Upper 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
Upper middle income
Records
63
Source
Upper middle income | Primary education, teachers (% female)
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1970
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1972
1973 48.10836029
1974 47.67948151
1975 47.03157043
1976 47.18132019
1977 45.53377151
1978 49.15602875
1979 48.95701981
1980 48.04832077
1981 48.17481995
1982 47.79661942
1983 47.85739136
1984 48.98514175
1985 50.60192871
1986 51.47874832
1987 52.45869064
1988 53.50720978
1989 53.91746902
1990 54.89672089
1991 55.21110916
1992 55.80490875
1993 56.42485809
1994 57.03710938
1995 57.8506012
1996 58.36959839
1997 58.70664978
1998 59.05387115
1999 59.30506134
2000 59.95742035
2001 60.45259094
2002 61.09843063
2003 61.58948898
2004 61.90071106
2005 63.10890961
2006 63.17834854
2007 63.15814972
2008 63.87234879
2009 64.41927338
2010 64.97442627
2011 65.54058838
2012 66.01921844
2013 66.40119171
2014 67.09960175
2015 67.97274017
2016 68.52610779
2017 69.98129272
2018 71.32041931
2019 71.90673828
2020 72.45433044
2021 73.12055206
2022 73.63847351
Upper 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
Upper middle income
Records
63
Source