Latin America & Caribbean | 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
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63
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Latin America & Caribbean | Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)
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1969
28.98641014 1970
27.64546013 1971
28.13787079 1972
28.37228966 1973
29.30167007 1974
29.36602974 1975
30.34012985 1976
30.12894058 1977
31.62177086 1978
31.33472061 1979
32.66986847 1980
33.87506866 1981
35.31489182 1982
37.2359314 1983
37.04586029 1984
37.03619003 1985
36.91812897 1986
37.19816971 1987
36.83351898 1988
37.09106827 1989
38.20087814 1990
37.43624878 1991
37.56285858 1992
37.95289993 1993
37.93349838 1994
38.42567062 1995
39.08158875 1996
39.51625061 1997
40.04764175 1998
39.86914063 1999
40.27622986 2000
40.4584198 2001
43.06885147 2002
41.39381027 2003
41.21181107 2004
42.39606094 2005
42.80445099 2006
42.30461121 2007
43.47647858 2008
44.56246948 2009
44.01723862 2010
42.52099991 2011
42.2425499 2012
41.17934036 2013
41.28744125 2014
41.42528915 2015
41.58818817 2016
41.85966873 2017
42.09181976 2018
42.38415146 2019
42.5092392 2020
42.98672104 2021
42.78139114 2022
Latin America & Caribbean | 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
Records
63
Source