Indicators on education expenditure for 2007 - Issue number 38/2010

In 2007 in the EU, expenditure per student in educational institutions varied between 5 171 EUR PPS in primary education and 9 102 EUR PPS in tertiary education. Staff represented 77 % of public educational institutions current expenditure in 2007. Current expenditure accounted for 92 % of the total, while capital expenditure represented 8 %. Public expenditure on education ranged from 3.1 % to 7.8 % of the GDP and private funds represented 13.5 % of the income of educational institutions. This data in focus releases the latest indicators on education expenditure for 2007. These figures are based on the UOE joint data collection by UNESCO Institute of Statistics, OECD and Eurostat. 

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Release date: 22-SEP-10

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