Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in Spain
Spain: Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure was 10.9% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in Spain, 1999–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in Spain stood at 10.9%.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in Spain peaked at 11.9% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 10.2%, in 1999.
Spain ranks 37th of 71 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in Spain, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 10.2% | — |
| 2000 | 10.2% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 10.4% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 10.3% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 11.1% | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 11.8% | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 11.8% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 11.3% | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 11.0% | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 10.9% | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 10.9% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 10.8% | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 11.1% | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 11.5% | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 11.9% | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 11.6% | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 11.7% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 11.5% | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 11.3% | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 11.2% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 11.2% | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 11.0% | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 10.9% | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.2% | 10.2% | 10.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 11.0% | 10.2% | 11.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.4% | 10.8% | 11.9% | 9 |
| 2020s | 11.0% | 10.9% | 11.2% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More education data for Spain
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 37,817 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 570,954 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 538,977 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.71 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.83 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.058 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in Spain?
- Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in Spain was 10.9% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 11.9% in 2014.
- What is the lowest non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.2% in 1999.
- How does Spain rank for non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure?
- Spain ranks 37th out of 71 countries with data for 2022.
- Is non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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 public institutions (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 23 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release