All staff compensation as % of total expenditure in post-secondary non-tertiary public institutions (%) by country

All staff (teacher and non-teachers) compensation expressed as a percentage of direct expenditure in public educational institutions (instructional and non-instructional) of the specified level of education. Financial aid to students and other transfers are excluded from direct expenditure. Staff compensation...

Countries reporting
53
Highest
100.0%
Luxembourg
Lowest
0.0%
Andorra
Median
59.7%
Years covered
25
1995–2019
Data points
555

What the numbers show

All staff compensation as % of total expenditure in post-secondary non-tertiary public institutions (%) is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Luxembourg; the lowest is 0.0% in Andorra.

The median across all reporting countries is 59.7%, and the mean is 54.4%.

Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Cuba (up 581.3%), and the largest decrease in Barbados (down 100.0%).

All staff compensation as % of total expenditure in post-secondary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Luxembourg 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 98.1% 2010 up 98.0% rising
3 Morocco 90.0% 2008 up 10.5% rising
4 Senegal 82.3% 2014 up 17.6% rising
5 Romania 78.2% 2017 up 76.5% rising
6 Switzerland 77.6% 2007 up 4.6% flat
7 Kyrgyzstan 75.8% 2017 up 43.1% rising
8 Germany 75.1% 2017 up 0.8% falling
9 Greece 71.2% 2017 up 135.5% volatile
10 Bangladesh 70.7% 2019 up 96.9% rising
11 Iceland 70.2% 2017 down 4.8% rising
12 Slovakia 70.1% 2017 rising
13 Lithuania 69.9% 2017 up 14.8% falling
14 Peru 69.6% 2011 down 3.9% rising
15 Czechia 68.5% 2017 up 20.2% rising
16 Malaysia 67.5% 2013 up 152.1% volatile
17 Hungary 66.9% 2017 down 3.9% rising
18 Netherlands 65.6% 2015 down 0.6% flat
19 Mongolia 65.6% 2017 up 46.5% rising
20 Cuba 64.9% 2010 up 581.3% rising
21 Sweden 63.2% 2017 down 4.9% rising
22 Norway 63.1% 2017 down 11.8% falling
23 Estonia 62.8% 2017 up 32.2% rising
24 Republic of Moldova 60.8% 2018 up 35.8% rising
25 Kenya 60.7% 2015 falling
26 Belarus 59.9% 2017 up 17.1% rising
27 Latvia 59.7% 2017 down 2.1% falling
28 Malta 59.3% 2017 up 39.4% rising
29 Gabon 59.2% 2014 volatile
30 Afghanistan 58.2% 2017 up 21.7% flat
31 Malawi 55.2% 2016 up 408.5% volatile
32 Jamaica 54.9% 2019 down 44.1% falling
33 Seychelles 51.8% 2016 up 2.6% falling
34 Kazakhstan 49.7% 2013 down 2.1% flat
35 Maldives 47.0% 2016 down 8.3% falling
36 South Africa 46.4% 2019 down 3.1% falling
37 Australia 45.9% 2017 down 29.2% falling
38 Poland 44.8% 2017 down 1.8% falling
39 Ireland 42.5% 2017 down 37.9% falling
40 Azerbaijan 42.4% 2018 down 23.1% falling
41 Ethiopia 40.0% 2015 up 55.0% rising
42 Sierra Leone 39.5% 2019 down 52.2% falling
43 Lao People's Democratic Republic 36.1% 2014 up 46.8% rising
44 Philippines 32.8% 2009 down 53.8% falling
45 Niger 28.1% 2017 down 61.0% volatile
46 Italy 26.0% 2015 up 443.1% volatile
47 Guyana 23.7% 2012 down 59.2% falling
48 Bulgaria 21.4% 2017 down 72.9% falling
49 Austria 19.9% 2017 down 61.7% falling
50 Eritrea 17.6% 2005 down 1.1% falling
51 Sri Lanka 15.6% 2018 down 64.4% falling
52 Barbados 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% falling
52 Andorra 0.0% 2012 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
All staff compensation as % of total expenditure in post-secondary non-tertiary public institutions (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
53 places, 555 data points, 1995–2019
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All staff (teacher and non-teachers) compensation expressed as a percentage of direct expenditure in public educational institutions (instructional and non-instructional) of the specified level of education. Financial aid to students and other transfers are excluded from direct expenditure. Staff compensation includes salaries, contributions by employers for staff retirement programmes, and other allowances and benefits. Divide all staff compensation in public institutions of a given level of education (ex. primary, secondary, or all levels combined) by total expenditure (current and capital) in public institutions of the same level of education, and multiply by 100. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/