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All staff compensation as % of total expenditure in 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). Financial aid to students and other transfers are excluded from direct expenditure. Staff compensation includes salaries, contributions by...

Countries reporting
101
Highest
97.6%
Lebanon
Lowest
17.2%
Guinea
Median
69.5%
Years covered
22
1998–2019
Data points
1,290

What the numbers show

All staff compensation as % of total expenditure in public institutions (%) is currently reported for 101 countries. The highest value is 97.6% in Lebanon; the lowest is 17.2% in Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 69.5%, and the mean is 68.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 44 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 81.9%), and the largest decrease in Guinea (down 70.8%).

All staff compensation as % of total expenditure in public: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lebanon 97.6% 2013 up 3.1% flat
2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 94.4% 2010 up 50.6% rising
3 Aruba 93.0% 2016 up 2.6% rising
4 El Salvador 92.0% 2017 up 48.8% rising
5 Togo 90.5% 2016 down 1.6% rising
6 Albania 87.7% 2018 up 9.8% rising
7 India 86.2% 2005 down 5.2% falling
8 Mexico 84.7% 2017 down 0.8% falling
9 Colombia 83.1% 2018 up 15.3% flat
10 Russian Federation 82.9% 2017 up 24.8% rising
11 Cape Verde 82.8% 2016 up 0.5% flat
12 Portugal 82.3% 2017 down 0.9% falling
13 Argentina 82.1% 2017 down 7.0% falling
14 Uruguay 81.8% 2018 up 2.1% rising
15 Belgium 80.9% 2017 down 1.7% falling
16 Cyprus 80.2% 2017 up 2.8% flat
17 Côte d'Ivoire 80.0% 2018 up 13.7% rising
18 Vanuatu 78.0% 2017 down 10.8% rising
19 Burundi 77.6% 2012 up 6.8% falling
20 Jamaica 77.2% 2019 down 17.0% falling
21 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 76.9% 2017 up 5.7% rising
22 Paraguay 76.8% 2016 down 2.3% flat
23 Spain 76.3% 2017 up 7.9% flat
24 Malta 75.8% 2017 up 5.0% flat
25 Croatia 75.2% 2017 up 17.4% rising
26 Turks and Caicos Islands 74.6% 2018 up 7.4% rising
27 Brazil 74.6% 2017 up 8.1% flat
28 Türkiye 74.6% 2006 down 1.2% falling
29 Denmark 74.5% 2017 down 3.5% rising
30 Sierra Leone 74.3% 2011 — flat
31 Switzerland 74.1% 2016 down 1.8% flat
32 Israel 73.9% 2017 down 0.9% rising
33 Luxembourg 73.7% 2017 up 3.3% flat
34 Philippines 73.4% 2009 down 15.0% falling
35 Germany 73.3% 2017 up 1.7% flat
36 Ghana 73.3% 2014 up 7.7% falling
37 Armenia 73.0% 2017 up 31.2% rising
38 Lithuania 72.8% 2017 up 5.9% falling
39 Lao People's Democratic Republic 72.6% 2014 up 21.5% rising
40 Bulgaria 72.6% 2017 up 23.3% rising
41 Italy 71.9% 2017 down 3.0% flat
42 Niger 71.8% 2017 up 9.9% falling
43 Slovenia 71.6% 2017 up 3.9% flat
44 Afghanistan 71.4% 2015 down 1.3% flat
45 Jordan 70.9% 2019 — rising
46 Kyrgyzstan 70.7% 2017 up 19.2% rising
47 South Africa 70.6% 2019 up 1.1% falling
48 Romania 69.8% 2017 up 70.7% rising
49 Benin 69.5% 2015 down 4.7% rising
50 Japan 69.5% 2017 down 1.1% flat
51 Azerbaijan 69.5% 2018 up 4.9% falling
52 Mongolia 69.3% 2017 up 25.7% volatile
53 Netherlands 68.9% 2017 up 1.5% flat
54 Poland 68.9% 2017 up 11.8% rising
55 Canada 68.8% 2013 down 2.4% falling
56 Kazakhstan 68.7% 2018 up 20.7% rising
57 Norway 68.2% 2017 up 3.0% flat
58 Senegal 67.8% 2016 down 3.3% falling
59 Austria 67.6% 2017 down 5.9% falling
60 Latvia 67.5% 2017 up 4.8% falling
61 Madagascar 67.4% 2013 up 53.8% rising
62 Guatemala 67.3% 2019 up 3.3% flat
63 Monaco 67.3% 2019 down 22.8% falling
64 Greece 67.3% 2005 up 4.8% flat
65 Belarus 67.0% 2017 up 4.0% flat
66 Hungary 66.9% 2017 down 6.5% flat
67 Slovakia 66.8% 2017 up 10.2% falling
68 Sweden 66.0% 2017 up 2.9% rising
69 Iceland 65.2% 2017 down 6.0% falling
70 Republic of Moldova 64.9% 2018 up 16.7% flat
71 Malaysia 64.3% 2019 down 6.5% rising
72 Nepal 64.1% 2015 down 7.3% flat
73 Indonesia 64.1% 2015 up 12.3% rising
74 Estonia 64.0% 2017 up 13.6% rising
75 Guyana 62.9% 2012 up 15.7% rising
76 Thailand 62.5% 2014 — rising
77 Peru 61.0% 2019 down 7.7% falling
78 Serbia 61.0% 2018 down 16.6% falling
79 Kenya 60.9% 2015 — flat
80 Maldives 60.8% 2016 down 19.6% falling
81 Mali 59.0% 2017 down 9.6% flat
82 Cuba 58.6% 2010 up 4.6% flat
83 Macao 57.2% 2018 down 4.9% rising
84 Barbados 57.1% 2017 down 30.4% falling
85 Czechia 56.7% 2017 up 7.2% falling
86 Finland 55.1% 2017 down 8.7% falling
87 Bangladesh 55.0% 2019 down 8.0% falling
88 Chile 54.9% 2017 down 29.1% rising
89 Ireland 53.6% 2017 down 26.7% flat
90 Sri Lanka 50.7% 2018 down 32.5% falling
91 Gambia 50.4% 2012 — flat
92 Timor-Leste 49.5% 2014 down 11.7% rising
93 Guinea-Bissau 48.3% 2013 up 81.9% rising
94 Viet Nam 46.9% 2013 — flat
95 Ethiopia 45.2% 2015 down 11.9% falling
96 Rwanda 42.2% 2016 down 28.2% rising
97 Uganda 39.1% 2014 down 37.7% falling
98 Djibouti 38.8% 2007 up 1.5% rising
99 Andorra 36.5% 2019 down 32.0% falling
100 Seychelles 30.2% 2016 down 46.7% falling
101 Guinea 17.2% 2019 down 70.8% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
All staff compensation as % of total expenditure in public institutions (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
108 places, 1,290 data points, 1998–2019
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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). 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 by total expenditure (current and capital) in public institutions, and multiply by 100. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/