Teacher attrition rate from lower secondary education, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
14
Highest
22.9%
Monaco
Lowest
0.8%
Philippines
Median
5.0%
Years covered
13
2013–2025
Data points
583
What the numbers show
Teacher attrition rate from lower secondary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 14 countries. The highest value is 22.9% in Monaco; the lowest is 0.8% in Philippines.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.0%, and the mean is 6.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 29.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Burkina Faso (up 398.5%), and the largest decrease in Macao (down 81.1%).
Teacher attrition rate from lower secondary education, both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 22.9% | 2023 | up 188.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Burkina Faso | 12.2% | 2023 | up 398.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Belarus | 6.8% | 2024 | up 341.6% | rising |
| 4 | Azerbaijan | 6.3% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Qatar | 6.1% | 2024 | down 67.3% | falling |
| 6 | China | 5.9% | 2024 | up 85.5% | rising |
| 7 | Armenia | 5.2% | 2024 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4.8% | 2021 | up 107.1% | rising |
| 9 | Palestine, State of | 4.5% | 2023 | up 155.1% | rising |
| 10 | Ecuador | 3.2% | 2024 | down 79.1% | falling |
| 11 | India | 3.1% | 2025 | up 53.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Viet Nam | 1.4% | 2024 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Macao | 0.9% | 2024 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Philippines | 0.8% | 2024 | up 236.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- ALECSO: Mashriq Countries 14.1%
- ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) 14.1%
- GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 12.9%
- MDG: Northern Africa 11.7%
- SDG: Northern Africa 11.7%
- ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103) 11.6%
- ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507) 11.3%
- UNICEF: World 9.0%
- WB: World 9.0%
- UIS: World 9.0%
- SDG: World 9.0%
- MDG: World 9.0%
- ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) 8.4%
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 8.0%
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 7.1%
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 7.1%
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 7.1%
- MDG: Developing Regions 7.0%
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 7.0%
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 7.0%
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 6.9%
- WB: Ibrd Only 6.8%
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 6.7%
- WB: South Asia 6.5%
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 6.5%
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 6.3%
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 6.2%
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 6.2%
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 6.2%
- UNICEF: South Asia 6.2%
- MDG: Southern Asia 6.1%
- AIMS: South and West Asia 6.1%
- SDG: Southern Asia 6.1%
- UIS: South and West Asia 6.1%
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 6.0%
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 5.9%
- MDG: Eastern Asia 5.8%
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 5.8%
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 5.8%
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 5.8%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release