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Public Education Expenditure per Student in Higher Education for Selected Counties
Selected
1992
countries
(USS)
Austria
5,820
Belgium
6,590
Denmark
6,710
France
6,020
Japan
11,850
Ireland
7,270
Norway
8,720
Spain
3,770
Sweden
7,120
Switzerland
12,900
United Kingdomn
10,370
United States
11,880
Hong Kong
10,886
Annex B
Notes: (1) Figure for Hong Kong includes public expenditure per headcount student for the UGC-funded institutions, the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, and the Technical Colleges of the Vocational Training Council. The figure was converted to US$ by applying an average exchange rate of 7.741 for 1992.
(2) Figures for other selected countries were extracted from the
"Digest of Education Statistics 1995" published by the U.S. Department
of Education and based upon full time equivalent students.
(3) Expenditure includes current and capital expenditure. The expenditure
for Hong Kong excludes capital expenditure for large scale projects. The coverage of "current" and "capital" expenditure between countries may differ.