All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in pre-primary public institutions (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
98
Highest
98.9%
Thailand
Lowest
32.2%
Ethiopia
Median
73.7%
Years covered
27
1998–2024
Data points
1,409

What the numbers show

All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in pre-primary public institutions (%) is currently reported for 98 countries. The highest value is 98.9% in Thailand; the lowest is 32.2% in Ethiopia.

The median across all reporting countries is 73.7%, and the mean is 72.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 227.0%), and the largest decrease in Ethiopia (down 46.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Thailand 98.9% 2014 flat
1 Montserrat 86.0% 2019 rising
2 El Salvador 97.0% 2019 up 144.1% rising
3 Comoros 95.5% 2015 up 36.8% rising
4 Aruba 94.9% 2016 up 44.8% rising
5 Argentina 93.3% 2023 up 6.0% falling
6 Greece 93.3% 2022 up 8.0% rising
7 Guinea 92.3% 2020 down 5.7% volatile
8 Togo 91.2% 2024 down 3.8% rising
9 Senegal 91.1% 2022 down 8.9% falling
10 Burkina Faso 91.1% 2016 rising
11 San Marino 91.0% 2023 down 0.6% flat
12 Mexico 90.2% 2022 down 1.3% flat
13 Ecuador 89.9% 2024 up 3.9% falling
14 Malaysia 88.8% 2021 up 21.3% rising
15 Malta 88.7% 2022 up 2.1% falling
16 Ghana 88.3% 2014 down 10.1% falling
17 Armenia 87.9% 2023 down 1.8% falling
18 Gabon 86.2% 2014 flat
19 Côte d'Ivoire 85.9% 2024 up 4.8% rising
20 Kuwait 83.2% 2014 down 1.5% falling
21 India 83.1% 2005 down 3.4% flat
22 Andorra 82.9% 2023 up 32.4% flat
23 Oman 82.5% 2024 down 5.3% falling
24 Belgium 82.0% 2022 up 1.6% falling
25 Denmark 81.3% 2022 up 1.0% rising
26 Cameroon 81.0% 2013 up 12.2% rising
27 Ireland 80.7% 2015 up 3.5% flat
28 Norway 80.3% 2022 down 1.3% flat
29 Jamaica 80.0% 2024 up 23.4% falling
30 Costa Rica 79.7% 2023 down 16.7% falling
31 Cyprus 78.8% 2022 up 5.0% falling
32 Barbados 78.6% 2005 rising
33 Lao People's Democratic Republic 78.4% 2014 up 7.7% flat
34 Paraguay 78.2% 2024 up 0.1% falling
35 South Africa 78.0% 2024 up 52.7% rising
36 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 77.7% 2024 up 34.0% falling
37 Portugal 77.3% 2022 down 4.5% falling
38 Burundi 77.3% 2013 down 11.0% falling
39 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 76.8% 2021 up 17.8% flat
40 Spain 76.6% 2022 up 6.1% falling
41 Lithuania 76.6% 2022 up 4.4% flat
42 Guyana 76.2% 2012 up 23.2% rising
43 France 76.1% 2022 down 1.6% falling
44 Italy 75.8% 2022 up 0.9% flat
45 Croatia 74.9% 2011 volatile
46 Czechia 74.0% 2022 up 11.7% rising
47 Liechtenstein 74.0% 2014 down 10.8% falling
48 Japan 74.0% 2021 up 1.5% falling
49 Brazil 73.4% 2011 up 1.2% falling
50 Peru 72.8% 2024 up 52.6% falling
51 United States of America 72.5% 2021 down 2.5% flat
52 Benin 72.4% 2015 down 15.7% falling
53 Bulgaria 72.0% 2022 up 22.4% rising
54 Hungary 71.9% 2022 up 2.7% flat
55 Netherlands 71.3% 2022 down 2.2% flat
56 Guatemala 71.1% 2024 up 23.8% flat
57 Romania 70.9% 2022 up 10.8% rising
58 Switzerland 70.9% 2022 down 21.6% falling
59 Israel 70.9% 2022 down 0.2% rising
60 Slovakia 70.8% 2022 up 22.8% falling
61 Belarus 70.6% 2024 up 21.7% rising
62 Uruguay 70.5% 2023 down 7.8% rising
63 Kyrgyzstan 70.3% 2016 up 71.1% rising
64 Monaco 70.1% 2024 down 26.2% falling
65 Latvia 69.9% 2022 up 14.7% falling
66 Luxembourg 69.5% 2022 up 3.8% flat
67 Türkiye 68.8% 2022 down 4.3% flat
68 Chile 68.8% 2022 down 27.0% rising
69 Cuba 68.7% 2010 up 23.0% rising
70 Maldives 68.1% 2019 down 13.1% falling
71 Slovenia 67.7% 2022 down 3.7% rising
72 Sweden 67.7% 2022 down 5.6% falling
73 Mongolia 66.3% 2017 up 42.3% rising
74 Austria 66.2% 2022 down 4.1% flat
75 Poland 66.0% 2022 up 29.8% rising
76 Nepal 65.6% 2015 up 20.9% rising
77 Azerbaijan 65.4% 2023 up 56.0% rising
78 Germany 64.9% 2022 down 6.7% falling
79 Iceland 64.6% 2022 down 4.2% flat
80 Republic of Moldova 60.4% 2023 up 15.7% rising
81 Indonesia 58.8% 2014 down 11.0% falling
82 Iran, Islamic Republic of 58.5% 2022 up 34.6% rising
83 Jordan 57.4% 2024 up 13.2% falling
84 Rwanda 57.0% 2024 down 2.6% volatile
85 Finland 55.8% 2022 down 12.5% falling
86 Kazakhstan 55.8% 2016 up 27.5% rising
87 Seychelles 54.5% 2016 down 43.7% falling
88 Republic of Korea 53.1% 2022 up 2.3% falling
89 Niger 52.6% 2018 down 25.2% flat
90 Dominican Republic 47.9% 2023 up 37.0% falling
91 Philippines 44.5% 2009 down 34.6% falling
92 Viet Nam 44.5% 2013 flat
93 Mali 35.8% 2021 down 42.6% falling
94 Turks and Caicos Islands 35.0% 2021 falling
95 South Sudan 34.9% 2024 up 227.0% volatile
96 Kenya 34.3% 2015 volatile
97 Ethiopia 32.2% 2014 down 46.3% falling

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Indicator
All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in pre-primary public institutions (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
99 places, 1,409 data points, 1998–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release