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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in upper secondary public institutions (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
102 places, 1,362 data points, 1998–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release