Education in States and Nations: 1991

(ESN) Indicators 36 and 37: Note on sources of funds for education expenditure

Notes on Figures and Tables

Belgium

See notes to Indicator 30:

• Note on international comparisons of current public education expenditures

• Note on current public expenditure as a percentage of GDP/GSP, current public education expenditure as a percentage of all public expenditure, current public education expenditure per student, and current public education expenditure per student relative to GDP/GSP per capita

Provincial or regional sources refer to the expenditures from the Flemish and French Communities; local or municipality sources refer to the expenditures from provinces and cities.

European Community countries

European Community member countries can receive funds from the EC Social Fund for vocational education in the upper secondary through graduate school levels. Ireland is the only country that reported these funds to INES.

Germany (West)

Expenditures by regional governments include subsidies from the Federal government. The private share of primary and secondary expenditure is influenced by the inclusion of large outlays by private firms for training and compensating apprentices under the dual system. Other countries with similar systems have not yet included such outlays in their educational expenditure figures.

Ireland

The source of international funding for education is the European Community Social Fund for vocational education at the upper secondary and higher education levels.

Netherlands

See notes to Indicator 30:

• Note on international comparisons of current public education expenditures

• Note on current public expenditure as a percentage of GDP/GSP, current public education expenditure as a percentage of all public expenditure, current public education expenditure per student, and current public education expenditure per student relative to GDP/GSP per capita

United States

For U.S. states, Federal portion consists of "Total Federal obligations to public and private colleges and universities" (Digest of Education Statistics, 1993, Table 357, column 2). State and local portions consist of "current-fund revenue from state and local governments" for public and private institutions (Digest, Table 324, columns 7-12)

Technical Note

International comparisons of current public education expenditure

See note on international comparisons of current public education expenditures.

Teacher salaries