All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in lower secondary public institutions (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
99
Highest
97.2%
Cayman Islands
Lowest
22.4%
Uganda
Median
73.9%
Years covered
27
1998–2024
Data points
1,333

What the numbers show

All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in lower secondary public institutions (%) is currently reported for 99 countries. The highest value is 97.2% in Cayman Islands; the lowest is 22.4% in Uganda.

The median across all reporting countries is 73.9%, and the mean is 73.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 40 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 2,551.9%), and the largest decrease in Monaco (down 73.2%).

All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in lower: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cayman Islands 97.2% 2023 flat
2 Argentina 95.9% 2023 up 13.6% flat
3 El Salvador 95.6% 2019 up 38.6% rising
4 Sri Lanka 93.9% 2020 up 13.3% flat
5 Greece 93.4% 2022 up 2.4% flat
6 Comoros 93.1% 2017 down 6.1% flat
7 Azerbaijan 92.9% 2023 rising
8 Ghana 92.8% 2014 up 45.1% rising
9 Mexico 92.4% 2022 down 1.6% flat
10 Guinea 92.3% 2020 up 18.3% falling
11 Jordan 90.7% 2024 up 3.7% flat
12 Togo 90.2% 2024 up 7.2% flat
13 San Marino 90.2% 2023 down 6.0% falling
14 Belgium 90.1% 2022 up 2.0% flat
15 Ecuador 89.9% 2024 up 3.9% falling
16 Paraguay 89.6% 2024 up 9.2% rising
17 Iran, Islamic Republic of 88.6% 2022 up 7.5% rising
18 Malta 88.1% 2022 up 25.0% flat
19 Malawi 88.1% 2016 up 24.8% rising
20 Thailand 87.8% 2014 rising
21 Senegal 87.7% 2022 up 21.1% rising
22 Cyprus 86.8% 2022 up 3.3% rising
23 Uruguay 84.6% 2023 down 6.6% rising
24 Kenya 84.4% 2015 flat
25 Andorra 84.4% 2023 up 30.8% rising
26 Italy 84.3% 2022 up 7.7% flat
27 Kazakhstan 84.0% 2019 up 22.7% rising
28 India 83.1% 2005 down 3.4% flat
29 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 82.8% 2024 up 28.5% rising
30 Oman 82.5% 2024 down 1.4% flat
31 Afghanistan 81.9% 2017 up 8.5% rising
32 Kuwait 81.7% 2014 down 7.9% falling
33 Spain 81.6% 2022 down 0.3% flat
34 Gambia 81.3% 2013 up 26.7% rising
35 Armenia 80.7% 2023 down 12.4% falling
36 Costa Rica 79.7% 2023 down 0.6% falling
37 South Africa 78.9% 2024 down 4.7% falling
38 Switzerland 77.6% 2022 down 0.2% flat
39 Saint Lucia 77.2% 2023 up 6.4% flat
40 Portugal 76.6% 2022 up 3.9% falling
41 Cameroon 76.3% 2013 down 10.0% flat
42 Bulgaria 75.5% 2022 up 8.0% rising
43 Luxembourg 75.1% 2022 down 6.0% rising
44 Brazil 74.9% 2022 up 5.9% rising
45 Germany 74.7% 2022 down 6.2% falling
46 Indonesia 74.2% 2015 up 9.9% rising
47 Slovakia 73.9% 2022 up 13.4% flat
48 Denmark 73.9% 2022 down 5.0% flat
49 Lithuania 73.9% 2022 down 6.8% falling
50 Jamaica 73.9% 2024 down 1.7% falling
51 Niger 73.1% 2017 up 30.0% falling
52 Slovenia 73.0% 2022 down 2.5% rising
53 United States of America 72.5% 2021 down 2.5% flat
54 France 72.1% 2022 down 3.9% flat
55 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 72.0% 2021 down 6.4% rising
56 Albania 71.7% 2023 down 16.1% falling
57 Austria 71.5% 2022 down 4.4% falling
58 Lao People's Democratic Republic 71.5% 2014 down 1.8% rising
59 Poland 71.3% 2022 up 1.6% rising
60 Burkina Faso 71.3% 2016 down 7.4% rising
61 Türkiye 71.1% 2022 down 5.5% flat
62 Republic of Moldova 71.0% 2023 down 0.3% rising
63 Japan 70.8% 2021 down 2.1% falling
64 Netherlands 70.7% 2022 down 0.9% flat
65 Côte d'Ivoire 70.7% 2024 down 6.4% rising
66 Norway 70.1% 2022 down 3.7% flat
67 Hungary 70.0% 2022 up 0.1% flat
68 Morocco 69.6% 2009 down 17.4% falling
69 Mongolia 68.9% 2017 up 24.4% rising
70 Cambodia 68.7% 2014 up 48.0% rising
71 Philippines 68.4% 2009 down 18.6% falling
72 Latvia 68.1% 2022 up 3.4% falling
73 New Zealand 67.6% 2023 down 5.9% falling
74 Romania 66.6% 2022 down 1.4% flat
75 Sweden 66.5% 2022 up 2.3% flat
76 Iceland 65.4% 2022 down 1.0% falling
77 Maldives 64.8% 2019 down 14.8% falling
78 Seychelles 64.5% 2016 falling
79 Cuba 63.8% 2010 up 5.5% falling
80 Chile 62.5% 2022 falling
81 Czechia 61.6% 2022 up 14.0% flat
82 Republic of Korea 61.3% 2022 down 9.5% falling
83 Estonia 60.8% 2022 rising
84 Gabon 59.6% 2014 rising
85 Dominica 59.5% 2023 down 40.5% falling
86 Rwanda 59.4% 2024 up 14.8% rising
87 Dominican Republic 58.9% 2023 up 34.3% falling
88 Ethiopia 58.8% 2014 down 22.6% falling
89 Viet Nam 58.6% 2013 flat
90 Guatemala 58.2% 2024 down 22.4% falling
91 Ireland 56.5% 2021 down 25.1% falling
92 Nepal 56.1% 2015 down 18.9% falling
93 Finland 53.2% 2022 down 11.4% falling
94 Mali 52.6% 2021 down 29.1% falling
95 Sierra Leone 51.2% 2022 down 45.7% falling
96 United Arab Emirates 45.6% 2021 down 44.3% falling
97 Bangladesh 29.9% 2020 down 68.3% volatile
98 Monaco 26.2% 2024 down 73.2% falling
99 Uganda 22.4% 2014 up 2,551.9% rising

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Indicator
All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in lower secondary public institutions (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
99 places, 1,333 data points, 1998–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release