Euro area | 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
Euro area
Records
63
Source
Euro area | Primary education, teachers (% female)
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72.49835205 1970
72.53540802 1971
72.57289886 1972
72.9654007 1973
73.2625885 1974
73.63288116 1975
73.91770935 1976
74.19808197 1977
74.09790802 1978
73.85753632 1979
73.79888916 1980
73.56105804 1981
73.58036804 1982
74.58088684 1983
75.89794922 1984
75.86755371 1985
76.09580231 1986
76.3246994 1987
76.30953979 1988
76.75800323 1989
77.41519165 1990
78.18683624 1991
78.93998718 1992
79.38394928 1993
80.91757965 1994
80.69825745 1995
79.93341827 1996
80.04585266 1997
80.09983826 1998
80.27390289 1999
80.85798645 2000
81.47672272 2001
81.60292053 2002
81.91026306 2003
81.97548676 2004
82.36515045 2005
82.69100189 2006
83.01226807 2007
83.71000671 2008
83.6348114 2009
83.92565918 2010
83.85771942 2011
84.0979538 2012
84.40940857 2013
84.63527679 2014
84.6884613 2015
84.99549866 2016
85.1082077 2017
85.1658783 2018
85.19216156 2019
85.30462646 2020
85.22640228 2021
85.23529816 2022

Euro area | 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
Euro area
Records
63
Source