Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure was 19.7% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Latest (2017)
19.7%
Change on year
up 1.4%
World rank
18th
of 67 countries
All-time high
19.7%
in 2017
All-time low
10.6%
in 2010
Years of data
8
2010–2017
Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in Afghanistan, 2010–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 19.7% for non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 2017. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 86.1% over ten years.
Afghanistan ranks 18th of 67 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10.6% | — |
| 2011 | 10.8% | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 11.4% | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 10.7% | -5.8% |
| 2014 | 10.8% | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 11.0% | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 19.4% | +76.8% |
| 2017 | 19.7% | +1.4% |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More education data for Afghanistan
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 88,020 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 343,942 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 13,837 (2003)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 10,383 (2003)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.43 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 7.51 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 3.56 % change on previous year (2019)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1811 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in Afghanistan?
- Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in Afghanistan was 19.7% in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 19.7% in 2017.
- What is the lowest non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.6% in 2010.
- How does Afghanistan rank for non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure?
- Afghanistan ranks 18th out of 67 countries with data for 2017.
- Is non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 86.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in lower secondary public institutions (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release