| Table 406. | Public education expenditures per student, by level of student: Selected countries, 1985, 1990, 1991, and 1992 |
[In constant 1992 dollars]
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Country | Primary | Secondary | Higher education
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| 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
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Austria ..........|$3,451 |$3,526 |$3,681 | $4,010 |$3,943 |$4,632 |$4,821 | $6,420 |$6,557 |$6,369 |$6,635 |$5,820
Belgium ..........| 2,232 | 2,131 | 2,206 | 2,390 | 5,279 | 4,805 | 5,151 | 5,150 | 7,098 | 6,178 | 6,423 | 6,590
Denmark ..........| 3,570 | 4,446 | 4,529 | 4,220 | 5,045 | 5,301 | 5,540 | 4,940 | 8,570 | 8,332 | 7,916 | 6,710
France ..........| --- | --- | 2,669 | 2,900 | --- | --- | 4,780 | 5,430 | --- | --- | 4,903 | 6,020
Germany .........| --- | --- | --- | 2,980 | --- | --- | --- | 4,260 | --- | --- | --- | ---
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Japan ...........| --- | --- | --- | 3,530 | --- | --- | --- | 3,900 | --- | --- | --- |11,850
Ireland ..........| 1,323 | 1,429 | 1,588 | 1,770 | 2,277 | 2,403 | 2,563 | 2,770 | 5,173 | 5,527 | 5,755 | 7,270
Norway ...........| 3,404 | 3,878 | 4,002 | 4,480 | 4,817 | 5,153 | 5,538 | 6,200 | 7,857 | 8,629 | 8,658 | 8,720
Portugal .........| 1,330 | 1,931 | 2,174 | --- | 1,759 | --- | 2,435 | --- | 3,732 | --- | 6,346 | ---
Spain ............| 1,439 | 1,800 | 1,917 | 2,030 | 1,998 | 2,706 | 2,812 | 3,140 | 1,907 | 3,156 | 3,340 | 3,770
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Sweden\1\ ........| --- | 5,271 | 5,635 | 4,840 | --- | 6,292 | 6,835 | 6,050 | --- | 8,669 | 8,819 | 7,120
Switzerland\1\ ...| --- | --- | 5,611 | 3,560 | --- | --- | 6,761 | --- | --- | --- |15,124 |12,900
Turkey ...........| --- | --- | 582 | --- | --- | --- | 519 | --- | --- | --- | 2,879 | ---
United Kingdom ...| 2,336 | 2,897 | 2,878 | 3,120 | 3,864 | 5,499 | 4,383 | 4,390 | --- | --- | 9,911 |10,370
United States ....| 4,364 | 5,223 | 5,333 | 5,600 | 5,282 | 6,546 | 6,667 | 6,470 |10,221 |12,013 |12,157 |11,880
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| \1\Change in definition in 1992.
---Data not available. NOTE.--Data adjusted to U.S. dollars using the purchasing power pariety (PPP) index. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Education at a Glance, and unpublished data. (This table was prepared May 1995.)
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