OECD: expenditure per student on education 2020

Out of the OECD countries, Luxembourg was the country that spent the most on educational institutions per full-time student in 2020. On average, 23,000 U.S dollars were spent on primary education, nearly 27,000 U.S dollars on secondary education, and around 53,000 U.S dollars on tertiary education. The United States followed behind, with Norway in third. Meanwhile, the lowest spending was in Mexico.

Annual expenditure per student on educational institutions in OECD countries for primary, secondary and tertiary education in 2020, by country (in U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	Primary education	Secondary education	Tertiary education*
Luxembourg	22,990	26,617	53,421
Norway	15,631	17,229	24,374
Iceland	15,206	15,242	16,128
United States	14,321	16,018	36,172
Denmark	14,273	14,125	23,432
Austria	14,029	17,478	21,753
Sweden	13,997	13,902	26,215
Korea	13,278	17,038	12,225
Belgium	12,813	16,576	22,555
Australia	12,673	15,437	22,204
United Kingdom	12,513	13,695	29,534
Italy	12,008	10,659	12,663
Poland	11,872	8,485	14,488
Germany	11,587	15,614	20,760
Canada	11,533	14,520	24,363
Finland	11,212	12,849	19,583
Netherlands	11,188	15,848	21,642
Slovenia	10,714	10,450	17,795
OECD average	10,658	11,942	18,105
Estonia	10,309	8,522	17,930
Israel	10,182	9,562	12,314
Japan	10,057	12,047	19,676
France	9,673	13,874	18,880
Ireland	9,589	11,379	17,400
Portugal	9,340	11,358	12,104
Spain	9,077	11,159	14,361
Slovak Republic	8,853	8,546	14,637
Czech Republic	8,466	12,579	16,237
New Zealand	8,438	10,223	19,567
Lithuania	8,173	8,426	13,629
Hungary	7,928	7,772	12,098
Greece	7,467	6,901	4,300
Latvia	7,142	8,302	13,043
Chile	5,917	5,868	10,458
Colombia	4,364	4,341	4,981
Turkey	4,108	4,603	9,288
Mexico	2,750	2,770	5,887

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September 2023

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OECD

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

Expenditure in equivalent U.S. dollars converted using PPPs for GDP.
Data is based on full-time equivalent students.
No data was provided for the following OECD countries: Costa Rica, Switzerland.
* Data for tertiary education expenditure is inclusive of R&D expenditures of those institution.

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