Teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400): Teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes was 6.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400), 2013–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) is 6.0%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.6% on the previous year and up 66.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) peaked at 6.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.0%, in 2018.
That places ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 31st out of 78 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3.6% | — |
| 2014 | 3.6% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 3.6% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 3.5% | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 3.2% | -7.8% |
| 2018 | 3.0% | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 4.5% | +48.0% |
| 2020 | 4.7% | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 3.8% | -18.7% |
| 2022 | 5.8% | +53.8% |
| 2023 | 6.2% | +6.4% |
| 2024 | 6.0% | -3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3.6% | 3.0% | 4.5% | 7 |
| 2020s | 5.3% | 3.8% | 6.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
More education data for ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.3% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 187.37 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 203.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 127.86 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 18.70 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 216.89 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 126.65 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 116.03 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- Teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) was 6.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The highest recorded value was 6.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes recorded in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.0% in 2018.
- How does ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) rank for teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes?
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) ranks 31st out of 78 groups with data for 2024.
- Is teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes rising or falling in ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 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