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