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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
119
Highest
100.0%
British Virgin Islands
Lowest
21.9%
Uganda
Median
72.5%
Years covered
27
1998–2024
Data points
1,589

What the numbers show

All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in secondary public institutions (%) is currently reported for 119 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in British Virgin Islands; the lowest is 21.9% in Uganda.

The median across all reporting countries is 72.5%, and the mean is 72.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 68.8%), and the largest decrease in Uganda (down 72.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 British Virgin Islands 100.0% 2023 up 48.1% flat
1 Montserrat 82.5% 2019 rising
2 Cayman Islands 97.4% 2023 flat
3 Argentina 95.8% 2023 up 13.2% flat
4 Comoros 94.6% 2015 up 13.5% rising
5 Cameroon 94.5% 2012 rising
6 Sri Lanka 94.0% 2020 up 13.5% flat
7 Senegal 93.2% 2022 up 29.0% rising
8 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 93.2% 2018 down 2.9% rising
9 Azerbaijan 92.6% 2023 up 24.7% rising
10 Greece 92.5% 2022 up 3.8% rising
11 Guinea 92.3% 2020 up 23.0% falling
12 Aruba 91.8% 2016 down 3.4% flat
13 Togo 90.9% 2024 up 11.4% rising
14 San Marino 90.7% 2023 down 7.0% falling
15 El Salvador 90.1% 2019 up 34.5% rising
16 Ecuador 89.9% 2024 up 3.9% falling
17 Paraguay 89.2% 2024 up 4.8% rising
18 Iran, Islamic Republic of 88.7% 2022 up 8.8% rising
19 Namibia 88.4% 2017 up 8.5% rising
20 Cyprus 87.5% 2022 up 1.3% rising
21 Jordan 86.9% 2024 up 6.8% falling
22 Belgium 86.3% 2022 down 8.8% flat
23 Andorra 86.1% 2023 up 37.5% rising
24 Mexico 86.1% 2021 down 2.0% flat
25 Uruguay 85.6% 2023 down 5.3% rising
26 Malawi 84.3% 2016 up 38.7% rising
27 Malaysia 83.4% 2021 up 10.8% rising
28 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 83.2% 2024 up 26.9% rising
29 India 83.1% 2005 down 3.4% flat
30 Oman 82.5% 2024 down 1.4% flat
31 Afghanistan 82.0% 2017 up 8.7% rising
32 Israel 81.9% 2022 up 2.6% rising
33 Malta 81.9% 2022 up 20.9% rising
34 Gambia 81.6% 2013 up 51.2% rising
35 Kuwait 81.4% 2014 down 7.4% falling
36 Armenia 80.7% 2023 up 4.1% flat
37 Barbados 80.5% 2023 down 16.5% rising
38 Italy 80.0% 2022 down 0.0% flat
39 Switzerland 79.4% 2022 up 0.4% flat
40 Spain 78.9% 2022 up 0.9% rising
41 Thailand 77.8% 2014 rising
42 Costa Rica 77.8% 2023 down 4.0% falling
43 Bulgaria 77.6% 2022 up 8.9% rising
44 Saint Lucia 77.2% 2023 up 4.2% flat
45 Liechtenstein 77.0% 2014 down 19.9% falling
46 Benin 76.9% 2015 down 11.0% flat
47 Denmark 76.8% 2022 up 2.8% flat
48 Lao People's Democratic Republic 76.5% 2014 up 8.3% rising
49 Portugal 76.5% 2022 up 4.8% falling
50 South Africa 76.2% 2024 down 10.4% falling
51 Luxembourg 75.1% 2022 down 6.0% flat
52 Germany 75.1% 2022 down 5.8% falling
53 Vanuatu 75.0% 2020 down 17.2% rising
54 Brazil 73.4% 2022 up 8.0% volatile
