East Asia & Pacific | 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
East Asia & Pacific
Records
63
Source
East Asia & Pacific | Primary education, teachers (% female)
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1972
40.74636841 1973
40.74406815 1974
40.40428162 1975
41.01052094 1976
39.26773071 1977
42.79384995 1978
42.64759064 1979
41.61899185 1980
41.76519012 1981
41.35198975 1982
41.3844986 1983
42.40452957 1984
44.55445099 1985
45.39849091 1986
46.47264099 1987
47.50851822 1988
48.00994873 1989
48.8979187 1990
49.44279861 1991
50.06470871 1992
50.78853989 1993
51.44726944 1994
51.94789886 1995
52.63983917 1996
53.2596817 1997
54.23212814 1998
54.80973816 1999
55.56253052 2000
56.09629059 2001
56.87059021 2002
57.89992142 2003
58.12910843 2004
59.86029816 2005
60.15742874 2006
60.17739868 2007
61.07231903 2008
61.92845154 2009
62.53393173 2010
63.14440155 2011
63.66305923 2012
64.07898712 2013
64.81195068 2014
65.98161316 2015
66.71128082 2016
68.38822937 2017
69.76425934 2018
70.43254089 2019
71.11183929 2020
71.83630371 2021
72.40386963 2022

East Asia & Pacific | 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
East Asia & Pacific
Records
63
Source