the expenditure per student is relatively high compared to other countries both at the primary and lower secondary level see figure in the most recent comparison available the expenditure per student was and above the oecd and eu averages for primary education and and above the averages of the oecd and eu areas for lower secondary education although primary and lower secondary education are typically provided under the same roof in the folkeskole expenditures are slightly higher at the lower secondary level than at the primary level presumably because of longer school days for students at the lower secondary level