55 Jamaica 73.0% 2024 down 0.4% falling
56 France 72.9% 2022 down 3.0% flat
57 Cape Verde 72.6% 2019 down 9.2% rising
58 Lithuania 72.6% 2022 down 4.2% falling
59 United States of America 72.5% 2021 down 2.5% flat
60 Türkiye 72.3% 2022 down 3.6% flat
61 Hungary 72.0% 2022 up 0.4% flat
62 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 71.9% 2021 down 6.6% rising
63 Japan 71.8% 2021 down 7.2% falling
64 Albania 71.7% 2023 down 12.5% falling
65 Indonesia 71.6% 2015 up 15.6% rising
66 Morocco 71.3% 2009 down 17.1% falling
67 Madagascar 71.2% 2013 down 2.4% falling
68 Iceland 71.2% 2022 up 6.0% flat
69 Poland 70.9% 2022 up 6.2% rising
70 Republic of Moldova 70.7% 2023 up 2.5% rising
71 Netherlands 70.6% 2022 up 1.3% flat
72 Slovenia 70.6% 2022 down 5.7% flat
73 Chile 70.5% 2022 down 16.7% flat
74 Austria 70.3% 2022 down 2.6% falling
75 Norway 69.4% 2022 down 0.5% flat
76 Slovakia 69.3% 2022 up 5.5% falling
77 Côte d'Ivoire 69.2% 2024 down 7.0% rising
78 Kazakhstan 69.1% 2016 rising
79 Turks and Caicos Islands 68.9% 2022 up 13.5% flat
80 Philippines 68.4% 2009 down 18.7% falling
81 Kenya 68.3% 2015 flat
82 Mongolia 68.0% 2017 up 22.8% rising
83 New Zealand 67.6% 2023 down 4.9% flat
84 Niger 67.5% 2017 up 19.9% falling
85 Zambia 67.4% 2017 down 18.7% falling
86 Latvia 66.9% 2022 up 5.2% falling
87 Ghana 66.7% 2014 down 8.6% falling
88 Romania 66.6% 2022 up 2.8% flat
89 Cuba 66.1% 2010 up 23.1% rising
90 Burundi 65.4% 2011 down 10.0% flat
91 Seychelles 64.4% 2016 down 15.3% falling
92 Maldives 64.4% 2019 down 15.1% falling
93 Dominican Republic 64.2% 2023 up 36.5% falling
94 Estonia 64.1% 2022 rising
95 Sweden 63.0% 2022 up 1.7% rising
96 Cambodia 63.0% 2014 up 68.8% rising
97 Guyana 62.0% 2012 up 24.9% rising
98 Rwanda 61.8% 2024 up 36.6% rising
99 Republic of Korea 61.8% 2022 down 7.4% flat
100 Peru 61.4% 2024 up 3.0% falling
101 Gabon 60.8% 2014 rising
102 Dominica 59.6% 2023 down 40.4% falling
103 Czechia 58.3% 2022 up 12.4% flat
104 Ethiopia 58.1% 2014 down 2.6% flat
105 Guatemala 58.0% 2024 down 21.8% falling
106 Sierra Leone 55.5% 2022 down 41.9% falling
107 Ireland 55.0% 2021 down 26.4% falling
108 Finland 54.8% 2022 down 6.5% falling
109 Nepal 53.7% 2015 down 19.1% falling
110 United Arab Emirates 52.8% 2021 down 35.3% falling
111 Viet Nam 50.9% 2013 rising
112 Timor-Leste 50.9% 2014 down 10.9% falling
113 Mali 41.0% 2021 down 28.1% falling
114 Monaco 39.7% 2024 down 58.5% falling
115 South Sudan 32.1% 2024 down 48.0% falling
116 Eritrea 26.8% 2005 down 33.3% falling
117 Bangladesh 23.4% 2020 down 66.6% falling
118 Uganda 21.9% 2014 down 72.2% volatile

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Indicator
All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in secondary public institutions (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
119 places, 1,589 data points, 1998–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release