Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | Secondary education, teachers (% female)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
35.88446045 1976
35.60837173 1977
34.7038002 1978
34.2610817 1979
33.94615173 1980
33.41373062 1981
31.57892036 1982
31.84403992 1983
32.10871887 1984
32.91197968 1985
33.48003006 1986
33.20014191 1987
32.29872131 1988
32.27080154 1989
32.65028 1990
32.74092865 1991
32.93769073 1992
33.01694107 1993
33.77399826 1994
33.17708969 1995
32.81731033 1996
32.34389877 1997
31.88229942 1998
31.61528015 1999
31.39323044 2000
31.46841049 2001
30.07567978 2002
30.4008007 2003
30.01699066 2004
28.98443031 2005
30.36968994 2006
28.84102058 2007
30.49348068 2008
31.17954063 2009
32.10564041 2010
33.36265945 2011
32.56708145 2012
33.22169113 2013
32.8072319 2014
33.00798035 2015
32.12284088 2016
32.2865181 2017
32.50099945 2018
33.02867126 2019
33.85953903 2020
34.01243973 2021
33.85326004 2022
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source