UNIVERSITÄT POTSDAM - Prof. Dr. Paul JJ Welfens

Tab A2: Public Expenditure on Education (% of GDP)
1995 1996 1997
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Total Total
Preprimary
+ Not
Allocated
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary Total
B (1) n.a. n.a. 0.7 1.2 2.7 1.2 5.7
DK 8.0 8.8 1.2 1.8 3.2 1.8 8.0
D(2) 4.8 4.7 0.6 : 3.0 1.1 4.7
EL(3) 2.9 3.1 : 1.1 1.3 0.8 3.2
E 4.9 4.8 0.3 1.2 2.2 0.9 4.6
F 6.0 6.0 0.7 1.2 3.0 1.1 6.0
IRL 5.2 5.0 0.1 1.6 2.0 1.3 4.9
I 4.7 4.9 0.5 1.1 2.2 0.7 4.5
L 4.4 4.3 0.0 1.9 2.1 0.2 4.1
NL 5.2 5.3 0.4 1.2 1.9 1.4 4.8
A 5.6 6.5 0.6 1.3 2.9 1.7 6.4
P 5.8 5.7 0.6 1.7 2.4 1.0 5.7
FIN 7.3 7.4 0.8 1.6 2.3 2.0 6.7
S 7.8 8.0 0.5 2.1 3.2 2.1 7.9
UK 5.2 5.1 0.4 1.1 2.1 1.1 4.7
EU-15 5.2 5.3 0.5 0.9 2.5 1.1 5.0
Notes: Includes public institutions and government-dependent private institutions
(1) The data for B are for 1994.
(2) The data for D include primary and secondary combined.
(3) The data for EL include pre-primary and primary combined.
Source: European Commission (2001), European Economy, Supplement A, No. 1