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)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 45.49901962
1971 45.354599
1972 44.79240036
1973 44.5474205
1974 44.29275131
1975 43.79949188
1976 44.03635025
1977 43.07762146
1978 45.41651154
1979 45.50085068
1980 45.15301132
1981 45.22293854
1982 45.04447937
1983 45.17086029
1984 45.89937973
1985 47.26712036
1986 47.86838913
1987 48.61460876
1988 49.49013901
1989 49.75712967
1990 50.5211792
1991 50.70317078
1992 51.184021
1993 51.59067154
1994 52.12942123
1995 52.64807129
1996 53.11523819
1997 53.27864075
1998 53.60987091
1999 53.84540939
2000 54.2237587
2001 54.59096909
2002 54.90346909
2003 56.14076996
2004 56.58287048
2005 57.18468094
2006 57.25543976
2007 57.25228882
2008 57.63769913
2009 57.9684906
2010 58.40644073
2011 58.81993103
2012 59.09629059
2013 59.3644104
2014 59.99287033
2015 60.69347
2016 61.15433884
2017 62.0638504
2018 63.02146149
2019 63.79661942
2020 64.34687042
2021 64.61631012
2022 64.92494202
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