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

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