• Higher education spending by country 2017

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The statistic shows the expenditure on higher education as a share of GDP in selected countries worldwide in 2017. The United States invested 2.6 percent of its GDP in higher education in 2017; Public investment amounted to 0.9 of GDP and private to 1.7 percent. To find out more about the expenditure on higher education per student in selected countries worldwide in 2017, please click here.

Expenditure on higher education as a share of GDP in selected countries worldwide in 2017

	Public	Private
Chile	1%	1.7%
United States	0.9%	1.7%
Canada	1.2%	1.1%
Australia	0.7%	1.3%
Norway	1.8%	0.1%
United Kingdom	0.5%	1.4%
Austria	1.6%	0.2%
New Zealand	0.9%	0.9%
Korea	0.6%	1%
Netherlands	1.1%	0.5%
Turkey	1.3%	0.3%
Costa Rica	1.6%	-
Denmark	1.6%	0%
Sweden	1.3%	0.2%
Finland	1.4%	0.1%
Israel	0.8%	0.7%
France	1.1%	0.3%
Japan	0.4%	1%
Belgium	1.2%	0.2%
Estonia	1.1%	0.2%
Iceland	1.2%	0.1%
Switzerland	1.3%	-
Poland	1%	0.2%
Mexico	0.8%	0.4%
Argentina	1.2%	-
Germany	1%	0.2%
Spain	0.8%	0.4%
Brazil	1.1%	-
Hungary	0.7%	0.4%
Portugal	0.7%	0.4%
Lithuania	0.7%	0.3%
Slovenia	0.9%	0.1%
Russian Federation	0.7%	0.3%
Slovak Republic	0.7%	0.3%
Czech Republic	0.7%	0.2%
Latvia	0.6%	0.3%
Italy	0.6%	0.3%
Ireland	0.6%	0.3%
Colombia	0.8%	0%
Greece	0.6%	0.1%
South Africa	0.6%	-
Luxembourg	0.4%	0%

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September 2020

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Survey time period

2017

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