The Condition of Education 1997, Supplemental Table 55-3

Table 55-3: Education expenditures as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for all levels of education combined, by source of funds: 1993

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                                                                                                                  Total
                                                                                                           expenditures
                                                    Total public    Private payments           Total       from public,
                                                    subsidies to        to education    expenditures       private, and
                                                  households and       institutions,       from both      international
                                                   other private    excluding public      public and        sources for           Private
                             Direct public   entities, excluding        subsidies to         private          education          payments
                          expenditures for      public subsidies      households and     sources for institutions, plus     other than to
                                 education           for student       other private       education   public subsidies         education
Country                       institutions          living costs            entities    institutions      to households      institutions
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Australia                             4.92                  0.21                0.84            5.96               6.49              0.53
Austria                               5.31                  0.01                0.12            5.44               5.57              0.13
Belgium                               5.65                  0.00                  —               —                  —                 —
Canada                                6.22                  0.46                0.67            7.35               7.60              0.25
Czech Republic                        5.02                  0.00                  —               —                  —                 —
Denmark                               6.71                  0.00                0.53            7.24               8.80              1.56
Finland                               7.28                    —                 0.03            7.31               7.94              0.64
France                                5.60                  0.00                0.53            6.13               6.27              0.24
Germany                               4.55                  0.01                1.35            5.92               6.14                —
Greece                                3.40                  0.00                  —               —                  —                 —
Hungary                               5.89                  0.00                0.72            6.61               6.79              0.18
Iceland                               4.64                  0.00                0.61            5.25               5.87              0.23
Ireland                               5.24                  0.11                0.46            5.81               6.15              0.30
Italy                                 4.96                  0.08                0.03            5.08               5.25                —
Japan                                 3.66                    —                 1.20            4.86               4.86                —
Korea                                 3.72                  0.05                1.95            5.72               5.75              0.01
Mexico                                4.09                    —                   —               —                  —                 —
Netherlands                           4.63                  0.26                0.10            5.00               5.51              0.66
New Zealand                           6.01                  0.40                  —               —                  —                 —
Norway                                7.58                  0.00                  —               —                  —                 —
Portugal                              5.28                  0.00                0.15            5.43               5.58              0.15
Spain                                 4.54                  0.00                0.76            5.30               5.42              0.55
Sweden                                6.72                  0.00                0.15            6.86               8.00              1.12
Switzerland                           5.63                  0.07                  —               —                  —                 —
Turkey                                3.28                  (*)                 (*)             3.29               3.38              0.12
United Kingdom                        4.67                  0.28                  —               —                  —                 —
United States                         5.15                  0.08                1.61            6.84               6.92              0.16
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— Not available.

* Data were not applicable because the survey item does not apply.

NOTE: For detailed information concerning coverage, methodology, and interpretation for specific countries, see Education at a Glance (1996), pp. 349-352.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Center for Education Research and Innovation, http://www.oecd.org/els/stats/eag/ind_list.html, table F1.4.

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