584	6,824	6,788		7,028		7,597		4,774	7,218	8,793		9,778		9,155	10,044
Portugal	22,725	27,280	28,742	29,669	31,604	33,086		5,620	---	9,411	8,577		9,107		9,836		9,636	10,267	11,788		11,827		11,213	11,788
Slovak Republic	16,595	25,028	28,997	29,936	29,656	30,916		2,770	5,281	6,369	6,765		6,432		6,711		5,846	7,196	11,234		15,916		10,979	11,715
Slovenia	23,849	27,842	30,873	31,640	33,939	36,680		7,072	8,674	8,875	8,447		8,724		9,223		---	8,988	10,037		10,258		11,487	12,787
Spain	27,601	31,714	33,544	34,939	37,310	39,626		6,329	8,369	7,814	8,230		8,765		9,166		9,924	13,201	12,524		12,667		12,865	13,446
Sweden	34,244	42,252	47,185	49,116	50,425	52,739		7,672	10,104	11,007	11,174		11,785		12,339		15,550	20,650	24,509		24,686		24,839	25,584
Switzerland	41,467	54,805	64,103	66,038	68,098	69,561		---	---	---	15,155	⁶	15,843	⁶	12,138	⁶	---	---	---		---		---	---
Turkey	11,911	17,358	24,105	25,863	26,693	28,418		---	---	4,282	4,576		5,097		4,594		---	---	11,212		10,412		10,591	9,708
United Kingdom	32,586	36,465	41,292	42,583	44,121	45,923		7,698	9,430	11,875	11,109		11,221		11,597		---	---	24,346		26,513		26,186	28,144
United States	44,044	48,396	54,993	56,813	57,977	60,056		9,775	11,809	12,163	12,595		13,022		13,511		23,637	25,681	29,328		30,001		31,307	33,063
	Constant 2019 dollars
OECD average²	$37,847	$39,922	$42,438	$43,572	$45,162	$46,507		$8,043	$9,398	$9,713	$9,882		$10,134		$10,318		$12,974	$14,772	$16,345		$16,658		$16,983	$17,105
Australia³	49,353	51,258	51,710	50,578	53,048	53,082		9,561	12,357	11,199	11,486		11,101		11,670		19,663	19,539	21,157		21,704		17,086	21,162
Austria	45,263	49,643	52,530	53,281	55,669	56,452		---	---	14,479	14,867		15,765		15,634		---	---	18,152		18,735		19,687	19,769
Belgium	42,977	46,686	48,710	49,822	51,374	52,397		9,823	12,256	12,904	12,885		13,252		13,513		15,915	18,105	18,643		18,708		19,491	20,105
Canada^4,5	46,179	46,835	49,711	47,995	49,235	50,695		---	11,615	11,677	11,237		11,674		11,865		---	---	23,979	⁶	23,454	⁶	25,902	25,722
Chile	19,958	23,915	26,376	25,172	24,287	24,790		3,372	4,326	4,844	4,745		5,267		5,476		9,404	9,444	9,083		7,496		8,860	10,096
Colombia	15,067	15,470	16,990	16,140	15,827	15,632		---	---	3,466	3,487		3,360		3,353		---	---	4,550		5,990		7,072	6,095
Czech Republic	29,524	32,365	35,333	36,757	38,853	40,964		5,424	6,717	7,486	7,718		7,651		8,460		8,801	9,271	11,403		11,881		10,971	12,065
Denmark	41,870	47,490	49,566	50,543	53,387	56,393		10,962	12,974	13,272	---		---		12,354		18,227	21,591	16,168		---		---	18,347
Estonia	25,593	26,602	31,736	32,262	34,541	35,952		5,723	7,595	7,017	7,325		7,643		7,895		5,926	8,250	13,045		14,145		14,268	15,425
Finland	39,473	43,789	43,020	43,885	46,228	48,508		8,174	9,922	10,066	10,372		10,549		10,348		15,188	19,304	18,418		18,198		18,419	18,105
France	36,191	39,547	41,859	42,570	44,584	46,025		8,806	10,041	10,342	10,385		10,796		11,190		13,275	16,678	17,053		16,940		17,142	17,457
Germany	39,349	44,807	49,746	50,135	52,982	54,960		8,631	10,402	11,427	11,477		12,102		12,585		15,937	19,530	18,142		17,968		18,646	19,079
Greece	30,563	28,476	26,486	27,041	28,021	28,846		6,397	---	6,155	6,278		6,302	⁶	6,253	⁶	7,552	---	3,858		4,152		---	3,323
Hungary	27,002	26,414	27,987	29,251	30,359	31,707		6,242	---	6,059	6,536		7,650		7,206		8,734	---	9,438		9,629		12,518	13,688
Iceland	71,817	51,100	50,857	53,482	57,083	58,773		17,237	11,357	11,792	12,294		12,767		14,020		18,590	11,537	12,703		13,899		15,869	17,210
Ireland⁷	46,287	46,168	51,976	70,387	73,062	80,201		7,417	10,391	9,306	8,662		9,045		9,350		12,110	---	13,906		16,839		17,086	17,035
Israel	30,475	31,185	34,528	35,968	38,539	39,565		5,640	6,150	7,610	---		8,588		9,215		12,258	11,163	13,549		10,795		11,942	12,515
Italy	36,500	38,560	37,262	37,982	41,122	42,518		8,637	9,036	8,985	9,310		9,168		10,212		8,845	11,131	11,776		11,650		12,162	12,441
Japan⁸	33,269	36,913	40,210	41,140	40,764	41,482		7,849	9,369	---	10,285		10,059		10,108		15,394	18,346	---		19,532		19,032	19,114
Korea, Republic of	33,666	36,552	37,301	39,748	41,088	41,765		---	---	---	---		12,265		12,941		---	---	---		10,767		10,934	10,831
Latvia	22,480	20,634	25,904	27,133	28,982	30,233		4,914	5,558	7,218	7,480		7,336		7,132		6,917	6,845	9,768		11,110		8,247	8,799
Lithuania	22,120	23,807	30,727	31,725	33,708	35,550		---	5,375	5,869	5,845		6,409		6,405		6,863	8,489	10,956		10,667		8,559	8,858
Luxembourg	87,434	98,491	106,881	109,384	115,857	116,419		---	---	22,172	21,828		21,252		21,945		---	---	48,499		52,200		52,037	53,807
Mexico	22,048	21,596	22,134	21,880	22,500	21,789		3,528	3,600	3,692	3,645		3,630		3,047		10,945	11,505	10,837		9,934		8,710	7,160
Netherlands	47,056	52,246	52,579	53,400	55,329	57,774		9,705	11,472	11,400	11,705		11,986		12,454		19,273	20,415	20,541		20,597		21,029	21,341
New Zealand	33,597	35,615	39,415	39,585	41,963	42,904		---	---	9,621	9,728		10,177		10,259		---	---	16,037		15,922		16,020	16,589
Norway	64,342	69,710	74,570	66,864	63,019	66,082		13,182	15,565	16,062	15,583		15,019		15,589		---	22,693	23,775		22,770		24,009	24,609
Poland⁹	18,254	23,766	26,324	28,011	29,729	31,026		4,177	6,372	7,139	7,164		7,467		7,907		6,270	8,237	9,199		10,319		9,726	10,454
Portugal	27,396	30,179	29,849	30,662	32,465	33,528		6,776	---	9,774	8,865		9,354		9,967		11,617	11,358	12,242		12,222		11,518	11,946
Slovak Republic	22,051	28,867	30,658	31,753	31,621	32,538		3,680	6,091	6,733	7,176		6,858		7,063		7,768	8,300	11,877		16,883		11,706	12,329
Slovenia	30,505	30,919	32,190	33,165	35,594	37,926		9,046	9,633	9,254	8,854		9,149		9,536		---	9,982	10,465		10,753		12,047	13,222
Spain	34,426	35,190	34,771	36,398	38,947	40,572		7,893	9,286	8,100	8,574		9,150		9,384		12,378	14,648	12,982		13,197		13,430	13,767
Sweden	40,821	46,693	50,311	52,394	53,266	54,729		9,146	11,166	11,736	11,919		12,449		12,804		18,536	22,820	26,132		26,333		26,238	26,549
Switzerland	43,130	54,556	64,257	66,963	69,354	70,467		---	---	---	15,367	⁶	16,135	⁶	12,296	⁶	---	---	---		---		---	---
Turkey	42,402	40,694	41,656	41,510	39,752	38,076		---	---	7,399	7,344		7,591		6,156		---	---	19,376		16,710		15,773	13,007
United Kingdom	44,242	43,628	44,692	45,905	47,092	47,785		10,451	11,282	12,853	11,976		11,977		12,067		---	---	26,350		28,582		27,949	29,285
United States	57,658	56,741	59,389	61,281	61,758	62,638		12,797	13,845	13,135	13,585		13,871		14,092		30,944	30,110	31,672		32,361		33,348	34,485

