Early-demographic dividend | Primary education, teachers (% female)

Female teachers as a percentage of total primary 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 primary education is calculated by dividing the total number of female teachers at primary 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
Early-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source
Early-demographic dividend | Primary education, teachers (% female)
1960
1961
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1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
40.72092819 1970
40.85877991 1971
40.84788132 1972
41.0970192 1973
41.34046173 1974
41.45177078 1975
42.11333847 1976
42.36867142 1977
43.33216095 1978
43.50933838 1979
43.79912186 1980
43.55727005 1981
43.6395607 1982
43.62554169 1983
44.01124954 1984
45.25040817 1985
45.86759949 1986
46.77220154 1987
47.63116074 1988
47.63705826 1989
47.92340851 1990
48.2154007 1991
48.4070015 1992
48.73923874 1993
49.02404022 1994
49.68930817 1995
49.9692688 1996
50.00503159 1997
50.17137146 1998
50.49562073 1999
50.85039139 2000
51.23873901 2001
51.64107132 2002
54.03662109 2003
54.21009064 2004
55.47859955 2005
55.54404831 2006
55.50355148 2007
55.95595169 2008
56.45009995 2009
57.03903961 2010
57.55387878 2011
57.80239105 2012
57.94522095 2013
58.51533127 2014
58.93904114 2015
59.44139099 2016
60.60527039 2017
61.70822144 2018
62.13396835 2019
62.40373993 2020
62.56663895 2021
62.73207092 2022

Early-demographic dividend | Primary education, teachers (% female)

Female teachers as a percentage of total primary 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 primary education is calculated by dividing the total number of female teachers at primary 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
Early-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source