Low & middle income | Secondary education, teachers (% female)
Female teachers as a percentage of total secondary 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 secondary education is calculated by dividing the total number of female teachers at secondary 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 | Secondary education, teachers (% female)
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1967
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1969
1970
1971 51.45516968
1972 50.85226059
1973 49.64583969
1974 49.63621902
1975 49.23236084
1976 48.19179916
1977 46.44528961
1978 45.12411118
1979 44.74240875
1980 44.62979889
1981 44.51353836
1982 44.6748085
1983 44.96522141
1984 45.1423912
1985 45.65069962
1986 45.74393082
1987 45.88251877
1988 45.9621315
1989 46.12639999
1990 46.42234039
1991 46.61499023
1992 46.75180817
1993 46.8756218
1994 47.12030029
1995 47.42736053
1996 47.8990097
1997 48.3234787
1998 48.95899963
1999 49.58021927
2000 49.76116943
2001 49.99919891
2002 50.34809113
2003 50.61240005
2004 50.27967072
2005 50.25434875
2006 49.59082031
2007 49.38056946
2008 49.56393051
2009 49.92173004
2010 50.16464996
2011 50.66722107
2012 51.26544952
2013 51.58015823
2014 51.46078873
2015 51.53704071
2016 51.50009918
2017 52.23604965
2018 52.64635849
2019 52.86745834
2020 52.69966888
2021 53.57619858
2022 53.83533859
Low & middle income | Secondary education, teachers (% female)
Female teachers as a percentage of total secondary 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 secondary education is calculated by dividing the total number of female teachers at secondary 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