Teacher attrition rate from primary education, male (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
28
Highest
21.8%
Mauritius
Lowest
1.2%
Viet Nam
Median
5.3%
Years covered
14
2012–2025
Data points
717
What the numbers show
Teacher attrition rate from primary education, male (%) is currently reported for 28 countries. The highest value is 21.8% in Mauritius; the lowest is 1.2% in Viet Nam.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.3%, and the mean is 8.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Côte d'Ivoire (up 909.1%), and the largest decrease in Algeria (down 91.2%).
Teacher attrition rate from primary education, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mauritius | 21.8% | 2024 | up 159.9% | rising |
| 2 | Andorra | 21.4% | 2024 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Seychelles | 16.2% | 2022 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 4 | Lebanon | 15.2% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 5 | Benin | 13.4% | 2022 | up 86.5% | rising |
| 6 | Sierra Leone | 13.4% | 2024 | up 57.3% | rising |
| 7 | Côte d'Ivoire | 12.5% | 2024 | up 909.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Burkina Faso | 12.0% | 2023 | up 84.5% | rising |
| 9 | Ecuador | 11.2% | 2024 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 10 | Togo | 11.2% | 2024 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 11 | China | 10.3% | 2024 | up 132.5% | rising |
| 12 | Qatar | 10.0% | 2024 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 13 | Hong Kong, China | 5.7% | 2024 | up 170.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.4% | 2024 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Jamaica | 5.2% | 2020 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Brunei Darussalam | 4.7% | 2024 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 17 | Malaysia | 4.5% | 2023 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 18 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4.5% | 2021 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 19 | Georgia | 4.3% | 2024 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Rwanda | 3.4% | 2024 | up 46.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Jordan | 3.4% | 2024 | down 89.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Macau, China | 3.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Niger | 3.0% | 2024 | down 64.9% | falling |
| 24 | Philippines | 3.0% | 2024 | up 98.7% | volatile |
| 25 | India | 2.9% | 2025 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 26 | Algeria | 2.5% | 2023 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Palestine, State of | 2.2% | 2023 | up 134.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Viet Nam | 1.2% | 2024 | up 164.6% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- MDG: Eastern Asia 10.3%
- ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) 10.0%
- ALECSO: Mashriq Countries 10.0%
- SDG: Eastern Asia 10.0%
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 10.0%
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 9.6%
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 9.4%
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 9.1%
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 9.0%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) 8.9%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (excluding High Income) 8.9%
- UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 8.9%
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 8.9%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 8.9%
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 8.9%
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 8.9%
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 8.7%
- AIMS: East Asia 8.7%
- UIS: Arab States 8.6%
- WB: Arab World 8.6%
- ALECSO: Member Countries 8.6%
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 8.6%
- ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) 8.4%
- SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia 8.4%
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 8.3%
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa Programme Countries 7.8%
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa 7.6%
- ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) 7.6%
- MDG: World 7.6%
- UIS: World 7.6%
- SDG: World 7.6%
- WB: World 7.6%
- UNICEF: World 7.6%
- GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 7.3%
- WB: Ibrd Only 7.2%
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 7.1%
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 7.0%
- MDG: Developing Regions 7.0%
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 7.0%
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 7.0%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release