Low 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
Low income
Records
63
Source
Low income | Primary education, teachers (% female)
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1971
36.57376862 1972
37.21593857 1973
37.62498856 1974
37.73777008 1975
37.90800095 1976
38.3286705 1977
38.13492966 1978
38.48860931 1979
38.70029831 1980
38.6906395 1981
38.58504868 1982
38.48571014 1983
38.41315842 1984
38.68516922 1985
38.77610016 1986
39.15983963 1987
39.39384842 1988
39.59014893 1989
40.13953018 1990
39.78363037 1991
39.84484863 1992
39.91753006 1993
40.78784943 1994
40.0316391 1995
39.70872879 1996
39.3474884 1997
38.45845032 1998
38.440979 1999
39.7767601 2000
39.94797897 2001
39.5304718 2002
38.59111023 2003
38.85742188 2004
39.31740189 2005
39.52877045 2006
40.23741913 2007
40.5688591 2008
40.40774918 2009
40.56212997 2010
40.61585999 2011
40.35261154 2012
40.4271698 2013
41.54421997 2014
42.06657028 2015
42.17544174 2016
42.19361877 2017
42.03876877 2018
42.79256821 2019
43.40486145 2020
43.1764183 2021
43.22256088 2022
Low 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
Low income
Records
63
Source