Teacher attrition rate from upper secondary education, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
6
Highest
7.4%
Ecuador
Lowest
0.1%
Macao
Median
3.7%
Years covered
11
2014–2024
Data points
482
What the numbers show
Teacher attrition rate from upper secondary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 6 countries. The highest value is 7.4% in Ecuador; the lowest is 0.1% in Macao.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.7%, and the mean is 3.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 54.
Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 183.8%), and the largest decrease in Macao (down 93.8%).
Teacher attrition rate from upper secondary education, both sexes: full country ranking
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- UNICEF: World 7.1%
- UIS: World 7.1%
- SDG: World 7.1%
- MDG: World 7.1%
- WB: World 7.1%
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 6.8%
- ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121) 6.6%
- ALECSO: Mashriq Countries 6.5%
- ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) 6.5%
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 6.3%
- GPE: Region 1 6.2%
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 6.1%
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 6.1%
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 6.1%
- MDG: Developing Regions 6.1%
- ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) 6.0%
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 6.0%
- GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 6.0%
- WB: Arab World 5.9%
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 5.9%
- ALECSO: Member Countries 5.9%
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 5.9%
- UIS: Arab States 5.9%
- WB: Ibrd Only 5.9%
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 5.9%
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 5.8%
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 5.5%
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 5.4%
- MDG: Eastern Asia 5.4%
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 5.3%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 5.3%
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 5.3%
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 5.3%
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 5.3%
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 5.3%
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 5.2%
- SDG: Eastern Asia 5.2%
- ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507) 5.2%
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 5.2%
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 5.2%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release