Europe & Central Asia | 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
Europe & Central Asia
Records
63
Source
Europe & Central Asia | Primary education, teachers (% female)
1960
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1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 78.15409851
1971 77.85939789
1972 77.54637909
1973 77.36331177
1974 77.37058258
1975 77.35411072
1976 77.5231781
1977 77.23782349
1978 77.23387146
1979 77.20748138
1980 77.13704681
1981 76.81884766
1982 77.02664948
1983 77.56778717
1984 78.22879791
1985 78.33506775
1986 78.43743896
1987 78.66705322
1988 78.75415039
1989 79.03565216
1990 79.57832336
1991 80.13168335
1992 80.3955307
1993 80.62113953
1994 81.33341217
1995 81.59364319
1996 81.2015686
1997 81.26296234
1998 81.39563751
1999 81.34268951
2000 81.51296234
2001 81.75045013
2002 81.71028137
2003 81.96340179
2004 82.36219788
2005 82.23770905
2006 82.41320038
2007 82.4418335
2008 82.71205139
2009 82.88008118
2010 83.5056076
2011 83.59818268
2012 83.82945251
2013 84.53101349
2014 84.61212158
2015 84.6907196
2016 84.85463715
2017 84.92299652
2018 85.44741821
2019 85.59525299
2020 85.80075073
2021 85.98574066
2022 85.98844147
Europe & Central Asia | 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
Europe & Central Asia
Records
63
Source