Latin America & Caribbean | 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
Records
63
Source
Latin America & Caribbean | Primary education, teachers (% female)
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80.08940125 1970
80.21141052 1971
80.10102844 1972
79.85562897 1973
79.40039825 1974
79.54000092 1975
79.84194183 1976
79.88419342 1977
80.05461121 1978
80.05635834 1979
80.04792023 1980
79.54615784 1981
79.21157837 1982
78.9671936 1983
79.08149719 1984
78.91148376 1985
78.93637848 1986
78.80850983 1987
79.03372192 1988
78.74992371 1989
79.12825012 1990
78.73697662 1991
78.58467865 1992
78.33753204 1993
78.25463867 1994
78.30719757 1995
78.22548676 1996
77.99983215 1997
77.85449982 1998
77.50187683 1999
77.93730164 2000
77.88301849 2001
77.51473236 2002
77.1157608 2003
77.72648621 2004
77.27638245 2005
77.27928162 2006
77.69924927 2007
77.69274139 2008
77.79045105 2009
77.76432037 2010
77.83435059 2011
77.83364868 2012
77.44316101 2013
77.57270813 2014
77.62294769 2015
77.77337646 2016
77.69532776 2017
77.67085266 2018
77.60310364 2019
77.97109222 2020
77.98187256 2021
78.0283432 2022
Latin America & Caribbean | 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
Records
63
Source