Spending per student, primary to tertiary
Total expenditure on educational institutions from public, private and international sources per full-time equivalent student, primary to tertiary education (ISCED 2011 levels 1 to 8), in US dollars at current prices converted with purchasing power parities for GDP.
Includes research and development spending at universities. Countries do not report every year, and the latest year usually lags by about three years.
Key facts
- Spending per student, primary to tertiary in the United States was 22,144 USD at PPP in 2022, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- Luxembourg had the highest spending per student, primary to tertiary of 35 countries in 2022, at 32,215 USD at PPP, and Mexico the lowest, at 4,023 USD at PPP. Source: the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- Published for 37 places, with figures from 1995 to 2024.
Rankings
Countries by spending per student, primary to tertiary, 2022
Places with data
Countries
- United States
- Mexico
- Japan
- Türkiye
- Germany
- United Kingdom
- France
- Italy
- South Korea
- Spain
- Belgium
- Estonia
- Sweden
- Slovakia
- Netherlands
- Slovenia
Use this data in your AI agent
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Which places have the highest spending per student, primary to tertiary? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"expenditure_per_student_usd_ppp","level":"country"}
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