Education > Public spending per student > Tertiary level: Countries Compared

Author: Edria Murray, Staff Editor

Government spending per student is one indicator of the level of resourcing in schools.

It is calculated by comparing the total expenditure by the number of enrolled students.

In most countries spending is not evenly distributed to all levels of education. To

compare spending in different educational levels see also spending per student at <a

href=/graph/edu_pub_spe_per_stu_pri_lev>primary</a> and <a

href=/graph/edu_pub_spe_per_stu_sec_lev>secondary</a> level.

To gain a better overview of educational resourcing, other resourcing indicators such as

<a href=/graph/edu_tot_exp_as_of_gdp>Total expenditure compared to GDP</a> and <a

href=/graph/edu_pup_rat_sec_lev>pupil teacher ratio</a> should also be consulted.

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DEFINITION: Public expenditure per student, tertiary level is the total reported current spending by the government on tertiary education, divided by the total number of pupils in tertiary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Vanuatu	2,074.6	2002
2	Malawi	1,492	1995
3	Lesotho	962.7	2002
4	Ethiopia	951.1	1995
5	Burundi	923.6	2000
6	Burkina Faso	620	1997
7	Rwanda	571.6	2000
8	Kenya	496.9	2002
9	Niger	441	2000
10	Chad	423.7	2002
11	Guinea	421.9	1995
12	Swaziland	358.8	2002
13	Zambia	331	1997
14	Togo	295.3	2002
15	The Gambia	265.9	1997
16	Senegal	244.6	2002
17	Mali	241.4	2002
18	Zimbabwe	200.9	2000
19	Mauritania	191.2	1995
20	Vietnam	149.5	1995
21	Trinidad and Tobago	147.9	2002
22	Namibia	147.1	2002
23	Cote d'Ivoire	139.6	2002
24	Comoros	128.7	2002
25	Samoa	128.3	2000
26	Kuwait	115.9	1995
27	Mauritius	111.8	1995
28	Benin	108.2	2002
29	Morocco	102.7	2002
30	Cuba	101.7	2000
31	Nepal	98.7	2000
32	Paraguay	90.6	1997
33	Tunisia	89.8	2002
34	Saudi Arabia	86.9	2002
35	Malaysia	86.1	2002
36	China	85.8	2002
37	Sri Lanka	84.2	1995
38	Jamaica	80	2002
39	Madagascar	76.2	2002
40	Brazil	72.8	2002
41	Turkey	72.1	2002
42	Cameroon	69.6	2002
43	Barbados	69	2000
44	India	68.4	1995
45	Denmark	65.1	2002
46	South Africa	61.3	2002
47	Honduras	59.4	1995
48	Malta	58.4	2002
49	Switzerland	55.8	2002
50	Costa Rica	55.7	2000
51	Sweden	53.5	2002
52	Cyprus	53.1	2002
53	Austria	51	2002
54	Gabon	50.9	2002
55	Cambodia	48.6	2000
56	Panama	47.7	2002
57	Norway	46.5	2002
58	Canada	46.1	2002
=59	Mexico	45.2	2002
=59	Bolivia	45.2	2000
61	Republic of Macedonia	44.8	2002
62	Netherlands	43	2002
63	Germany	42.5	2002
=64	Lithuania	40.4	2002
=64	Papua New Guinea	40.4	2002
66	Finland	39.7	2002
67	Aruba	39.4	2000
68	Bangladesh	38.9	2000
69	Thailand	38.2	2002
70	Macau	38	2000
=71	Georgia	37.9	1997
=71	Slovenia	37.9	1995
73	Ecuador	34.4	1997
74	Singapore	34.1	1995
75	Czech Republic	33.9	2002
76	Estonia	33	2002
77	Iceland	32.4	1995
78	Kyrgyzstan	32.2	2002
79	Israel	31.6	2002
80	Romania	31.3	1997
81	Jordan	31.1	2002
82	Colombia	31	1995
83	Slovakia	30.8	2002
84	Guatemala	30.7	1995
85	Hungary	30.5	2002
86	France	30.3	2002
87	Luxembourg	29.4	1995
=88	Ukraine	28.2	2002
=88	Portugal	28.2	2002
90	Ireland	27.8	2002
91	Mongolia	26.8	2000
92	Greece	26.7	2002
93	United Kingdom	26.3	2002
94	Italy	26	2002
95	New Zealand	25.5	2000
96	Australia	24.9	2000
97	United States	23.9	1997
98	Oman	23.3	1995
99	Philippines	23.2	2002
100	Latvia	22.5	2000
101	Peru	22	2002
102	Chile	21.9	2002
103	Guyana	21.4	1995
=104	Uruguay	21.3	2002
=104	Kazakhstan	21.3	1995
106	Poland	20.2	2002
107	Spain	19.8	2002
108	Burma	19.4	2002
109	Moldova	19.3	2000
110	Belarus	18.7	1995
111	Armenia	17.9	2000
112	Argentina	17.7	2002
113	Belgium	17.6	1995
114	Russia	15.8	2002
115	Bulgaria	14.5	2002
116	Japan	13.6	1997
117	Azerbaijan	13.1	2002
118	Indonesia	12.3	1995
119	El Salvador	10.4	2002
120	Tajikistan	9.9	2002
=121	Lebanon	9.3	2002
=121	Dominican Republic	9.3	1997
123	Brunei	8.5	1997

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