Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)
Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) is the share of female academic staff in tertiary education. 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 academic staffs in tertiary education is calculated by dividing the total number of female academic staffs at tertiary level of education by the total number of academic staffs 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).
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The World Bank
Origin
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
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63
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Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)
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27.11709976 1970
27.84469032 1971
28.35032082 1972
28.83946991 1973
29.79982948 1974
29.8338604 1975
30.89423943 1976
30.64467049 1977
32.2299881 1978
31.87375069 1979
33.41749954 1980
34.72919846 1981
36.30968094 1982
38.207901 1983
37.87606812 1984
37.85163879 1985
37.70452118 1986
37.97266006 1987
37.53680038 1988
37.77875137 1989
39.04747009 1990
38.14987946 1991
38.26158142 1992
38.70108032 1993
38.60268021 1994
39.08090973 1995
39.78546143 1996
40.20080185 1997
40.73355103 1998
40.4914093 1999
40.84888077 2000
41.1216011 2001
44.26000977 2002
42.39633942 2003
42.18183899 2004
43.78604126 2005
44.2329216 2006
43.73011017 2007
45.18201828 2008
46.88554001 2009
46.24462128 2010
44.46847153 2011
44.09547043 2012
42.97472 2013
43.03890991 2014
43.17675018 2015
43.28654861 2016
43.57344055 2017
43.81486893 2018
44.09727097 2019
44.24322891 2020
44.9737587 2021
44.6138916 2022
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)
Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) is the share of female academic staff in tertiary education. 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 academic staffs in tertiary education is calculated by dividing the total number of female academic staffs at tertiary level of education by the total number of academic staffs 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