Low & middle 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 & middle income
Records
63
Source
Low & middle income | Primary education, teachers (% female)
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1969
45.49901962 1970
45.354599 1971
44.79240036 1972
44.5474205 1973
44.29275131 1974
43.79949188 1975
44.03635025 1976
43.07762146 1977
45.41651154 1978
45.50085068 1979
45.15301132 1980
45.22293854 1981
45.04447937 1982
45.17086029 1983
45.89937973 1984
47.26712036 1985
47.86838913 1986
48.61460876 1987
49.49013901 1988
49.75712967 1989
50.5211792 1990
50.70317078 1991
51.184021 1992
51.59067154 1993
52.12942123 1994
52.64807129 1995
53.11523819 1996
53.27864075 1997
53.60987091 1998
53.84540939 1999
54.2237587 2000
54.59096909 2001
54.90346909 2002
56.14076996 2003
56.58287048 2004
57.18468094 2005
57.25543976 2006
57.25228882 2007
57.63769913 2008
57.9684906 2009
58.40644073 2010
58.81993103 2011
59.09629059 2012
59.3644104 2013
59.99287033 2014
60.69347 2015
61.15433884 2016
62.0638504 2017
63.02146149 2018
63.79661942 2019
64.34687042 2020
64.61631012 2021
64.92494202 2022
Low & middle 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 & middle income
Records
63
Source