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All staff compensation as % of total expenditure in tertiary public institutions (%) by country

All staff (teacher and non-teachers) compensation expressed as a percentage of direct expenditure in public educational institutions (instructional and non-instructional) of the specified level of education. Financial aid to students and other transfers are excluded from direct expenditure. Staff compensation...

Countries reporting
91
Highest
99.8%
Lebanon
Lowest
0.0%
Barbados
Median
57.3%
Years covered
25
1995–2019
Data points
1,166

What the numbers show

All staff compensation as % of total expenditure in tertiary public institutions (%) is currently reported for 91 countries. The highest value is 99.8% in Lebanon; the lowest is 0.0% in Barbados.

The median across all reporting countries is 57.3%, and the mean is 53.8%.

Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Croatia (up 57.0%), and the largest decrease in Barbados (down 100.0%).

All staff compensation as % of total expenditure in tertiary public: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lebanon 99.8% 2013 up 2.1% flat
2 Armenia 97.5% 2017 up 0.6% flat
3 India 97.3% 2005 down 0.9% flat
4 Aruba 94.6% 2016 up 2.6% flat
5 Jamaica 87.5% 2019 down 4.3% flat
6 Kyrgyzstan 86.9% 2017 up 32.4% rising
7 Argentina 86.1% 2017 down 9.2% flat
8 Uruguay 81.0% 2018 up 7.9% flat
9 Togo 79.2% 2017 up 30.8% rising
10 Paraguay 79.0% 2016 up 9.8% falling
11 Honduras 77.4% 2018 down 0.9% flat
12 Republic of Moldova 76.2% 2018 up 38.8% flat
13 Latvia 75.6% 2017 up 16.0% falling
14 Bangladesh 75.2% 2019 down 4.6% flat
15 Rwanda 74.2% 2018 down 1.0% volatile
16 Belgium 73.3% 2017 down 4.8% falling
17 Bulgaria 72.9% 2017 up 39.3% rising
18 Portugal 71.2% 2017 up 9.7% rising
19 Iceland 70.9% 2017 down 10.6% falling
20 Brazil 69.5% 2017 down 6.5% falling
21 Poland 69.0% 2017 up 15.8% flat
22 Mexico 69.0% 2017 up 2.8% falling
23 Switzerland 68.7% 2016 down 1.2% flat
24 Croatia 68.4% 2017 up 57.0% falling
25 Spain 68.2% 2017 up 10.3% rising
26 Denmark 68.0% 2017 down 13.7% rising
27 Slovenia 67.8% 2017 up 12.3% flat
28 Belarus 67.7% 2017 up 25.7% rising
29 Lithuania 66.9% 2017 up 12.9% falling
30 Philippines 66.9% 2009 down 3.4% flat
31 Cape Verde 65.7% 2016 down 14.6% falling
32 Netherlands 63.9% 2017 up 8.0% flat
33 Romania 63.5% 2017 up 21.7% rising
34 Russian Federation 63.3% 2017 up 17.1% rising
35 Sweden 63.2% 2017 up 4.4% rising
36 Luxembourg 62.2% 2017 up 8.2% rising
37 Ghana 61.8% 2014 down 2.5% falling
38 Germany 61.5% 2017 up 0.8% falling
39 Austria 61.2% 2017 up 5.0% flat
40 United States of America 61.1% 2017 — rising
41 Norway 60.1% 2017 down 2.9% rising
42 Czechia 59.1% 2017 up 34.1% rising
43 Finland 57.9% 2017 down 4.1% flat
44 Benin 57.5% 2015 up 20.3% rising
45 Colombia 57.3% 2018 up 0.6% falling
46 Canada 57.3% 2017 down 2.7% falling
47 Türkiye 57.0% 2006 down 16.0% falling
48 Chile 56.7% 2017 down 3.2% falling
49 Estonia 56.4% 2017 up 18.7% rising
50 Serbia 56.2% 2018 down 8.7% falling
51 Nepal 56.0% 2015 up 0.0% flat
52 Malaysia 55.6% 2019 up 11.2% rising
53 Macau, China 54.5% 2018 down 3.1% rising
54 Guyana 54.2% 2012 up 7.9% flat
55 Slovakia 54.1% 2017 up 11.6% falling
56 Malta 53.5% 2017 up 2.8% flat
57 Australia 53.3% 2017 down 1.2% falling
58 Cameroon 53.2% 2013 down 29.1% falling
59 Cyprus 52.6% 2017 down 16.5% rising
60 South Africa 52.3% 2019 down 13.8% falling
61 Italy 51.4% 2017 down 13.5% falling
62 Hungary 50.7% 2017 down 14.6% falling
63 Greece 50.4% 2017 up 9.0% rising
64 Kazakhstan 48.8% 2018 up 7.2% flat
65 Burundi 47.1% 2013 down 15.3% falling
66 Japan 47.0% 2017 down 7.3% falling
67 Peru 45.1% 2019 down 29.9% falling
68 Afghanistan 43.7% 2015 down 8.6% flat
69 Gambia 39.7% 2012 — falling
70 Israel 39.7% 2017 down 35.0% falling
71 Mali 35.5% 2017 down 36.6% falling
72 Lao People's Democratic Republic 35.1% 2014 down 7.2% falling
73 Cuba 34.9% 2010 down 4.4% falling
74 Ireland 34.3% 2017 down 49.5% flat
75 Uganda 31.2% 2014 down 58.7% falling
76 Guinea 29.4% 2019 up 2.1% flat
77 Indonesia 27.7% 2015 down 35.3% falling
78 Maldives 23.9% 2016 down 49.0% volatile
79 Niger 23.1% 2017 down 22.3% falling
80 Ethiopia 22.3% 2015 up 19.0% rising
81 Viet Nam 18.0% 2013 — flat
82 Senegal 16.6% 2016 down 69.9% falling
83 Guatemala 13.2% 2019 up 31.6% rising
84 Timor-Leste 10.6% 2014 down 75.0% volatile
85 Azerbaijan 10.0% 2018 down 82.3% falling
86 Andorra 9.4% 2019 down 84.1% falling
87 Côte d'Ivoire 4.1% 2018 down 90.7% falling
88 Jordan 2.7% 2019 — volatile
89 Sri Lanka 2.7% 2018 down 94.7% volatile
90 Kenya 0.5% 2015 — volatile
91 Barbados 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
All staff compensation as % of total expenditure in tertiary public institutions (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
98 places, 1,166 data points, 1995–2019
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All staff (teacher and non-teachers) compensation expressed as a percentage of direct expenditure in public educational institutions (instructional and non-instructional) of the specified level of education. Financial aid to students and other transfers are excluded from direct expenditure. Staff compensation includes salaries, contributions by employers for staff retirement programmes, and other allowances and benefits. Divide all staff compensation in public institutions of a given level of education (ex. primary, secondary, or all levels combined) by total expenditure (current and capital) in public institutions of the same level of education, and multiply by 100. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/