Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in post-secondary non-tertiary public institutions (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
39
Highest
100.0%
Turks and Caicos Islands
Lowest
0.0%
Italy
Median
41.8%
Years covered
27
1998–2024
Data points
433
What the numbers show
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in post-secondary non-tertiary public institutions (%) is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Turks and Caicos Islands; the lowest is 0.0% in Italy.
The median across all reporting countries is 41.8%, and the mean is 46.3%.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Malaysia (up 262.6%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 58.4%).
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 100.0% | 2005 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 98.1% | 2010 | up 128.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Belarus | 86.7% | 2023 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 5 | Guinea | 83.0% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 6 | Romania | 74.9% | 2022 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 7 | Senegal | 67.7% | 2022 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 8 | Malaysia | 67.5% | 2013 | up 262.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Greece | 66.2% | 2022 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 10 | Switzerland | 64.4% | 2007 | up 13.4% | flat |
| 11 | Iceland | 59.0% | 2022 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 12 | Jamaica | 56.0% | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 13 | Kenya | 55.3% | 2015 | — | falling |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 54.0% | 2020 | up 174.1% | rising |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 51.5% | 2022 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 16 | Czechia | 48.0% | 2022 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 17 | France | 47.9% | 2022 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 18 | Afghanistan | 44.2% | 2017 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 19 | United States | 43.0% | 2021 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 20 | Slovakia | 41.8% | 2022 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 21 | Moldova | 39.8% | 2015 | — | rising |
| 22 | Estonia | 39.0% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 23 | Lithuania | 35.5% | 2022 | up 20.9% | falling |
| 24 | Azerbaijan | 34.2% | 2023 | — | falling |
| 25 | Sierra Leone | 32.7% | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Rwanda | 32.4% | 2022 | up 68.4% | rising |
| 27 | Laos | 32.2% | 2014 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 28 | Malta | 31.3% | 2022 | down 58.4% | rising |
| 29 | Monaco | 30.1% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 30 | Austria | 28.9% | 2022 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Ireland | 28.4% | 2021 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 32 | Iran | 26.2% | 2022 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 33 | South Sudan | 24.1% | 2024 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Guyana | 23.7% | 2012 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 35 | South Africa | 19.8% | 2024 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 36 | Mali | 17.1% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Sri Lanka | 14.9% | 2016 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 38 | Guatemala | 6.1% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 39 | Italy | 0.0% | 2022 | — | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release