Teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025): Teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes was 6.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025), 2013–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) recorded 6.2% for teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 43.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) peaked at 6.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4.0%, in 2016.
That places WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 28th 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 11 years of available data.
Teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4.3% | — |
| 2015 | 4.1% | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 4.0% | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 4.0% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 4.0% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 4.8% | +18.0% |
| 2020 | 5.0% | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 4.5% | -9.6% |
| 2022 | 6.1% | +34.8% |
| 2023 | 6.3% | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 6.2% | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4.2% | 4.0% | 4.8% | 6 |
| 2020s | 5.6% | 4.5% | 6.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 89.47 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.8608 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 267.14 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 27.98 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.6578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 24.25 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 554.22 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 337.78 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) was 6.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes recorded in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 6.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes recorded in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.0% in 2016.
- How does WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) rank for teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes?
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) ranks 28th out of 78 groups with data for 2024.
- Is teacher attrition rate from primary education, both sexes rising or falling in WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 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