Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in pre-primary public institutions (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
68
Highest
90.7%
Greece
Lowest
0.0%
Burundi
Median
60.1%
Years covered
27
1998–2024
Data points
889
What the numbers show
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in pre-primary public institutions (%) is currently reported for 68 countries. The highest value is 90.7% in Greece; the lowest is 0.0% in Burundi.
The median across all reporting countries is 60.1%, and the mean is 59.0%.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 170.2%), and the largest decrease in Mali (down 60.6%).
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greece | 90.7% | 2022 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 1 | Montserrat | 86.0% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | 84.3% | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 3 | Ecuador | 83.7% | 2024 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 4 | Guinea | 83.0% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Togo | 82.1% | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 6 | Denmark | 80.9% | 2021 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 7 | Mexico | 80.8% | 2022 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 8 | Guyana | 76.2% | 2012 | up 19.2% | flat |
| 9 | India | 75.7% | 2005 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 10 | Cameroon | 74.6% | 2013 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 11 | Ghana | 73.6% | 2012 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 12 | Kuwait | 71.6% | 2014 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 13 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 71.4% | 2014 | up 14.3% | flat |
| 14 | Guatemala | 71.1% | 2024 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 15 | Romania | 70.9% | 2022 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 16 | Belarus | 70.6% | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 17 | Cyprus | 70.6% | 2022 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 18 | Uruguay | 70.5% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 19 | Ireland | 70.1% | 2015 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 20 | Portugal | 69.3% | 2022 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 21 | Malaysia | 69.2% | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 69.2% | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 23 | Senegal | 69.1% | 2022 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 24 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 68.3% | 2024 | up 30.6% | falling |
| 25 | South Africa | 68.1% | 2024 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 26 | Spain | 67.3% | 2022 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 27 | Azerbaijan | 65.4% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 28 | Belgium | 64.6% | 2022 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 29 | Benin | 63.4% | 2015 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 30 | Italy | 62.5% | 2022 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 31 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 62.3% | 2021 | up 130.0% | rising |
| 32 | San Marino | 62.2% | 2023 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 33 | Nepal | 60.7% | 2015 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 34 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 59.6% | 2002 | — | falling |
| 35 | Luxembourg | 59.1% | 2022 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 36 | Argentina | 59.0% | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 37 | Oman | 58.8% | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 38 | Peru | 58.5% | 2024 | up 63.1% | falling |
| 39 | Saint Lucia | 58.1% | 2015 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 55.8% | 2022 | up 60.4% | rising |
| 41 | Maldives | 54.7% | 2015 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 42 | Rwanda | 54.3% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 43 | Czechia | 52.5% | 2022 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 44 | Slovenia | 52.2% | 2007 | — | rising |
| 45 | Iceland | 52.2% | 2022 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 46 | Paraguay | 51.3% | 2024 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 47 | Switzerland | 50.6% | 2022 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 48 | Slovakia | 49.9% | 2022 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 49 | Niger | 48.3% | 2018 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 50 | Chile | 48.2% | 2022 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 51 | United States of America | 47.9% | 2021 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 52 | Jordan | 47.3% | 2024 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 53 | Jamaica | 46.7% | 2024 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 54 | Lithuania | 46.4% | 2022 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 55 | Bulgaria | 45.3% | 2022 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 56 | Andorra | 43.6% | 2023 | up 32.1% | falling |
| 57 | Malta | 42.9% | 2022 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 58 | France | 42.3% | 2022 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 59 | Finland | 41.5% | 2022 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | 40.1% | 2023 | up 28.3% | falling |
| 61 | Republic of Korea | 37.1% | 2022 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 62 | Austria | 36.0% | 2022 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 63 | Kenya | 34.3% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 64 | South Sudan | 28.8% | 2024 | up 170.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Republic of Moldova | 27.6% | 2015 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 66 | Mali | 19.6% | 2021 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Burundi | 0.0% | 2012 | — | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release