IDA only | 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
IDA only
Records
63
Source
IDA only | Primary education, teachers (% female)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
29.02943993 1970
28.93268967 1971
28.33828926 1972
28.34840965 1973
29.02972031 1974
29.03149986 1975
29.25307083 1976
30.09380913 1977
31.01469994 1978
31.8536396 1979
33.29537964 1980
33.85514832 1981
34.32471848 1982
34.70225143 1983
34.75516129 1984
35.30094147 1985
35.78401947 1986
36.08163071 1987
37.78874969 1988
38.04772186 1989
38.54384995 1990
38.44651031 1991
38.88663864 1992
39.21086884 1993
40.04668045 1994
39.93888855 1995
40.68574142 1996
40.36502838 1997
40.23453903 1998
40.48308945 1999
41.30643082 2000
41.35914993 2001
41.3373909 2002
41.10810852 2003
41.73474121 2004
42.16820145 2005
42.95251083 2006
43.3708992 2007
43.97087097 2008
44.07912827 2009
44.95658112 2010
45.86291885 2011
45.75526047 2012
46.03313828 2013
46.6223793 2014
47.41448975 2015
47.71432877 2016
47.83948898 2017
47.46998978 2018
48.01408005 2019
48.5433197 2020
48.43996048 2021
48.41762924 2022
IDA only | 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
IDA only
Records
63
Source