Low & middle income | 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
Low & middle income
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63
Source
Low & middle income | Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)
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1972 38.77643967
1973 38.46675873
1974 38.11534119
1975 37.62514114
1976 38.07788086
1977 37.99502945
1978 38.11502075
1979 38.10438156
1980 37.71469116
1981 37.4571991
1982 37.87643051
1983 37.74195862
1984 37.78686142
1985 37.77526855
1986 37.51903152
1987 37.12010956
1988 37.12841034
1989 37.03544998
1990 37.19195175
1991 37.13719177
1992 37.19293976
1993 37.17945099
1994 37.19593048
1995 38.29145813
1996 39.23849106
1997 40.11800003
1998 41.00466156
1999 41.70999908
2000 42.47217178
2001 42.93154907
2002 43.57254028
2003 42.90428925
2004 42.6907196
2005 42.92387009
2006 43.13721848
2007 43.36000061
2008 43.58525848
2009 44.09207153
2010 43.82378006
2011 43.48588943
2012 43.0735817
2013 42.99760818
2014 42.86045837
2015 42.89530945
2016 42.83237839
2017 43.19792938
2018 43.36626053
2019 43.33216858
2020 43.35567856
2021 43.54040146
2022 43.48672104
Low & middle income | 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
Low & middle income
Records
63
Source