Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in primary public institutions (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
82
Highest
100.0%
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Lowest
36.1%
Sri Lanka
Median
64.7%
Years covered
27
1998–2024
Data points
1,035

What the numbers show

Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in primary public institutions (%) is currently reported for 82 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Saint Kitts and Nevis; the lowest is 36.1% in Sri Lanka.

The median across all reporting countries is 64.7%, and the mean is 66.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 446.8%), and the largest decrease in Sierra Leone (down 50.8%).

Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 100.0% 2021 up 49.2% rising
1 Montserrat 58.5% 2019 rising
2 Cape Verde 95.1% 2019 up 26.9% rising
3 Greece 90.7% 2022 up 2.3% flat
4 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 89.3% 2018 down 0.7% rising
5 Cayman Islands 88.5% 2023 flat
6 Niger 87.8% 2017 up 37.8% rising
7 Azerbaijan 87.3% 2023 rising
8 Uruguay 85.7% 2023 rising
9 Ecuador 83.7% 2024 up 10.4% flat
10 Mexico 83.6% 2022 down 0.8% flat
11 Guinea 83.0% 2020 up 52.5% rising
12 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 82.4% 2024 up 12.9% rising
13 Barbados 81.7% 2022 up 12.2% rising
14 Romania 81.6% 2022 up 13.7% rising
15 Vanuatu 80.8% 2020 down 8.6% falling
16 Gambia 80.6% 2013 up 119.0% rising
17 Togo 80.1% 2024 down 5.9% rising
18 Cyprus 78.3% 2022 up 10.4% rising
19 Côte d'Ivoire 78.3% 2024 up 31.8% rising
20 Portugal 77.1% 2022 up 13.6% flat
21 Mali 77.1% 2021 up 28.6% rising
22 India 75.7% 2005 down 1.2% falling
23 British Virgin Islands 75.5% 2010 up 20.0% rising
24 Lao People's Democratic Republic 75.1% 2014 up 37.5% rising
25 Denmark 74.7% 2021 up 22.8% rising
26 Jordan 74.5% 2024 down 8.4% falling
27 Iran, Islamic Republic of 74.5% 2022 down 1.6% falling
28 Kenya 74.1% 2015 rising
29 Cameroon 72.6% 2013 up 8.9% rising
30 Guatemala 72.5% 2024 down 22.0% falling
31 Jamaica 72.4% 2024 down 5.1% falling
32 Saint Lucia 72.3% 2023 up 15.0% falling
33 Kuwait 72.0% 2014 down 4.5% falling
34 Senegal 71.6% 2022 down 6.6% flat
35 Nepal 70.9% 2015 down 0.8% flat
36 Costa Rica 69.2% 2023 down 2.0% flat
37 Spain 67.1% 2022 up 1.3% falling
38 Turks and Caicos Islands 67.0% 2022 rising
39 Andorra 66.8% 2023 up 43.6% rising
40 Argentina 65.2% 2023 down 4.9% rising
41 South Africa 65.0% 2024 down 12.0% falling
42 Malaysia 64.5% 2021 down 15.1% rising
43 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 64.0% 2021 up 25.6% rising
44 San Marino 63.6% 2023 down 31.9% falling
45 Bulgaria 63.5% 2022 up 10.1% rising
46 Uganda 62.7% 2014 up 446.8% rising
47 Dominican Republic 62.2% 2023 up 62.6% falling
48 Burkina Faso 62.1% 2016 up 73.6% rising
49 Rwanda 62.0% 2024 up 10.3% flat
50 Afghanistan 61.8% 2017 down 4.8% falling
51 Benin 61.4% 2015 down 10.4% falling
52 Ireland 60.7% 2021 down 13.7% falling
53 Guyana 60.7% 2012 down 7.2% flat
54 Belgium 60.2% 2022 down 2.4% flat
55 Italy 59.2% 2022 down 0.9% falling
56 Chad 59.1% 2024 up 8.3% rising
57 Switzerland 58.9% 2022 down 1.0% falling
58 Oman 58.8% 2024 up 1.7% rising
59 Luxembourg 58.8% 2022 down 6.3% falling
60 Slovakia 58.0% 2022 up 19.6% rising
61 Paraguay 55.1% 2024 down 7.9% falling
62 Ghana 54.8% 2012 down 3.7% rising
63 France 54.7% 2022 down 2.3% flat
64 Maldives 54.7% 2015 down 18.9% falling
65 Austria 54.6% 2022 down 9.8% falling
66 Armenia 54.4% 2023 up 77.0% rising
67 Peru 53.9% 2024 up 25.7% falling
68 Chile 52.4% 2022 down 35.4% falling
69 Sweden 51.8% 2022 up 5.0% rising
70 Lithuania 51.5% 2022 down 17.3% falling
71 New Zealand 51.1% 2023 down 11.7% falling
72 Iceland 49.2% 2022 down 1.1% flat
73 United States of America 47.9% 2021 down 3.8% flat
74 Republic of Moldova 45.1% 2015 up 16.7% falling
75 Republic of Korea 44.3% 2022 down 7.8% falling
76 Finland 44.2% 2022 down 12.8% falling
77 Sierra Leone 42.9% 2022 down 50.8% falling
78 Czechia 40.5% 2022 up 2.7% falling
79 Estonia 39.2% 2022 rising
80 Malta 36.2% 2022 down 49.8% falling
81 Sri Lanka 36.1% 2017 down 49.4% falling

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Indicator
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in primary public institutions (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
82 places, 1,035 data points, 1998–2024
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February 2026 Data Release