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In 2019, Chile was the country that spent the highest share of its gross domestic product (GDP) on higher education, reaching 2.6 percent. Of this, 1.6 percent came from private sources. The United States followed behind with its total spending reaching 2.5 percent of its GDP. On the other hand, higher education spending in Luxembourg only amounted to 0.4 percent of its GDP. To find out more about the expenditure on higher education per student in selected countries worldwide in 2018, please click here.

Expenditure on higher education as a share of GDP in selected countries worldwide in 2019, by source of funding

Characteristic	Public	Private
Australia	0.6%	1.3%
Austria	1.6%	0.2%
Belgium	1.3%	0.2%
Canada1	1.2%	1%
Chile	1%	1.6%
Colombia	0.5%	0.9%
Costa Rica	1.4%	-
Czech Republic	0.9%	0.2%
Denmark	1.6%	0.2%
Estonia	1%	0.2%
Finland	1.4%	0.1%
France	1.1%	0.3%
Germany	1%	0.2%
Greece	0.7%	0.1%
Hungary	0.6%	0.3%
Iceland	1.1%	0.1%
Ireland	0.6%	0.2%
Israel	0.8%	0.7%
Italy	0.6%	0.3%
Japan	0.5%	0.9%
Korea Republic	0.6%	0.9%
Latvia	0.8%	0.5%
Lithuania	0.7%	0.3%
Luxembourg	0.4%	0%
Mexico	0.8%	0.6%
Netherlands	1.1%	0.5%
New Zealand	0.9%	0.8%
Norway	1.8%	0.1%
Poland	1%	0.2%
Portugal	0.7%	0.4%
Slovak Republic	0.7%	0.3%
Slovenia	0.9%	0.1%
Spain	0.8%	0.4%
Sweden	1.3%	0.2%
Switzerland	1.2%	-
Turkey	1.1%	0.5%
United Kingdom	0.5%	1.4%
United States	0.9%	1.6%
Argentina	0.9%	0.5%
South Africa	0.9%	-
India	1.5%	-

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October 2022

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2019

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Funds after transfers between public and private institutions

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