Teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101): Teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes was 2.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), 2015–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) stood at 2.2%. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is down 25.4% on the previous year and down 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) peaked at 7.0% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2.2%, in 2024.
That places ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 77th out of 78 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2.8% | — |
| 2016 | 2.9% | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 7.0% | +140.0% |
| 2018 | 6.3% | -9.7% |
| 2019 | 5.4% | -14.1% |
| 2020 | 4.6% | -14.5% |
| 2021 | 4.4% | -5.6% |
| 2022 | 3.9% | -10.4% |
| 2023 | 3.0% | -23.1% |
| 2024 | 2.2% | -25.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4.9% | 2.8% | 7.0% | 5 |
| 2020s | 3.6% | 2.2% | 4.6% | 5 |
More education data for ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 112,564 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.05 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 859,574 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 604,930 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 352,678 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) was 2.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The highest recorded value was 7.0% in 2017.
- What is the lowest teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes recorded in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2% in 2024.
- How does ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) rank for teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes?
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) ranks 77th out of 78 groups with data for 2024.
- Is teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes rising or falling in ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release