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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
81
Highest
92.6%
Azerbaijan
Lowest
18.4%
Bangladesh
Median
63.2%
Years covered
27
1998–2024
Data points
1,019

What the numbers show

Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in secondary public institutions (%) is currently reported for 81 countries. The highest value is 92.6% in Azerbaijan; the lowest is 18.4% in Bangladesh.

The median across all reporting countries is 63.2%, and the mean is 62.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Denmark (up 124.0%), and the largest decrease in Uganda (down 73.8%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Azerbaijan 92.6% 2023 rising
1 Montserrat 79.9% 2019 rising
2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 91.4% 2018 down 2.4% rising
3 Cayman Islands 89.9% 2023 rising
4 Greece 89.8% 2022 up 2.4% flat
5 Barbados 86.4% 2022 down 9.0% rising
6 Uruguay 85.6% 2023 rising
7 Ecuador 83.7% 2024 up 10.4% flat
8 Guinea 83.0% 2020 up 64.8% falling
9 Iran, Islamic Republic of 82.4% 2022 up 1.5% flat
10 Cyprus 82.2% 2022 up 1.9% rising
11 Togo 80.9% 2024 up 11.6% falling
12 Gambia 80.3% 2013 up 81.6% rising
13 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 80.3% 2024 up 26.7% rising
14 Denmark 77.1% 2021 up 124.0% rising
15 India 75.7% 2005 down 1.2% flat
16 Kuwait 75.1% 2014 up 1.4% falling
17 Vanuatu 75.0% 2020 down 14.9% rising
18 San Marino 72.6% 2023 up 9.2% rising
19 Senegal 71.9% 2022 up 20.5% rising
20 Spain 71.8% 2022 up 2.0% rising
21 Jordan 71.6% 2024 down 5.8% falling
22 Cape Verde 71.2% 2019 down 1.0% rising
23 Portugal 70.9% 2022 up 17.7% falling
24 Mexico 70.2% 2021 down 7.9% falling
25 Lao People's Democratic Republic 69.8% 2014 up 15.6% rising
26 Luxembourg 68.1% 2022 down 2.6% rising
27 Switzerland 67.9% 2022 up 0.2% flat
28 Albania 67.7% 2020 down 7.7% flat
29 Costa Rica 67.6% 2023 down 13.3% falling
30 Paraguay 67.5% 2024 up 3.4% flat
31 Romania 66.6% 2022 up 2.8% rising
32 British Virgin Islands 65.9% 2015 down 25.1% falling
33 Kenya 65.7% 2015 flat
34 Benin 65.6% 2015 up 12.5% rising
35 Saint Lucia 65.4% 2023 down 5.3% falling
36 Belgium 65.2% 2022 down 10.2% falling
37 South Africa 64.2% 2024 down 20.2% falling
38 Italy 63.8% 2022 up 5.3% flat
39 Austria 63.5% 2022 down 3.1% falling
40 Bulgaria 63.2% 2022 up 9.5% rising
41 Jamaica 62.6% 2024 up 0.0% falling
42 Afghanistan 62.3% 2017 down 4.0% falling
43 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 62.2% 2021 up 10.6% rising
44 Malaysia 62.2% 2021 down 15.4% rising
45 Guyana 62.0% 2012 up 10.8% rising
46 Turks and Caicos Islands 60.5% 2022 falling
47 Cameroon 59.2% 2012 flat
48 Oman 58.8% 2024 up 2.0% rising
49 Ghana 58.8% 2012 up 16.6% rising
50 Andorra 58.7% 2023 up 32.2% rising
51 Argentina 58.7% 2023 down 5.5% falling
52 Rwanda 58.5% 2024 up 29.2% rising
53 Guatemala 58.0% 2024 down 21.7% falling
54 Côte d'Ivoire 55.9% 2024 up 1.4% rising
55 Armenia 54.4% 2023 down 3.5% falling
56 Dominican Republic 53.8% 2023 up 27.8% falling
57 France 53.2% 2022 down 3.5% flat
58 Slovakia 52.6% 2022 up 0.3% falling
59 Iceland 52.5% 2022 up 5.8% rising
60 Sierra Leone 51.8% 2022 down 33.2% falling
61 Cambodia 51.0% 2014 up 71.3% rising
62 Sweden 50.1% 2022 up 5.1% rising
63 Lithuania 50.0% 2022 down 15.2% falling
64 Nepal 49.7% 2015 down 19.8% falling
65 Maldives 49.3% 2015 down 23.4% falling
66 Malta 49.0% 2022 down 12.9% falling
67 Republic of Moldova 48.0% 2015 up 15.7% flat
68 United States of America 47.9% 2021 down 3.8% flat
69 Ireland 47.9% 2021 down 27.9% falling
70 Peru 47.5% 2024 up 9.1% falling
71 Republic of Korea 45.8% 2022 down 11.1% falling
72 Finland 44.0% 2022 down 6.5% falling
73 Estonia 43.2% 2022 rising
74 Chile 42.1% 2022 down 47.6% falling
75 Czechia 42.1% 2022 up 4.7% falling
76 Mali 38.9% 2021 up 5.2% falling
77 Sri Lanka 37.2% 2017 down 41.8% falling
78 South Sudan 26.7% 2024 down 56.6% falling
79 Uganda 18.8% 2014 down 73.8% volatile
80 Bangladesh 18.4% 2020 down 69.2% falling

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Indicator
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in secondary public institutions (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
81 places, 1,019 data points, 1998–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release