Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in upper secondary public institutions (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
72
Highest
93.9%
Cayman Islands
Lowest
17.3%
Uganda
Median
61.5%
Years covered
27
1998–2024
Data points
897
What the numbers show
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in upper secondary public institutions (%) is currently reported for 72 countries. The highest value is 93.9% in Cayman Islands; the lowest is 17.3% in Uganda.
The median across all reporting countries is 61.5%, and the mean is 61.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 129.2%), and the largest decrease in South Sudan (down 61.0%).
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 93.9% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 2 | Azerbaijan | 91.5% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 3 | Greece | 88.7% | 2022 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 4 | Uruguay | 87.8% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 5 | Ecuador | 83.7% | 2024 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 6 | Guinea | 83.0% | 2020 | up 72.9% | falling |
| 7 | Cyprus | 82.6% | 2022 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 8 | Iran | 82.5% | 2022 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 9 | Togo | 81.9% | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 10 | Gambia | 80.9% | 2013 | up 129.2% | rising |
| 11 | Bolivia | 80.5% | 2024 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 12 | Croatia | 80.2% | 2020 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 13 | Denmark | 79.0% | 2021 | up 59.4% | rising |
| 14 | Chad | 78.3% | 2021 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 15 | Laos | 75.8% | 2014 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 16 | India | 75.7% | 2005 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 17 | Senegal | 75.4% | 2022 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 18 | Vanuatu | 75.0% | 2020 | — | rising |
| 19 | San Marino | 73.9% | 2023 | up 72.4% | rising |
| 20 | Kuwait | 73.8% | 2014 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 21 | Portugal | 70.9% | 2022 | up 19.8% | falling |
| 22 | Spain | 69.8% | 2022 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 23 | Switzerland | 69.3% | 2022 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 24 | Luxembourg | 68.1% | 2022 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 25 | Costa Rica | 68.1% | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 26 | Romania | 66.7% | 2022 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 27 | Paraguay | 65.5% | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 28 | Saint Lucia | 65.4% | 2023 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 29 | Jordan | 64.0% | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 30 | Bulgaria | 63.6% | 2022 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 31 | Belgium | 63.3% | 2022 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 32 | Austria | 62.8% | 2022 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 33 | Afghanistan | 62.5% | 2017 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 34 | South Africa | 62.1% | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 35 | United Kingdom | 62.1% | 2021 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 36 | Jamaica | 61.6% | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 37 | Kenya | 61.4% | 2015 | — | rising |
| 38 | Rwanda | 60.4% | 2024 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 39 | Iceland | 60.1% | 2022 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 40 | Oman | 58.8% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 41 | Dominican Republic | 58.8% | 2023 | up 33.7% | falling |
| 42 | Argentina | 58.5% | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 43 | Mexico | 58.0% | 2022 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 44 | Guatemala | 57.6% | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 45 | Canada | 57.5% | 2022 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 46 | Slovenia | 56.7% | 2007 | — | falling |
| 47 | Sierra Leone | 56.1% | 2022 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 48 | Albania | 55.8% | 2020 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 49 | France | 54.7% | 2022 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 50 | Italy | 54.4% | 2022 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 51 | Armenia | 53.7% | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 52 | Cote d'Ivoire | 52.5% | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 53 | Estonia | 50.9% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 54 | Ghana | 49.4% | 2012 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 55 | Malta | 49.1% | 2022 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 56 | Sweden | 48.5% | 2022 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 57 | Nepal | 48.3% | 2015 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 58 | United States | 47.9% | 2021 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 59 | Slovakia | 47.2% | 2022 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 60 | Ireland | 46.6% | 2021 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 61 | Maldives | 46.5% | 2015 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 62 | Lithuania | 46.1% | 2022 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 63 | South Korea | 45.9% | 2022 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 64 | Chile | 45.1% | 2022 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 65 | Moldova | 44.6% | 2015 | up 18.4% | flat |
| 66 | Czechia | 43.8% | 2022 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 67 | Finland | 43.4% | 2022 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 68 | Sri Lanka | 37.2% | 2017 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 69 | Andorra | 35.9% | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 70 | Mali | 29.9% | 2021 | up 44.6% | flat |
| 71 | South Sudan | 28.7% | 2024 | down 61.0% | falling |
| 72 | Uganda | 17.3% | 2014 | up 74.0% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release