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
Middle income
Records
63
Source
Middle income | Primary education, teachers (% female)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 45.90589905
1971 45.75561905
1972 45.14756012
1973 44.86592102
1974 44.5811882
1975 44.063591
1976 44.30728912
1977 43.29396057
1978 45.75666046
1979 45.83309174
1980 45.45872116
1981 45.53303146
1982 45.34231186
1983 45.47940826
1984 46.25003815
1985 47.67367935
1986 48.31256866
1987 49.08042145
1988 49.98699188
1989 50.24969864
1990 51.01948929
1991 51.24647141
1992 51.75699997
1993 52.18824005
1994 52.70853043
1995 53.31853867
1996 53.8364296
1997 54.04711151
1998 54.47262955
1999 54.74491882
2000 55.08211899
2001 55.50345993
2002 55.938591
2003 57.32331848
2004 57.82901001
2005 58.48548889
2006 58.61865997
2007 58.5945015
2008 59.08200073
2009 59.5112381
2010 60.02434921
2011 60.49868011
2012 60.90906906
2013 61.17683029
2014 61.87036896
2015 62.62950897
2016 63.18611145
2017 64.30467224
2018 65.51573944
2019 66.25495148
2020 66.79219818
2021 67.15258789
2022 67.52973175

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
Middle income
Records
63
Source