Education in Europe key figures : [english version, 2016]. Chapter 03, Education expenses / Florence Lefresne et Yann Fournier

Publication de la DEPP / Education in Europe key figures

ROSENWALD, Fabienne. Directeur de publication | LEFRESNE, Florence. Auteur | FOURNIER, Yann. Auteur | France. Ministère de l'éducation nationale, de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche (MENESR). Direction de l'évaluation, de la prospective et de la performance (DEPP). Mission aux relations européennes et internationales (MIREI)

Edité par Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche. Paris - 2016

Chapter three is devoted to education costs. The share of national wealth allocated to education was on average 5% in 2012 among the 21 EU-member countries of the OECD, but it varied by almost one to two fold within the EU with France located slightly above the average. Likewise, the impact of the 2008 economic crisis on these expenses proved to vary from country to country. The annual education expenditures per student are mainly influenced by four factors likely to lead to different choices according to the country, i.e. teachers? salaries and teaching time, students? instruction time and class size.