In investment, currently the number of people in higher education per 1000 is 31 in the U.S., 24 in West Germany, 29.3 in Korea, 21 in France, 20 in Japan. It is 20.31 in the ROC, lower than all but Japan.
高等教育在投資方面而言，目前世界主要國家高等教育人口的千分比，美國為千分之卅一，西德為千分之廿四，韓國為千分之廿九．三○，法國為千分之廿一，日本為千分之二○，我國則為千分之二○．三一，除略高於日本外，均較其他國家為低。