World | 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
World
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63
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World | Secondary education, teachers (% female)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974 49.35823822
1975 49.02127075
1976 48.45975113
1977 47.39915848
1978 46.58110809
1979 46.40024185
1980 46.53366089
1981 46.44522858
1982 46.61196899
1983 46.83097839
1984 46.97822189
1985 47.34223175
1986 47.45367813
1987 47.58332062
1988 47.63605881
1989 47.77198029
1990 48.06921005
1991 48.3105011
1992 48.47531891
1993 48.74132919
1994 49.01887894
1995 49.23807907
1996 49.69739151
1997 50.05120087
1998 50.52445984
1999 51.02426147
2000 51.24895859
2001 51.64949036
2002 51.92763138
2003 52.21514893
2004 52.06335831
2005 52.1175499
2006 51.67192841
2007 51.54922867
2008 51.68132019
2009 51.99816895
2010 52.17192841
2011 52.59215927
2012 53.10927963
2013 53.43949127
2014 53.31483078
2015 53.41558838
2016 53.37792969
2017 53.96260071
2018 54.24142838
2019 54.42158127
2020 54.35429001
2021 55.09281158
2022 55.31845856

World | 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
World
Records
63
Source