Table 411. | Public education expenditures per student, by level of student: Selected countries, 1985 to 1997 [In constant 1997 dollars] |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Country | Primary | Secondary | Higher education | | | |_______________________________________________|_______________________________________________|____________________________________________________ | 1985 | 1990 | 1994 | 1995 | 1997 | 1985 | 1990 | 1994 | 1995 | 1997 | 1985 | 1990 | 1994 | 1995 | 1997 ____________________|__________|__________|_________|_______|_______|__________|__________|_________|_______|_______|____________|___________|_________|________|________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 ____________________|__________|__________|_________|_______|_______|__________|__________|_________|_______|_______|____________|___________|_________|________|________ Australia ..........| $3,117 | --- | $3,070 |$3,001 |$3,751 | $4,376 | --- | $4,589 |$4,276 |$5,794 |\1\ $14,284 |\2\$12,424 | $7,246 | $7,094 |$11,240 Austria ............| 4,007 | $4,110 | --- | --- | 6,258 | 4,581 | $5,398 | --- | --- | 8,213 | 7,616 | 7,422 | --- | --- | 9,993 Belgium\3\ .........| 2,595 | 2,473 | 3,682 | 3,497 | 5,205 | 5,984 | --- | 6,366 | 6,180 | 9,111 | 8,252 | 7,168 | 7,245 | 6,449 | --- Canada .............| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 9,568 | 10,892 | 8,238 | 7,511 | 14,816 Czech Republic .....| --- | --- | 1,869 | --- | 1,942 | --- | --- | 2,571 | --- | 3,643 | --- | --- | 5,517 | --- | 5,478 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Denmark ............| 4,305 | 5,108 | 5,378 | 5,948 | 6,913 | 6,076 | 6,092 | 7,305 | 6,331 | 7,285 | 9,917 | 9,672 | 9,414 | 7,947 | 7,294 Finland ............| --- | --- | 4,309 | 4,572 | 4,643 | --- | --- | 4,985 | 5,291 | 5,009 | --- | --- | 6,732 | 7,605 | 7,190 France .............| --- | 2,968 | 3,454 | 3,436 | 3,735 | --- | 5,157 | 5,911 | 6,055 | 7,118 | --- | 5,610 | 5,305 | 5,927 | 7,058 Germany\4\ .........| 3,358 | --- | 3,616 | --- | 3,460 | 3,676 | --- | 4,622 | --- | 4,536 | 8,085 | --- | 7,776 | 8,888 | 9,621 Greece .............| --- | --- | 2,014 | 2,132 | 2,351 | --- | --- | 1,982 | 1,991 | 2,581 | --- | --- | 3,087 | 2,712 | 3,990 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hungary ............| --- | --- | 1,706 | --- | 2,035 | --- | --- | 1,623 | --- | 2,093 | --- | --- | 4,541 | --- | 5,430 Iceland ............| --- | --- | 2,843 | 3,079 | --- | --- | --- | 3,629 | 9,227 | --- | --- | --- | 5,295 | --- | --- Ireland ............| 1,560 | 1,636 | 2,326 | 2,282 | 2,571 | 2,684 | 2,753 | 3,823 | 3,541 | 3,868 | 6,099 | 6,331 | 6,146 | 5,177 | 8,171 Italy ..............| 3,011 | 3,962 | 4,444 | 4,653 | 5,073 | 3,870 | 4,591 | 5,311 | 5,421 | 6,284 | 5,438 | 8,314 | 4,630 | 4,433 | 5,972 Japan .............|\2\ 3,059 | --- | 4,477 | 4,613 | 5,203 | --- | --- | 4,522 | 4,476 | --- |\1\ 3,070 | --- | 3,856 | 3,921 | 18,914 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Korea ..............| --- | --- | 2,025 | --- | 3,327 | --- | --- | 1,386 | --- | 3,909 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 6,227 Luxembourg .........|\2\ 6,418 |\5\ 7,337 | --- |11,433 | --- | --- | --- | --- |10,653 | --- |\1\ 19,020 | --- | --- | 7,104 | --- Mexico .............| --- | --- | 911 | --- | 871 | --- | --- | 1,565 | --- | 1,651 | --- | --- | 4,827 | --- | 4,628 Netherlands ........| 3,507 | 3,348 | 3,173 | 3,275 | --- | 4,112 | 4,859 | 4,229 | 4,478 | --- | 11,220 | 11,945 | 8,041 | 8,618 | --- New Zealand ........|\2\ 3,088 | 2,751 | 2,806 | 2,806 | --- | --- | 2,288 | 4,394 | 3,902 | --- |\1\ 12,932 | 13,976 | --- | 5,878 | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Norway .............| 3,927 | 4,470 | --- | 8,172 | --- | 5,364 | 5,690 | --- | 4,637 | 4,174 | 7,670 | 8,475 | 8,999 | --- | 10,108 Poland .............| --- | --- | --- | --- | 1,446 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 4,395 Portugal ...........|\2\ 1,485 |\2\ 2,348 | --- | 2,759 | 3,248 |\1\ 1,922 |\2\ 2,547 | 2,898 | 3,178 | 4,264 |\1\ 5,004 |\2\ 5,435 | 3,941 | --- | --- Russian Federation .| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Spain ..............| 1,505 | 1,883 | 2,476 | 2,410 | 3,560 | 2,078 | 2,857 | 3,187 | 3,671 | 5,386 | 2,160 | 3,574 | 3,185 | 3,802 | 5,335 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sweden\6\ ..........|\2\ 5,922 | 6,147 | 5,533 | 5,353 | 5,520 | --- | --- | 6,177 | 5,932 | 5,429 |\1\ 9,010 | 10,102 | --- | 12,289 | 12,785 Switzerland\6\ .....| 11,639 |\2\ 6,459 | 6,527 | 6,162 | 6,237 | 3,154 | --- | 8,337 | 8,543 | 7,243 | 15,376 |\2\ 16,865 | 15,588 | 15,468 | 16,376 Turkey .............| --- | --- | 768 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 552 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 3,612 | --- | 2,397 United Kingdom .....| 2,698 | 3,046 | 3,731 | 3,511 | 3,206 | 3,807 | 4,701 | 4,727 | 4,497 | 4,982 | 15,045 | 11,454 | 6,301 | 5,963 | --- United States ......| 4,294 | 5,235 | 4,995 | 5,105 | 5,961 | 5,401 | 6,721 | 6,411 | 6,510 | 7,462 | 8,600 | 10,202 | 8,042 | 8,358 | 14,864 ____________________|__________|__________|_________|_______|_______|__________|__________|_________|_______|_______|____________|___________|_________|________|________ |
---Not Available. NOTE: Data adjusted to U.S. dollars using the purchasing-power-parity (PPP) index. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Education at a Glance, 1996, 1998, 1999; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared July 2000.)
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