OECD: Annual expenditure per student, by level of education and country: 2008

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Table C.4.04.

OECD: Annual expenditure per student, by level of education and country: 2008

Country	Pre-primary education (for children 3 years and older)	Primary education		Secondary education						Post-secondary non-tertiary education	Tertiary education (including research & development activities)				All tertiary education excluding research and development activities	Primary to tertiary education
Country	Pre-primary education (for children 3 years and older)	Primary education		Lower secondary education		Upper secondary education		All secondary education		Post-secondary non-tertiary education	Tertiary-type B education	Tertiary-type A & advanced research programs	All tertiary education			Primary to tertiary education
OECD average	$6,210	$7,153		$8,498		$9,396		$8,972		$4,780	‡	‡	$13,717		$9,349	$8,831
OECD countries
Australia	6,408	6,723		9,200		8,821		9,052		6,769	8,395	16,297	15,043		9,926	9,056
Austria	7,508	9,542		11,533		11,956		11,741		7,354	12,218	15,081	15,043		10,477	11,852
Belgium	5,732	8,528		—		—		10,511	¹	—	—	—	15,020	²	9,713	10,589
Canada^3,4	—	7,648	⁵	—		9,754		8,388		—	15,557	24,384	20,903		15,119	—
Chile⁶	3,951	2,707		2,596		2,548		2,564		†	3,556	9,329	6,829		6,478	3,520
Czech Republic	4,181	3,799		6,338		6,030		6,174		1,663	3,371	8,738	8,318		6,920	5,895
Denmark	6,382	10,080		10,268		11,160	⁷	10,720		—	—	—	17,634	⁸	—	11,788
Estonia	3,198	5,579		6,264		6,461		6,371		6,327	5,307	6,022	—		5,780	5,982
Finland	5,334	7,092		10,950		7,461		8,659	⁹	—	#	15,402	15,402		9,592	9,463
France	5,787	6,267		8,816		12,087		10,231		—	11,461	14,945	14,079		9,854	9,562
Germany	6,887	5,929		7,509		10,597		8,606		8,495	7,693	17,114	15,390		9,504	9,115
Greece	—	—		—		—		—		—	—	—	—		—	—
Hungary⁴	4,750	4,495		4,852		4,471		4,658		5,132	5,055	7,454	7,327		5,732	5,135
Iceland	10,080	10,599		10,100		8,290		9,007	⁹	—	—	—	10,429	²	—	9,873
Ireland⁴	—	7,795		10,583		11,205		10,868		7,571	—	—	16,284	²	11,651	10,082
Israel	3,953	5,314		—		—		6,429	¹⁰	5,429	9,690	13,248	12,568		—	6,885
Italy⁴	8,187	8,671		9,616		9,121		9,315		—	8,944	9,556	9,553		5,959	9,149
Japan	4,711	7,491		8,621		9,559	⁷	9,092		—	9,451	16,533	14,890	¹¹	—	9,673
Korea	4,281	5,420		6,307		9,666		7,931		†	5,742	10,109	9,081		7,771	7,434
Luxembourg	13,460	13,648		19,791		20,002		19,898		—	—	—	—		—	—
Mexico	2,391	2,246		1,853		3,277		2,333		†	—	—	7,504	²	6,298	2,763
Netherlands	6,745	7,208		10,608		11,301		10,950		11,408	#	17,245	17,245		11,203	10,704
New Zealand	7,431	5,582		6,071		8,025		6,994		8,796	8,594	11,125	10,526		8,815	7,218
Norway	6,572	11,077		11,860		14,039		13,070	⁹	—	—	—	18,942	²	11,598	13,285
Poland⁴	5,792	4,855		4,424		4,613		4,525		6,184	5,079	7,089	7,063		6,038	5,135
Portugal⁴	5,248	5,234		6,910		7,924		7,357		—	—	—	10,373	²	6,097	7,005
Slovak Republic	3,977	4,137		3,716		4,174	¹²	3,956		—	—	6,560	6,560		5,671	4,446
Slovenia	8,029	—		9,287	¹³	7,284	⁷	8,555		—	—	—	9,263	²	7,608	8,719
Spain	6,708	7,184		9,108		11,113		9,792		†	10,725	13,928	13,366		9,451	9,499
Sweden	6,519	9,080		9,739		10,103		9,940		6,128	7,865	20,864	20,014		10,019	11,162
Switzerland⁴	4,911	9,063		16,737		18,844	⁷	17,825		—	5,139	23,284	21,648		9,845	14,977
Turkey	—	—		†		—		—		†	—	—	—		—	—
United Kingdom	7,119	8,758		9,737		9,307	⁷	9,487		—	—	—	15,310	²	8,399	10,051
United States	10,070	9,982		11,551		12,690		12,097		—	—	—	29,910	²	26,908	14,923
Non-OECD member countries
Argentina⁴	2,213	2,511		3,392		3,785		3,531		†	2,878	5,123	4,411		—	3,204
Brazil⁴	1,726	2,155		2,305		1,660		2,058		†	—	—	11,610	²	10,991	2,416
China⁴	—	—		—		—		—		—	—	—	4,550	²	—	1,593
India	—	—		—		—		—		—	—	—	—		—	—
Indonesia³	56	534		485		477		482		†	—	636	—		—	—
Russian Federation⁴	—	—		—		—		4,071	¹⁴	—	4,281	7,436	6,758		6,439	4,878
Saudi Arabia	—	—		—		—		—		—	—	—	—		—	—
South Africa	—	—		—		—		—		—	—	—	—		—	—

— Not available.

† Not applicable.

# Rounds to zero.

‡ Reporting standards not met. Data are insufficient to report achievement.

¹All secondary education includes data for Lower secondary education, Upper secondary education, and Post-secondary non-tertiary education.

²All tertiary education includes data for Tertiary-type B education and Tertiary-type A & advanced research programs.

³Year of reference 2007 instead of 2008.

⁴Public institutions only (for Canada, in tertiary education only; for Italy, except in tertiary education).

⁵Primary education includes data for Pre-primary education (for children 3 years and older) and Lower secondary education.

⁶Year of reference 2009 instead of 2008.

⁷Upper secondary education includes data for Post-secondary non-tertiary education.

⁸All tertiary education includes data for Post-secondary non-tertiary education, Tertiary-type B education, and Tertiary-type A & advanced research programs.

⁹All secondary education includes data for Post-secondary non-tertiary education.

¹⁰All secondary education includes data for Lower secondary education and Upper secondary education.

¹¹All tertiary education includes data for Post-secondary non-tertiary education.

¹²Upper secondary education includes data for Post-secondary non-tertiary education and Tertiary type-B education.

¹³Lower secondary education includes data for Primary education.

¹⁴All secondary education includes data for Primary education, Lower secondary education, Upper secondary education, and Post-secondary non-tertiary education.

NOTE: Lower secondary typically refers to middle school, grades 6-8/9. Upper secondary typically refers to high school, grades 9/10-12. Post-secondary non-tertiary typically refers to any programs that serve to broaden the knowledge of participants who have already completed high school but not entered vocational or higher education (typically lasting between six months and two years). Tertiary education typically refers to vocational training (type B) or higher education (type A), as well as advanced research programs. Primary to tertiary education includes primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary, and tertiary education. Apparent differences may not be statistically significant.

SOURCE: Data from Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (2011). Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2011, table B1.1a. Paris: Author.