The analyses based on the other countries’ cases attempt to examine whether local governments tend to pay little attention to education expenditure and education performance or not. The average government size of the other countries is approximately 46% of GDP (Figure 6.3). But Korean education expenditure is relatively high compared with other welfare-related expenditure and has been the most rapidly expanding spending item. The average ratio of public education expenditure to GDP in OECD member countries and partner economies ranges between 3-7% of GDP.