All staff compensation as % of total expenditure in 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 primary public institutions (%) is currently reported for 103 countries. The highest value is 96.3% in Malawi; the lowest is 5.1% in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 77.0%, and the mean is 76.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19.
Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Madagascar (up 89.5%), and the largest decrease in Seychelles (down 93.1%).
All staff compensation as % of total expenditure in primary public: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malawi | 96.3% | 2016 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 2 | Namibia | 96.2% | 2017 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 3 | Senegal | 95.9% | 2018 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 4 | Togo | 94.8% | 2016 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 5 | Comoros | 94.1% | 2017 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 6 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 94.0% | 2018 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 7 | Aruba | 93.7% | 2016 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 8 | El Salvador | 93.3% | 2017 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 9 | Guinea | 92.9% | 2019 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 10 | Cote d'Ivoire | 92.7% | 2018 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 11 | Saint Lucia | 92.2% | 2018 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 12 | Portugal | 91.9% | 2017 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 13 | Mexico | 91.5% | 2017 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 14 | Zambia | 91.4% | 2017 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 15 | Colombia | 91.3% | 2018 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 16 | Niger | 91.1% | 2017 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 17 | Eritrea | 91.1% | 2005 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 18 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 90.7% | 2018 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 19 | Malta | 88.8% | 2017 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 20 | Monaco | 88.7% | 2019 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 21 | British Virgin Islands | 86.7% | 2010 | up 20.7% | flat |
| 22 | Cape Verde | 86.1% | 2016 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 23 | Ghana | 85.3% | 2014 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 24 | Cyprus | 85.0% | 2017 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 25 | Gabon | 84.5% | 2014 | — | rising |
| 26 | Serbia | 83.3% | 2015 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 27 | India | 83.1% | 2005 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 28 | Uruguay | 82.9% | 2018 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 29 | Belgium | 82.4% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 30 | Laos | 82.1% | 2014 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 31 | Gambia | 82.1% | 2013 | up 73.1% | rising |
| 32 | Romania | 81.8% | 2017 | up 29.7% | flat |
| 33 | Argentina | 81.7% | 2017 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 34 | Ecuador | 81.6% | 2018 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 35 | Afghanistan | 81.3% | 2017 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 36 | Thailand | 81.0% | 2014 | — | falling |
| 37 | Mali | 80.9% | 2017 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 38 | Dominica | 80.3% | 2015 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 39 | Cuba | 79.8% | 2010 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 40 | Philippines | 79.4% | 2009 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 41 | Barbados | 79.0% | 2016 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 42 | Jordan | 78.9% | 2019 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 43 | South Africa | 78.9% | 2019 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 44 | Guatemala | 78.9% | 2019 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 45 | Cameroon | 78.9% | 2013 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 46 | Kenya | 78.7% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 47 | Burkina Faso | 78.5% | 2016 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 48 | Vanuatu | 77.8% | 2017 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 49 | Jamaica | 77.5% | 2019 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 50 | Spain | 77.3% | 2017 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 51 | Kuwait | 77.3% | 2014 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 52 | United Kingdom | 77.0% | 2017 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 53 | Germany | 77.0% | 2017 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 54 | Lithuania | 76.9% | 2017 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 55 | Costa Rica | 76.6% | 2019 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 76.4% | 2019 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 57 | Italy | 76.1% | 2017 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 58 | Brazil | 75.8% | 2017 | up 13.5% | flat |
| 59 | Slovakia | 75.8% | 2017 | up 12.4% | flat |
| 60 | Liechtenstein | 75.5% | 2014 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 61 | Nepal | 75.4% | 2015 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 62 | Ethiopia | 75.2% | 2015 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 63 | Ireland | 75.1% | 2017 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 64 | Slovenia | 74.8% | 2017 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 65 | Bulgaria | 74.8% | 2017 | up 29.7% | flat |
| 66 | Switzerland | 74.1% | 2017 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 67 | Mongolia | 74.1% | 2017 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 68 | Australia | 74.1% | 2017 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 69 | Morocco | 73.8% | 2009 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 70 | United States | 73.7% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 71 | Denmark | 73.5% | 2017 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 72 | Japan | 73.5% | 2017 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 73 | Luxembourg | 73.4% | 2017 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 74 | Madagascar | 73.3% | 2013 | up 89.5% | rising |
| 75 | Hungary | 72.7% | 2017 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 76 | Indonesia | 72.3% | 2015 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 77 | Netherlands | 71.6% | 2017 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 78 | Iceland | 71.0% | 2017 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 79 | Norway | 70.9% | 2017 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 80 | Israel | 70.7% | 2017 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 81 | Poland | 70.4% | 2017 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 82 | Paraguay | 70.2% | 2016 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 83 | Benin | 70.0% | 2015 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 84 | Austria | 69.5% | 2017 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 85 | Peru | 69.4% | 2019 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 86 | Moldova | 69.3% | 2018 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 87 | Latvia | 69.1% | 2017 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 88 | Maldives | 68.1% | 2019 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 89 | Rwanda | 67.6% | 2018 | up 17.4% | flat |
| 90 | Estonia | 67.3% | 2017 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 91 | Malaysia | 67.1% | 2019 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 92 | Sweden | 66.4% | 2017 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 93 | Uganda | 62.9% | 2014 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 94 | Sri Lanka | 62.6% | 2018 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 95 | Vietnam | 62.5% | 2013 | — | flat |
| 96 | Chile | 60.8% | 2017 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 97 | Guyana | 60.7% | 2012 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 98 | Andorra | 58.7% | 2019 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 99 | Czechia | 58.0% | 2017 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 100 | Finland | 54.8% | 2017 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 101 | East Timor | 51.0% | 2014 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 102 | Sierra Leone | 42.4% | 2019 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 103 | Seychelles | 5.1% | 2016 | down 93.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 79.7%
- European Union 73.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean 77.3%
- Euro area 76.1%
- South Asia 75.4%
- North America 74.7%
- High income 72.5%
- OECD members 72.3%
- Europe & Central Asia 72.2%
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/