Teacher attrition rate from lower secondary education, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
14
Highest
20.0%
Monaco
Lowest
0.7%
Philippines
Median
5.1%
Years covered
12
2014–2025
Data points
481
What the numbers show
Teacher attrition rate from lower secondary education, female (%) is currently reported for 14 countries. The highest value is 20.0% in Monaco; the lowest is 0.7% in Philippines.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.1%, and the mean is 5.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 28.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Philippines (up 1,565.7%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 78.4%).
Teacher attrition rate from lower secondary education, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 20.0% | 2023 | up 475.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Qatar | 7.7% | 2024 | down 54.7% | falling |
| 3 | Burkina Faso | 6.5% | 2023 | up 264.7% | rising |
| 4 | Belarus | 5.8% | 2024 | up 212.7% | rising |
| 5 | Azerbaijan | 5.7% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 6 | China | 5.3% | 2024 | up 174.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Armenia | 5.1% | 2024 | down 72.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Palestine | 5.0% | 2023 | up 137.3% | rising |
| 9 | Laos | 4.6% | 2021 | up 233.5% | rising |
| 10 | India | 3.6% | 2025 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Ecuador | 3.5% | 2024 | down 78.4% | falling |
| 12 | Macao | 1.3% | 2024 | down 76.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Vietnam | 1.0% | 2024 | down 77.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Philippines | 0.7% | 2024 | up 1,565.7% | 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 13.1%
- ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) 13.1%
- GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 11.6%
- SDG: Northern Africa 11.3%
- ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103) 11.3%
- MDG: Northern Africa 11.2%
- ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507) 10.9%
- UNICEF: World 8.4%
- WB: World 8.4%
- SDG: World 8.4%
- UIS: World 8.4%
- MDG: World 8.4%
- ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) 8.0%
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 7.9%
- WB: South Asia 7.3%
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 7.3%
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 7.1%
- WB: Ibrd Only 6.7%
- MDG: Developing Regions 6.6%
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 6.6%
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 6.6%
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 6.6%
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 6.5%
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 6.5%
- UNICEF: South Asia 6.5%
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 6.4%
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 6.4%
- SDG: Southern Asia 6.4%
- UIS: South and West Asia 6.4%
- AIMS: South and West Asia 6.4%
- MDG: Southern Asia 6.4%
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 6.3%
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 6.1%
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 5.8%
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 5.7%
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 5.5%
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 5.4%
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 5.4%
- MDG: Eastern Asia 5.3%
- SDG: Eastern Asia 5.2%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release