All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in upper secondary public institutions (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
102
Highest
98.8%
Cayman Islands
Lowest
19.0%
Bangladesh
Median
73.3%
Years covered
27
1998–2024
Data points
1,362
What the numbers show
All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in upper secondary public institutions (%) is currently reported for 102 countries. The highest value is 98.8% in Cayman Islands; the lowest is 19.0% in Bangladesh.
The median across all reporting countries is 73.3%, and the mean is 72.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 45 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 130.8%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 79.8%).
All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in upper: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 98.8% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 2 | Lebanon | 97.8% | 2013 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 3 | Senegal | 97.5% | 2022 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 4 | Argentina | 95.8% | 2023 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 5 | Comoros | 94.5% | 2015 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 6 | Sri Lanka | 94.2% | 2020 | up 13.6% | flat |
| 7 | Guinea | 92.3% | 2020 | up 30.4% | falling |
| 8 | Togo | 92.0% | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 9 | Azerbaijan | 91.5% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 10 | Greece | 91.5% | 2022 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 11 | San Marino | 91.4% | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 12 | Ecuador | 89.9% | 2024 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 13 | Andorra | 89.4% | 2023 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 14 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 88.8% | 2022 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 15 | Paraguay | 88.6% | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 16 | Cyprus | 88.2% | 2022 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 17 | Uruguay | 87.8% | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 18 | Belgium | 84.3% | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 19 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 83.4% | 2024 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 20 | India | 83.1% | 2005 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 21 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 82.8% | 2014 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 22 | Oman | 82.5% | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 23 | Afghanistan | 82.2% | 2017 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 24 | Gambia | 82.1% | 2013 | up 98.7% | rising |
| 25 | Switzerland | 81.5% | 2022 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 26 | Kuwait | 81.0% | 2014 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 27 | El Salvador | 80.7% | 2019 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 28 | Armenia | 80.6% | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 29 | Mexico | 80.0% | 2022 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 30 | Croatia | 79.4% | 2021 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 31 | Denmark | 79.3% | 2022 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 32 | Bulgaria | 79.2% | 2022 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 33 | Monaco | 78.6% | 2024 | down 16.9% | flat |
| 34 | Iceland | 78.5% | 2022 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 78.4% | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 36 | Chad | 78.3% | 2021 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 37 | Italy | 77.7% | 2022 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 38 | Jordan | 77.7% | 2024 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 39 | Malta | 77.7% | 2022 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 40 | Saint Lucia | 77.2% | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 41 | Spain | 76.5% | 2022 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 42 | Portugal | 76.5% | 2022 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 43 | Chile | 76.4% | 2022 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 44 | Germany | 75.7% | 2022 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 45 | Luxembourg | 75.1% | 2022 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 46 | Vanuatu | 75.0% | 2020 | — | rising |
| 47 | South Africa | 74.6% | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 48 | France | 73.9% | 2022 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 49 | Hungary | 73.9% | 2022 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 50 | Malawi | 73.8% | 2016 | up 130.8% | rising |
| 51 | Türkiye | 73.3% | 2022 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 52 | Morocco | 73.3% | 2009 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 53 | Japan | 73.0% | 2021 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 54 | United States of America | 72.5% | 2021 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 55 | Jamaica | 71.8% | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 56 | Albania | 71.7% | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 57 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 71.7% | 2021 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 58 | Brazil | 71.6% | 2022 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 59 | Canada | 70.6% | 2022 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 60 | Netherlands | 70.4% | 2022 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 61 | Poland | 70.4% | 2022 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 62 | Dominican Republic | 70.2% | 2023 | up 42.7% | falling |
| 63 | Republic of Moldova | 69.9% | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 64 | Estonia | 69.6% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 65 | Lithuania | 68.9% | 2022 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 66 | Thailand | 68.9% | 2014 | — | rising |
| 67 | Norway | 68.9% | 2022 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 68 | Austria | 68.6% | 2022 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 69 | Philippines | 68.4% | 2009 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 70 | Cuba | 68.4% | 2010 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 71 | Slovenia | 68.3% | 2022 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 72 | Indonesia | 67.8% | 2015 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 73 | New Zealand | 67.6% | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 74 | Romania | 66.7% | 2022 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 75 | Côte d'Ivoire | 66.6% | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 76 | Mongolia | 66.2% | 2017 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 77 | Latvia | 65.7% | 2022 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 78 | Seychelles | 64.3% | 2016 | — | falling |
| 79 | Rwanda | 63.8% | 2024 | up 62.2% | rising |
| 80 | Kenya | 63.6% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 81 | Gabon | 63.5% | 2014 | — | rising |
| 82 | Slovakia | 63.5% | 2022 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 83 | Maldives | 62.5% | 2019 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 84 | Republic of Korea | 62.2% | 2022 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 85 | Sierra Leone | 60.7% | 2022 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 86 | Sweden | 59.7% | 2022 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 87 | Dominica | 59.6% | 2023 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 88 | United Arab Emirates | 59.0% | 2021 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 89 | Guatemala | 57.6% | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 90 | Ethiopia | 57.1% | 2014 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 91 | Finland | 56.6% | 2022 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 92 | Czechia | 53.6% | 2022 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 93 | Ireland | 53.6% | 2021 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 94 | Nepal | 51.7% | 2015 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 95 | Ghana | 48.3% | 2014 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 96 | Kazakhstan | 48.2% | 2016 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 97 | Niger | 46.7% | 2017 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 98 | Viet Nam | 40.8% | 2013 | — | rising |
| 99 | South Sudan | 34.0% | 2024 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 100 | Mali | 31.0% | 2021 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 101 | Uganda | 20.4% | 2014 | up 104.6% | rising |
| 102 | Bangladesh | 19.0% | 2020 | down 79.8% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release