Teacher attrition rate from primary education, male in MDG: Developing Regions
MDG: Developing Regions: Teacher attrition rate from primary education, male was 7.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Teacher attrition rate from primary education, male in MDG: Developing Regions, 2015–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, teacher attrition rate from primary education, male in MDG: Developing Regions stood at 7.0%. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 55.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, teacher attrition rate from primary education, male in MDG: Developing Regions peaked at 7.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4.5%, in 2016.
MDG: Developing Regions ranks 38th of 68 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Teacher attrition rate from primary education, male in MDG: Developing Regions, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4.5% | — |
| 2016 | 4.5% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 4.8% | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 5.0% | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 5.5% | +9.1% |
| 2020 | 5.5% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 5.8% | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 6.6% | +13.9% |
| 2023 | 6.9% | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 7.0% | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4.9% | 4.5% | 5.5% | 5 |
| 2020s | 6.4% | 5.5% | 7.0% | 5 |
More education data for MDG: Developing Regions
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 90.6% (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 89.6% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female 266.40 million (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 9.4% (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male 286.02 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 171.20 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes 28.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male 365.72 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, male 190.49 million (2024)
- School age population, upper secondary education, female 178.28 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is teacher attrition rate from primary education, male in MDG: Developing Regions?
- Teacher attrition rate from primary education, male in MDG: Developing Regions was 7.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teacher attrition rate from primary education, male recorded in MDG: Developing Regions?
- The highest recorded value was 7.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest teacher attrition rate from primary education, male recorded in MDG: Developing Regions?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.5% in 2016.
- How does MDG: Developing Regions rank for teacher attrition rate from primary education, male?
- MDG: Developing Regions ranks 38th out of 68 groups with data for 2024.
- Is teacher attrition rate from primary education, male rising or falling in MDG: Developing Regions?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Developing Regions data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Teacher attrition rate from primary education, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release