Teacher attrition rate from upper secondary education, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
4
Highest
7.2%
Ecuador
Lowest
1.5%
Macau, China
Median
4.1%
Years covered
11
2014–2024
Data points
349
What the numbers show
Teacher attrition rate from upper secondary education, female (%) is currently reported for 4 countries. The highest value is 7.2% in Ecuador; the lowest is 1.5% in Macau, China.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.1%, and the mean is 4.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in China (up 188.8%), and the largest decrease in Qatar (down 84.9%).
Teacher attrition rate from upper secondary education, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ecuador | 7.2% | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 2 | China | 4.7% | 2024 | up 188.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Qatar | 3.5% | 2024 | down 84.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Macau, China | 1.5% | 2022 | down 5.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 9.0%
- GPE: Region 1 6.5%
- UNICEF: World 6.1%
- UIS: World 6.1%
- SDG: World 6.1%
- MDG: World 6.1%
- WB: World 6.1%
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 5.5%
- MDG: Developing Regions 5.5%
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 5.4%
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 5.3%
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 5.3%
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 5.3%
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 5.3%
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 5.1%
- WB: Ibrd Only 5.0%
- MDG: Eastern Asia 4.6%
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 4.5%
- SDG: Eastern Asia 4.5%
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 4.5%
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 4.4%
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 4.4%
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 4.2%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 4.2%
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 4.2%
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 4.2%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) 4.2%
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (excluding High Income) 4.2%
- UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 4.2%
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 4.1%
- AIMS: East Asia 4.1%
- ESCWA: Arab Middle-income Countries (mics) (unsdcode:98508) 3.8%
- ALECSO: Mashriq Countries 3.8%
- ESCWA: Mashreq Subregion (unsdcode:98503) 3.8%
- ESCWA: All Countries (unsdcode:98500) 3.6%
- MDG: Northern Africa 3.1%
- GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 3.1%
- SDG: Northern Africa 3.1%
- ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103) 3.1%
- ESCWA: Arab Non-conflict and Non-ldc Middle Income Countries (unsdcode:98507) 3.0%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release