A 1999 study by management consultants McKinsey and Company found that on a per capita basis the ABC was much more poorly funded that Denmark, Germany, Italy, France and the UK.

The ABC ranked ahead of Portugal, Turkey and Poland.

In U.K. pounds per head of population McKinsey provided the following figures

Denmark              83.1
Germany              58.1
Norway                 53.8
Netherlands         36.4
New Zealand        35.7
Sweden                 35.0
Belgium                24.5
United Kingdom   33.8
Italy                      29.4
Japan                    27.7
France                  22.1
Canada                 21.1
Australia               16.8
Portugal                12.6
Spain                     11.9
South Africe            7.9
Czech Republic       7.8
Poland                      7.4
Turkey                      1.6