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