High income | 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
High income
Records
63
Source
High income | Primary education, teachers (% female)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
75.53645325 1970
75.44051361 1971
75.26563263 1972
75.69673157 1973
75.64659882 1974
75.64924622 1975
76.02194214 1976
75.86057281 1977
75.76569366 1978
75.62866974 1979
75.5513382 1980
75.38316345 1981
75.41236877 1982
75.61724091 1983
75.926651 1984
76.03398132 1985
76.13128662 1986
76.23890686 1987
76.32305908 1988
76.5129776 1989
76.7923584 1990
77.06507111 1991
77.3336792 1992
77.51805115 1993
77.98874664 1994
78.08096313 1995
78.1570282 1996
78.50335693 1997
79.54701996 1998
79.73555756 1999
79.97834778 2000
80.20478821 2001
80.24066925 2002
80.28542328 2003
80.37940979 2004
80.48075104 2005
80.6206665 2006
80.75319672 2007
80.82019806 2008
80.83596802 2009
81.24936676 2010
81.30066681 2011
81.38433838 2012
81.4200592 2013
81.40219879 2014
81.61425781 2015
81.88909912 2016
82.00933838 2017
82.11834717 2018
81.96495819 2019
82.01735687 2020
82.34101868 2021
82.45172119 2022
High income | 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
High income
Records
63
Source