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In 2018, the United States invested 2.5 percent of its GDP in higher education ; Public investment amounted to 0.9 of GDP and private to 1.6 percent. 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 2018

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

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September 2021

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2018

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