United Kingdom | 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
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Records
63
Source
United Kingdom | Primary education, teachers (% female)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
77.30124664 1971
77.6006012 1972
78.12626648 1973
78.46157074 1974
78.62146759 1975
80.71038818 1976
78.18453979 1977
78.08930206 1978
78.18668365 1979
78.4006424 1980
1981
78.07433319 1982
78.36734772 1983
78.60082245 1984
79.09835815 1985
1986
78.40376282 1987
78.13952637 1988
77.77777863 1989
78.0701828 1990
78.04451752 1991
78.19287872 1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
80.99436951 1999
81.10643768 2000
81.84243011 2001
81.78795624 2002
81.39067841 2003
81.45703125 2004
81.61480713 2005
81.33769989 2006
81.28398132 2007
81.44081116 2008
80.76085663 2009
86.97531128 2010
86.97547913 2011
86.97541809 2012
86.98445892 2013
2014
2015
84.67658234 2016
85.23908234 2017
86.24210358 2018
86.1461792 2019
86.30271912 2020
86.3025589 2021
2022

United Kingdom | 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
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Records
63
Source