IDA total | 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 total
Records
63
Source
IDA total | Primary education, teachers (% female)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
31.04264069 1970
30.78274918 1971
30.71495056 1972
30.90715027 1973
31.59164047 1974
31.56105042 1975
31.98314095 1976
32.55298996 1977
33.11655045 1978
33.72703934 1979
35.10596848 1980
35.57991028 1981
35.54256821 1982
36.1588707 1983
36.59759903 1984
37.2874794 1985
37.79571915 1986
37.56151962 1987
39.05570984 1988
39.79019165 1989
39.91862869 1990
40.02109146 1991
40.78995132 1992
41.1897316 1993
42.11352921 1994
42.19617844 1995
43.04053116 1996
43.11516953 1997
43.29159927 1998
43.56877899 1999
44.18437958 2000
44.1516304 2001
44.19318008 2002
43.81388092 2003
44.92176056 2004
45.20170975 2005
45.5460701 2006
45.48363113 2007
46.02067184 2008
46.09294891 2009
46.85906982 2010
47.71672058 2011
47.61486053 2012
48.04502869 2013
48.50627136 2014
49.34619141 2015
49.64128876 2016
50.07138062 2017
49.87496948 2018
50.62464905 2019
51.22777176 2020
50.91410828 2021
50.89387894 2022

IDA total | 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 total
Records
63
Source