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¹ Includes both government and private expenditures. Includes expenditures on both public and private institutions unless otherwise noted.

² Refers to the mean of the data values for all reporting Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (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.

³ Data sources and methodology have been revised, resulting in a series break for years prior to 2017; therefore, 2017 expenditure data cannot be compared to earlier years' data.

⁴ Elementary and secondary education expenditures exclude postsecondary nondegree programs.

⁵ Elementary and secondary education expenditures include preprimary education (for children ages 3 and older).

⁶ Includes public institutions only.

⁷ Methodology has been revised due to a large GDP increase in 2015, resulting in a break in trend expenditure data for years prior to 2015.

⁸ Postsecondary nondegree programs included in both secondary and postsecondary programs.

⁹ Due to educational structural reform in school year 2017-18, ISCED 1 to 3 data for 2017 are not comparable to earlier years of data.

NOTE: All education expenditure data in this table were calculated using International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011. Expenditures for ISCED level 4 (postsecondary nondegree programs) are included in elementary and secondary education unless otherwise noted. Data adjusted to U.S. dollars by the OECD using the purchasing power parity (PPP) index. Constant dollars based on national Consumer Price Indexes, available on the OECD database cited in the SOURCE note below. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. This table includes only data that had been validated for consistency and accuracy by OECD and the relevant country as of December 10, 2020.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Online Education Database, retrieved December 10, 2020, from https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx. (This table was prepared December 2020.)

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