Africa Western and Central | Secondary education, teachers (% female)
Female teachers as a percentage of total secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Development relevance: The share of female teachers shows the level of gender representation in the teaching force. A value of greater than 50% indicates more opportunities or preference for women to participate in teaching activities. Women teachers are important as they serve as role models to girls and help to attract and retain girls in school. Statistical concept and methodology: The share of female teachers in secondary education is calculated by dividing the total number of female teachers at secondary level of education by the total number of teachers at the same level, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa Western and Central
Records
63
Source
Africa Western and Central | Secondary education, teachers (% female)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
20.17155075 1970
20.20421028 1971
20.09976006 1972
20.37892914 1973
20.57027054 1974
20.58005905 1975
20.78870964 1976
21.29173088 1977
20.91193008 1978
21.30983925 1979
21.35125923 1980
21.75145912 1981
19.19088936 1982
19.97094917 1983
21.05624962 1984
22.22806931 1985
23.86566925 1986
25.02820015 1987
24.98867035 1988
25.25564957 1989
25.41802979 1990
24.84111023 1991
25.83073044 1992
26.40793037 1993
27.05093002 1994
26.38109016 1995
26.16729927 1996
25.96147919 1997
25.60577011 1998
25.23777008 1999
25.6421299 2000
25.87191963 2001
23.88179016 2002
25.48715973 2003
23.86919975 2004
22.61591911 2005
26.67740059 2006
23.6446209 2007
27.58683968 2008
29.22468948 2009
31.27202034 2010
33.84706116 2011
32.18434143 2012
33.56808853 2013
32.08956909 2014
32.65081024 2015
31.86651993 2016
32.2747612 2017
32.74887085 2018
34.40093994 2019
35.83058167 2020
35.96603012 2021
35.91109085 2022
Africa Western and Central | Secondary education, teachers (% female)
Female teachers as a percentage of total secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Development relevance: The share of female teachers shows the level of gender representation in the teaching force. A value of greater than 50% indicates more opportunities or preference for women to participate in teaching activities. Women teachers are important as they serve as role models to girls and help to attract and retain girls in school. Statistical concept and methodology: The share of female teachers in secondary education is calculated by dividing the total number of female teachers at secondary level of education by the total number of teachers at the same level, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa Western and Central
Records
63
Source