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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in upper secondary public institutions (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
72 places, 897 data points, 1998–2024
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release