All staff compensation as % of total expenditure in pre-primary 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...
What the numbers show
All staff compensation as % of total expenditure in pre-primary public institutions (%) is currently reported for 88 countries. The highest value is 99.4% in Niger; the lowest is 21.7% in Mali.
The median across all reporting countries is 72.9%, and the mean is 71.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 113.7%), and the largest decrease in Mali (down 49.2%).
All staff compensation as % of total expenditure in pre-primary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 99.4% | 2017 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 2 | Thailand | 98.9% | 2014 | — | flat |
| 3 | Comoros | 95.5% | 2015 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 4 | El Salvador | 95.2% | 2017 | up 113.7% | rising |
| 5 | Cote d'Ivoire | 95.0% | 2018 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 6 | Aruba | 94.9% | 2016 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 7 | Togo | 94.7% | 2016 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 8 | Guinea | 92.4% | 2019 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Mexico | 91.4% | 2011 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 10 | Burkina Faso | 91.1% | 2016 | — | rising |
| 11 | Malta | 88.8% | 2017 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 12 | Ghana | 88.3% | 2014 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 86.7% | 2019 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 14 | Gabon | 86.2% | 2014 | — | flat |
| 15 | Colombia | 85.4% | 2018 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 16 | Kuwait | 83.2% | 2014 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 17 | India | 83.1% | 2005 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 18 | Ecuador | 81.6% | 2018 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 19 | Portugal | 81.4% | 2017 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 20 | Argentina | 81.4% | 2017 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 21 | Cameroon | 81.0% | 2013 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 22 | Ireland | 80.7% | 2015 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 23 | Belgium | 80.2% | 2017 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 24 | Norway | 80.1% | 2017 | up 11.2% | flat |
| 25 | Guatemala | 79.8% | 2019 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 26 | Barbados | 78.6% | 2005 | — | rising |
| 27 | Laos | 78.4% | 2014 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 28 | Cyprus | 77.8% | 2017 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 29 | Denmark | 77.5% | 2017 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 30 | Burundi | 77.3% | 2013 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 31 | Italy | 77.0% | 2017 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 32 | Spain | 76.9% | 2017 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 33 | Guyana | 76.2% | 2012 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 34 | Hungary | 75.2% | 2017 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 35 | Romania | 75.0% | 2017 | up 37.8% | flat |
| 36 | Liechtenstein | 74.0% | 2014 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 37 | Uruguay | 73.9% | 2018 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 38 | United States | 73.7% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 39 | Croatia | 73.5% | 2017 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Brazil | 73.4% | 2011 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 41 | Israel | 73.4% | 2017 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 42 | Luxembourg | 73.4% | 2017 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 43 | United Kingdom | 73.1% | 2017 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 44 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 73.1% | 2002 | — | rising |
| 45 | Japan | 72.7% | 2017 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 46 | Benin | 72.4% | 2015 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 47 | Germany | 71.7% | 2017 | up 15.2% | flat |
| 48 | Netherlands | 71.4% | 2017 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 49 | Slovenia | 71.4% | 2017 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 50 | Monaco | 71.3% | 2019 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 51 | Sweden | 71.3% | 2017 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 52 | Malaysia | 71.2% | 2019 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 53 | Kyrgyzstan | 71.0% | 2017 | up 71.3% | rising |
| 54 | Lithuania | 70.4% | 2017 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 55 | Switzerland | 70.0% | 2017 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 56 | Paraguay | 68.8% | 2016 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 57 | Cuba | 68.7% | 2010 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 58 | South Africa | 68.5% | 2019 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 59 | Maldives | 68.1% | 2019 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 60 | Senegal | 67.4% | 2018 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 61 | Andorra | 67.0% | 2019 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 62 | Austria | 66.7% | 2017 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 63 | Iceland | 66.6% | 2017 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 64 | Mongolia | 66.3% | 2017 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 65 | Latvia | 65.9% | 2017 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 66 | Czechia | 65.9% | 2017 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 67 | Nepal | 65.6% | 2015 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 68 | Jamaica | 64.6% | 2019 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 69 | Bulgaria | 64.3% | 2017 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 70 | Slovakia | 63.1% | 2017 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 71 | Peru | 62.7% | 2019 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 72 | Poland | 62.5% | 2017 | up 67.7% | rising |
| 73 | Belarus | 61.2% | 2017 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 74 | Indonesia | 58.8% | 2014 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 75 | Jordan | 56.8% | 2019 | up 93.8% | falling |
| 76 | Kazakhstan | 55.8% | 2016 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 77 | Seychelles | 54.5% | 2016 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 78 | Serbia | 54.5% | 2018 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 79 | Moldova | 54.5% | 2018 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 80 | Finland | 52.5% | 2017 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 48.7% | 2019 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 82 | Chile | 47.5% | 2017 | down 48.3% | rising |
| 83 | Philippines | 44.5% | 2009 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 84 | Vietnam | 44.5% | 2013 | — | flat |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 43.9% | 2018 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 86 | Ethiopia | 39.9% | 2015 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 87 | Kenya | 34.3% | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Mali | 21.7% | 2017 | down 49.2% | falling |
About this data
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/