Teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
36
Highest
27.5%
Benin
Lowest
0.2%
Algeria
Median
4.5%
Years covered
15
2011–2025
Data points
902
What the numbers show
Teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 27.5% in Benin; the lowest is 0.2% in Algeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.5%, and the mean is 5.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 158.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 1,900.9%), and the largest decrease in Algeria (down 98.8%).
Teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benin | 27.5% | 2022 | up 238.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Sierra Leone | 12.6% | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 3 | Cote d'Ivoire | 12.4% | 2024 | up 329.4% | rising |
| 4 | Togo | 9.9% | 2024 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Ecuador | 8.8% | 2024 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 6 | Burkina Faso | 8.6% | 2023 | up 582.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Qatar | 8.5% | 2024 | down 69.0% | volatile |
| 8 | China | 7.1% | 2024 | up 162.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Andorra | 6.9% | 2024 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Mauritius | 6.4% | 2024 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Hong Kong | 5.9% | 2024 | up 231.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Belarus | 5.6% | 2024 | up 142.1% | rising |
| 13 | Seychelles | 5.6% | 2022 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 14 | Nepal | 5.4% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Armenia | 5.2% | 2024 | down 83.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Brunei | 4.8% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 17 | Palestine | 4.8% | 2023 | up 61.2% | rising |
| 18 | Laos | 4.7% | 2021 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 19 | Bolivia | 4.2% | 2024 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Azerbaijan | 4.1% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 21 | Malaysia | 4.0% | 2023 | up 197.7% | rising |
| 22 | Bhutan | 3.8% | 2022 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Jamaica | 3.6% | 2020 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 24 | India | 3.5% | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 25 | Georgia | 3.2% | 2024 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Rwanda | 2.8% | 2024 | up 1,900.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Lebanon | 2.5% | 2024 | — | falling |
| 28 | Macao | 2.4% | 2024 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Vietnam | 1.9% | 2024 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Niger | 1.8% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Philippines | 1.5% | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Jordan | 1.5% | 2024 | down 87.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Morocco | 1.3% | 2023 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Monaco | 1.1% | 2024 | down 65.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Mongolia | 0.6% | 2021 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Algeria | 0.2% | 2023 | down 98.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) 7.1%
- MDG: Eastern Asia 7.0%
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 6.9%
- SDG: Eastern Asia 6.9%
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 6.8%
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 6.7%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) 6.7%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (excluding High Income) 6.6%
- UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 6.6%
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 6.6%
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 6.6%
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 6.6%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 6.6%
- AIMS: East Asia 6.6%
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 6.6%
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 6.4%
- UNICEF: Association of South East Asian Nations (asean) 6.3%
- ESCAP: Asean (asean) (unsdcode:98406) 6.3%
- ESCAP: South-east Asia (sea) (unsdcode:98419) 6.3%
- MDG: South-eastern Asia 6.3%
- SDG: South-eastern Asia 6.3%
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 6.3%
- GPE: East Asia & Pacific Wb Fy24, December 2024 6.3%
- MDG: Developing Regions 6.3%
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 6.2%
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 6.2%
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 6.2%
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 6.2%
- WB: Ibrd Only 6.2%
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 6.0%
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 6.0%
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 5.9%
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 5.9%
- ALECSO: Mashriq Countries 5.9%
- ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) 5.9%
- MDG: World 5.8%
- SDG: World 5.8%
- UIS: World 5.8%
- WB: World 5.8%
- UNICEF: World 5.8%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release