Teacher attrition rate from primary education, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
29
Highest
62.2%
Benin
Lowest
0.5%
Algeria
Median
3.9%
Years covered
14
2012–2025
Data points
723
What the numbers show
Teacher attrition rate from primary education, female (%) is currently reported for 29 countries. The highest value is 62.2% in Benin; the lowest is 0.5% in Algeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.9%, and the mean is 6.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 121.
Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in China (up 746.2%), and the largest decrease in Algeria (down 94.5%).
Teacher attrition rate from primary education, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benin | 62.2% | 2022 | up 444.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | 12.1% | 2024 | up 69.5% | rising |
| 3 | Sierra Leone | 11.1% | 2024 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 4 | Ecuador | 8.2% | 2024 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 5 | Qatar | 8.1% | 2024 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Hong Kong, China | 6.0% | 2024 | up 253.2% | volatile |
| 7 | China | 5.9% | 2024 | up 746.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Palestine, State of | 5.6% | 2023 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 9 | Burkina Faso | 5.1% | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 10 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 5.0% | 2021 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 11 | Brunei Darussalam | 4.9% | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 12 | Togo | 4.8% | 2024 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Belarus | 4.7% | 2024 | up 28.3% | falling |
| 14 | Seychelles | 3.9% | 2022 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 15 | India | 3.9% | 2025 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Malaysia | 3.8% | 2023 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 17 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.6% | 2024 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Jamaica | 3.5% | 2020 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 19 | Andorra | 3.3% | 2024 | down 78.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Georgia | 3.1% | 2024 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Mauritius | 2.4% | 2024 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Rwanda | 2.3% | 2024 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Macau, China | 2.3% | 2024 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Viet Nam | 2.0% | 2024 | down 46.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Philippines | 1.3% | 2024 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Lebanon | 1.1% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Jordan | 1.0% | 2024 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Niger | 0.9% | 2024 | down 91.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Algeria | 0.5% | 2023 | down 94.5% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- WB: South Asia 6.1%
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 6.1%
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 5.9%
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 5.9%
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 5.9%
- UNICEF: South Asia 5.9%
- MDG: Eastern Asia 5.9%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) 5.9%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (excluding High Income) 5.9%
- UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 5.9%
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 5.9%
- MDG: Developing Regions 5.9%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release