East Asia & Pacific | Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)
Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) is the share of female academic staff in tertiary education. 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 academic staffs in tertiary education is calculated by dividing the total number of female academic staffs at tertiary level of education by the total number of academic staffs 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
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63
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East Asia & Pacific | Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)
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1968
1969
1970 20.50415993
1971 20.70182037
1972 20.29466057
1973 20.40969086
1974 20.3365593
1975 20.43757057
1976 21.45730019
1977 21.91912079
1978 22.62624931
1979 23.2336998
1980 23.55843925
1981 23.89308929
1982 24.51605988
1983 24.69496918
1984 25.05895042
1985 25.66982079
1986 26.0178299
1987 26.4656105
1988 26.27108955
1989 26.19685936
1990 25.79804039
1991 25.89710045
1992 25.64401054
1993 26.09235954
1994 27.45185089
1995 28.9703598
1996 30.44074059
1997 31.50416946
1998 33.05516052
1999 34.3469696
2000 35.34064102
2001 36.48213959
2002 36.73559952
2003 36.79299164
2004 36.86922073
2005 37.89992905
2006 37.45632172
2007 38.41445923
2008 39.18001938
2009 39.78535843
2010 40.25468063
2011 40.91173172
2012 40.54294968
2013 40.20056915
2014 40.4291687
2015 40.55307007
2016 40.22826004
2017 40.0723114
2018 39.82730865
2019 39.73073959
2020 39.75542068
2021 39.75484085
2022 39.71982956
East Asia & Pacific | Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)
Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) is the share of female academic staff in tertiary education. 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 academic staffs in tertiary education is calculated by dividing the total number of female academic staffs at tertiary level of education by the total number of academic staffs 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