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Table B.1.1
Public and private expenditures1 on educational institutions as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), by level of education, 2006
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| ISCED 0 (Pre-primary education, children aged 3 and older) |
Primary, secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary education | Tertiary education | All levels of education combined (including undistributed programmes) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All primary, secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary | ISCED 1/2 (Primary and lower secondary) |
ISCED 3 (Upper secondary) |
ISCED 4 (Postsecondary non-tertiary) |
Total tertiary | ISCED 5B (Type B) |
ISCED 5A/6 (Type A and advanced research programmes) |
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| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 | Column 8 | Column 9 | |
| percentage | |||||||||
| OECD countries | |||||||||
| Australia | 0.1 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 5.7 |
| Austria | 0.5 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.0s | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 5.5 |
| Belgium2 | 0.6 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 2.6 | [4] | 1.3 | [6] | [6] | 6.1 |
| Canada3 | [2] | 3.6 | [2] | [2] | [7] | 2.6 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 6.2 |
| Czech Republic | 0.5 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.0s | 1.2 | 0.0s | 1.2 | 4.8 |
| Denmark | 0.7 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 1.4 | [4, 6] | 1.7 | [6] | [6] | 7.3 |
| Finland | 0.4 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 1.4 | [4] | 1.7 | 0.0s | 1.7 | 5.8 |
| France | 0.7 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.0s | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 5.9 |
| Germany | 0.5 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 4.8 |
| Greece2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Hungary | 0.8 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.0s | 1.1 | 5.6 |
| Iceland | 0.9 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 1.5 | [4] | 1.1 | [6] | [6] | 8.0 |
| Ireland | 0.0s | 3.5 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.2 | [6] | [6] | 4.7 |
| Italy | 0.5 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.0s | 0.9 | 0.0s | 0.9 | 4.9 |
| Japan | 0.2 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0.9 | [4, 6] | 1.5 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 5.0 |
| Korea | 0.2 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 1.5 | ... | 2.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 7.3 |
| Luxembourg4 | [2] | 3.3 | 2.5 | 0.8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Mexico | 0.6 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 0.8 | ... | 1.1 | [6] | [6] | 5.7 |
| Netherlands | 0.4 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.0s | 1.5 | ... | 1.5 | 5.6 |
| New Zealand | 0.3 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 6.3 |
| Norway4 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 1.2 | [4] | 1.2 | [6] | [6] | 5.4 |
| Poland | 0.6 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.0s | 1.3 | 0.0s | 1.3 | 5.7 |
| Portugal | 0.4 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 1.0 | .. | 1.4 | [6] | [6] | 5.6 |
| Slovak Republic | 0.5 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.0 | [4] | 1.0 | [4] | 1.0 | 4.3 |
| Spain | 0.6 | 2.9 | [2] | [2] | ... | 1.1 | [6] | [6] | 4.7 |
| Sweden | 0.6 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1.6 | [6] | [6] | 6.3 |
| Switzerland4 | 0.2 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.0s | 1.4 | 5.9 |
| Turkey4 | ... | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | ... | 0.8 | [6] | [6] | 2.7 |
| United Kingdom | 0.3 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 0.0s | 1.3 | [6] | [6] | 5.9 |
| United States | 0.4 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | .. | 2.9 | [6] | [6] | 7.4 |
| OECD average | 0.5 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.0s | 1.4 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 5.7 |
| OECD total | 0.4 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.0s | 1.9 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 6.1 |
| EU19 average5 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.0s | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 5.5 |
| Provinces and territories3 | |||||||||
| Newfoundland and Labrador | [2] | 2.7 | [2] | [2] | [7] | 2.3 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 5.1 |
| Prince Edward Island | [2] | 4.0 | [2] | [2] | [7] | 3.8 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 7.8 |
| Nova Scotia | [2] | 4.0 | [2] | [2] | [7] | 3.5 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 7.5 |
| New Brunswick | [2] | 4.0 | [2] | [2] | [7] | 2.8 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 6.8 |
| Quebec | [2] | 3.8 | [2] | [2] | [7] | 3.1 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 6.9 |
| Ontario | [2] | 3.8 | [2] | [2] | [7] | 2.4 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 6.2 |
| Manitoba | [2] | 5.0 | [2] | [2] | [7] | 2.6 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 7.6 |
| Saskatchewan | [2] | 4.1 | [2] | [2] | [7] | 2.8 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 6.8 |
| Alberta | [2] | 2.5 | [2] | [2] | [7] | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 4.3 |
| British Columbia | [2] | 3.6 | [2] | [2] | [7] | 2.8 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 6.4 |
| Yukon | [2] | 6.3 | [2] | [2] | [7] | 2.6 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 9.0 |
| Northwest Territories | [2] | 4.0 | [2] | [2] | [7] | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 5.6 |
| Nunavut | [2] | 9.7 | [2] | [2] | [7] | 3.7 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 13.4 |
| 1. Including international sources. 2. Column 3 refers to primary education only; Column 4 refers to all secondary education. 3. Year of reference 2005. 4. Public expenditures only (for Switzerland, in tertiary education only). 5. The EU19 average is calculated as the unweighted mean of the data values of the 19 OECD countries that are members of the European Union for which data are available or can be estimated: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Note: ISCED = International Standard Classification of Education. [ ] Data included in column of the table whose number is shown in the squared brackets. Sources: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 2009. Education at a Glance 2009: OECD Indicators, Table B2.2., Expenditure on educational institutions as a percentage of GDP, by level of education (2006), (www.oecd.org/edu/eag2009); Statistics Canada: Survey of Uniform Financial System - School Boards; Survey of Financial Statistics of Private Elementary and Secondary Schools; Financial Information of Universities and Colleges Survey; Survey of Federal Government Expenditures in Support of Education; Provincial Expenditures on Education in Reform and Correctional Institutions; and Financial Statistics of Community Colleges and Vocational Schools. | |||||||||
