All staff compensation as % of total expenditure in upper secondary 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 upper secondary public institutions (%) is currently reported for 86 countries. The highest value is 97.8% in Lebanon; the lowest is 20.4% in Uganda.
The median across all reporting countries is 72.0%, and the mean is 70.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 130.8%), and the largest decrease in Sierra Leone (down 49.1%).
All staff compensation as % of total expenditure in upper secondary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lebanon | 97.8% | 2013 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 2 | Senegal | 95.1% | 2018 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 3 | Comoros | 94.5% | 2015 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 4 | Uruguay | 93.6% | 2018 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 5 | Monaco | 89.6% | 2019 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 6 | Cyprus | 89.0% | 2017 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 7 | Paraguay | 87.9% | 2016 | up 11.4% | flat |
| 8 | Oman | 87.1% | 2018 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 9 | Denmark | 86.2% | 2017 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 10 | Malta | 86.0% | 2017 | up 101.8% | rising |
| 11 | India | 83.1% | 2005 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 12 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 82.8% | 2014 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 13 | Afghanistan | 82.2% | 2017 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 14 | Gambia | 82.1% | 2013 | up 98.7% | rising |
| 15 | Ecuador | 81.6% | 2018 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 16 | Spain | 81.0% | 2017 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 17 | Kuwait | 81.0% | 2014 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 18 | Switzerland | 80.9% | 2016 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 19 | Türkiye | 80.4% | 2010 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 20 | Germany | 79.6% | 2017 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 21 | Jordan | 79.5% | 2019 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 22 | Portugal | 79.5% | 2017 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 23 | Mexico | 79.4% | 2017 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 24 | El Salvador | 79.2% | 2017 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 78.8% | 2017 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 26 | Croatia | 78.8% | 2017 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 27 | Argentina | 78.5% | 2017 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 28 | Luxembourg | 78.4% | 2017 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 29 | Togo | 78.0% | 2016 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 30 | Saint Lucia | 77.7% | 2018 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 31 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 77.5% | 2017 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 32 | Italy | 77.3% | 2016 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 33 | Japan | 77.1% | 2017 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 34 | Colombia | 75.7% | 2018 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 35 | Canada | 75.5% | 2017 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 36 | Lithuania | 75.0% | 2017 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 37 | Brazil | 74.6% | 2017 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 38 | Costa Rica | 74.3% | 2019 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 39 | Malawi | 73.8% | 2016 | up 130.8% | rising |
| 40 | United States of America | 73.7% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 41 | Romania | 73.7% | 2017 | up 23.8% | flat |
| 42 | Hungary | 73.6% | 2017 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 43 | Morocco | 73.3% | 2009 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 44 | Iceland | 70.7% | 2017 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 45 | Jamaica | 70.4% | 2019 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 46 | Poland | 70.4% | 2017 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 47 | Austria | 70.3% | 2017 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 48 | Thailand | 68.9% | 2014 | — | rising |
| 49 | Guatemala | 68.7% | 2019 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 50 | Philippines | 68.4% | 2009 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 51 | Cuba | 68.4% | 2010 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 52 | Netherlands | 68.3% | 2017 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 53 | Slovenia | 68.1% | 2017 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 68.0% | 2018 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 55 | Indonesia | 67.8% | 2015 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 56 | Guinea | 67.1% | 2019 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 57 | Mongolia | 66.2% | 2017 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 58 | Côte d'Ivoire | 65.5% | 2018 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 59 | Slovakia | 65.5% | 2017 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | 65.2% | 2019 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 61 | Latvia | 64.5% | 2017 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 62 | Australia | 64.3% | 2017 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 63 | Rwanda | 63.9% | 2018 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 64 | Kenya | 63.6% | 2015 | — | flat |
| 65 | Estonia | 63.6% | 2017 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 66 | Gabon | 63.5% | 2014 | — | rising |
| 67 | Norway | 63.1% | 2017 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 68 | Serbia | 63.0% | 2018 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 69 | Republic of Moldova | 62.8% | 2018 | up 11.2% | flat |
| 70 | Maldives | 62.5% | 2019 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 71 | Andorra | 62.5% | 2019 | up 115.8% | rising |
| 72 | Sweden | 59.8% | 2017 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 73 | Chile | 57.7% | 2017 | down 32.3% | rising |
| 74 | Ethiopia | 56.4% | 2015 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 75 | Finland | 56.0% | 2017 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 76 | Ireland | 54.0% | 2017 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 77 | Czechia | 51.9% | 2017 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 78 | Nepal | 51.7% | 2015 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 79 | Sierra Leone | 49.8% | 2019 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 80 | Ghana | 48.3% | 2014 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 81 | Kazakhstan | 48.2% | 2016 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 82 | Niger | 46.7% | 2017 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 83 | Albania | 44.1% | 2018 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 84 | Mali | 41.9% | 2017 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 85 | Viet Nam | 40.8% | 2013 | — | rising |
| 86 | Uganda | 20.4% | 2014 | up 104.6% | rising |
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/