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Table B.1.5
Combined public and private expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP and index of change, Canada and jurisdictions, 1999/2000 to 2003/2004

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  Can. N.L. P.E.I. N.S. N.B. Que. Ont. Man. Sask. Alta. B.C. Y.T. N.W.T. Nvt.
Expenditures as a percentage of GDP
1999/2000 6.6 8.8 8.0 8.2 7.9 7.2 6.0 8.2 7.6 5.6 6.8 11.1 8.5 19.1
2000/2001 6.3 7.8 7.9 7.7 7.8 7.1 5.6 8.1 7.4 5.0 6.8 10.1 7.8 18.1
2001/2002 6.4 8.2 8.2 7.4 7.8 7.5 5.7 8.1 7.9 5.1 7.0 10.3 7.6 18.8
2002/2003 6.4 7.2 8.0 7.5 7.4 7.4 5.6 8.3 8.3r 5.3 7.0 10.4 8.0 18.5
2003/2004 6.4e 6.9e 8.6e 7.3e 7.8e 7.3e 5.8e 8.5e 8.2e 5.1e 6.8e 10.6e 6.8e 18.4e
Index of change (1999-2000 = 100)
1999/2000 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
2000/2001 95 89 99 93 99 99 94 99 97 90 99 91 91 95
2001/2002 98 93 102 90 99 104 95 99 103 91 103 93 89 98
2002/2003 97 82 101 91 95 102 94 101 108r 96 102 94 95 96
2003/2004 98e 78e 107e 89e 99e 101e 98e 105e 107e 92e 100e 96e 80e 96e
Data sources: Table B.1.1 (before conversion to constant dollars) and Statistics Canada CANSIM database Table 384-0002: Gross Domestic Product (GDP), expenditure-based, provincial economic accounts, annual (dollars). Version updated April 25, 2008.
Table source:
Statistics Canada and Council of Ministers of Education, Canada. 2007. Education indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program. Catalogue no. 81-582-XIE. Ottawa.
Updated December 16, 2008.