Latin America & Caribbean (excluding 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
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Records
63
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Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Primary education, teachers (% female)
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80.19566345 1970
80.33647156 1971
80.19956207 1972
79.88687134 1973
79.33392334 1974
79.47476959 1975
79.71176147 1976
79.65232849 1977
79.72196198 1978
79.62515259 1979
79.45263672 1980
79.17967987 1981
79.12078857 1982
78.80001068 1983
78.92292023 1984
78.70278931 1985
78.70883179 1986
78.54917145 1987
78.79279327 1988
78.46206665 1989
78.87197113 1990
78.42460632 1991
78.24859619 1992
77.97794342 1993
77.90483093 1994
77.96927643 1995
77.89801025 1996
77.6659317 1997
77.50276184 1998
77.12738037 1999
77.6037674 2000
77.54960632 2001
77.13677979 2002
76.70910645 2003
77.37367249 2004
76.87921143 2005
76.87348175 2006
77.30065918 2007
77.30477905 2008
77.42047882 2009
77.39717865 2010
77.47093964 2011
77.478302 2012
76.9175415 2013
77.07997131 2014
77.13716888 2015
77.31606293 2016
77.24796295 2017
77.23667908 2018
77.18657684 2019
77.6003418 2020
77.65164948 2021
77.72450256 2022
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding 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
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source