Teacher attrition rate from primary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
25
Highest
1.78 GPIA
Benin
Lowest
0.0249 GPIA
Belarus
Median
0.6639 GPIA
Years covered
13
2012–2024
Data points
686
What the numbers show
Teacher attrition rate from primary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 25 countries. The highest value is 1.78 GPIA in Benin; the lowest is 0.0249 GPIA in Belarus.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.6639 GPIA, and the mean is 0.6465 GPIA.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 72.
Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Jordan (up 269.4%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 93.3%).
Teacher attrition rate from primary education, adjusted gender parity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benin | 1.78 GPIA | 2022 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 2 | Palestine, State of | 1.6 GPIA | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 3 | India | 1.3 GPIA | 2024 | — | rising |
| 4 | Hong Kong, China | 1.04 GPIA | 2024 | up 30.4% | falling |
| 5 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.968 GPIA | 2024 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 6 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.9281 GPIA | 2020 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 7 | Qatar | 0.8121 GPIA | 2024 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 8 | Macau, China | 0.7522 GPIA | 2024 | down 62.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Ecuador | 0.7285 GPIA | 2024 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 10 | Malaysia | 0.7261 GPIA | 2019 | — | falling |
| 11 | Georgia | 0.7176 GPIA | 2024 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 12 | Jamaica | 0.6689 GPIA | 2020 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 13 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.6639 GPIA | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 14 | Rwanda | 0.6613 GPIA | 2024 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 15 | China | 0.5752 GPIA | 2024 | up 263.9% | rising |
| 16 | Togo | 0.4315 GPIA | 2024 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Burkina Faso | 0.4261 GPIA | 2023 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 18 | Niger | 0.2936 GPIA | 2024 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Jordan | 0.2849 GPIA | 2024 | up 269.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Seychelles | 0.2418 GPIA | 2022 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Algeria | 0.2042 GPIA | 2023 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Andorra | 0.1537 GPIA | 2024 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Mauritius | 0.1094 GPIA | 2024 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Lebanon | 0.072 GPIA | 2024 | — | falling |
| 25 | Belarus | 0.0249 GPIA | 2024 | down 93.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- UNICEF: Economic Community of Central African States (eccas) 1.36 GPIA
- ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) 1.36 GPIA
- MDG: Southern Asia 1.3 GPIA
- SDG: Southern Asia 1.3 GPIA
- UIS: South and West Asia 1.3 GPIA
- AIMS: South and West Asia 1.3 GPIA
- UNICEF: South Asia 1.3 GPIA
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 1.3 GPIA
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 1.28 GPIA
- WB: South Asia 1.28 GPIA
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 1.28 GPIA
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 1.26 GPIA
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 1.05 GPIA
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 1.03 GPIA
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 1.02 GPIA
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 0.8862 GPIA
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 0.8736 GPIA
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 0.8518 GPIA
- MDG: Developing Regions 0.8344 GPIA
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 0.8322 GPIA
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 0.8298 GPIA
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 0.8269 GPIA
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 0.8236 GPIA
- WB: Ibrd Only 0.8037 GPIA
- ECA: Oil Producing Economies (unsdcode:98123) 0.7563 GPIA
- AIMS: East Asia 0.6764 GPIA
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 0.6755 GPIA
- UNICEF: World 0.6599 GPIA
- WB: World 0.6595 GPIA
- MDG: World 0.6595 GPIA
- UIS: World 0.6595 GPIA
- SDG: World 0.6595 GPIA
- UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 0.6584 GPIA
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (excluding High Income) 0.6584 GPIA
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) 0.6576 GPIA
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 0.6552 GPIA
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 0.6552 GPIA
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 0.655 GPIA
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 0.6543 GPIA
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 0.6538 GPIA
About this data
February 2026 Data Release