Table 408. | Public education expenditures per student, by level of student: Selected countries, 1985 to 1993 [In constant 1993 dollars] |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Country | Primary | Secondary | Higher education | | | |_______________________________________|_______________________________________|_______________________________________ | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 ___________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 ___________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ Austria ...........|$3,554 |$3,632 |$3,791 |$4,130 |$4,291 |$4,061 |$4,771 |$4,965 |$6,612 |$6,721 |$6,753 |$6,560 |$6,834 |$5,994 |$8,642 Belgium ...........| 2,299 | 2,195 | 2,273 | 2,462 | 2,953 | 5,437 | 4,949 | 5,305 | 5,304 | 5,373 | 7,310 | 6,363 | 6,615 | 6,787 | 6,380 Denmark ...........| 3,677 | 4,579 | 4,665 | 4,346 | 4,745 | 5,196 | 5,459 | 5,706 | 5,088 | 6,175 | 8,826 | 8,582 | 8,153 | 6,911 | 8,045 France ............| ---| ---| 2,749 | 2,987 | 3,154 | ---| ---| 4,923 | 5,593 | 5,685 | ---| ---| 5,050 | 6,200 | 6,033 Germany\2\ ........| ---| ---| ---| 3,069 | 2,815 | ---| ---| ---| 4,388 | 6,481 | ---| ---| ---| ---| 7,902 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Japan ............| ---| ---| ---| 3,636 | 3,960 | ---| ---| ---| 4,017 | 4,356 | ---| ---| ---|12,205 | 7,556 Ireland ...........| 1,363 | 1,472 | 1,636 | 1,823 | 1,882 | 2,346 | 2,475 | 2,640 | 2,853 | 3,031 | 5,327 | 5,693 | 5,927 | 7,488 | 7,076 Norway ............| 3,505 | 3,995 | 4,122 | 4,614 | ---| 4,961 | 5,307 | 5,704 | 6,386 | ---| 8,092 | 8,887 | 8,917 | 8,981 | 8,343 Portugal ..........| 1,369 | 1,989 | 2,239 | ---| 2,581 | 1,811 | ---| 2,508 | ---| 2,491 | 3,844 | ---| 6,536 | ---| 5,667 Spain .............| 1,482 | 1,854 | 1,974 | 2,091 | 2,293 | 2,058 | 2,787 | 2,896 | 3,234 | 3,033 | 1,964 | 3,250 | 3,440 | 3,883 | 3,835 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sweden\1\ .........| ---| 5,429 | 5,803 | 4,985 | 4,917 | ---| 6,480 | 7,039 | 6,231 | 5,651 | ---| 8,929 | 9,083 | 7,333 |12,693 Switzerland\1\ ....| ---| ---| 5,779 | 3,667 | 5,835 | ---| ---| 6,963 | ---| 7,024 | ---| ---|15,577 |13,286 |15,731 Turkey ............| ---| ---| 599 | ---| 832 | ---| ---| 535 | ---| 587 | ---| ---| 2,965 | ---| 2,696 United Kingdom ....| 2,406 | 2,984 | 2,964 | 3,213 | 3,295 | 3,979 | 5,664 | 4,514 | 4,521 | 4,494 | ---| ---|10,207 |10,680 | 8,241 United States .....| 4,495 | 5,380 | 5,492 | 5,768 | 5,492 | 5,440 | 6,742 | 6,866 | 6,664 | 6,541 |10,527 |12,373 |12,521 |12,236 |14,607 ___________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ |
\1\Change in definition in 1992. \2\Data for 1985 are for the former West Germany. ---Data not available. NOTE.--Data adjusted to U.S. dollars using the purchasing-power-parity (PPP) index. The data used in calculating expenditure per student include only the expenditure for educational institutions. Public subsidies for students' living expenses are excluded. The figures include public expenditures per student in public and private institutions. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Education at a Glance, 1996; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared September 1997.)
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