World | Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)
Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) is the share of female academic staff in tertiary education. 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 academic staffs in tertiary education is calculated by dividing the total number of female academic staffs at tertiary level of education by the total number of academic staffs 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).
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The World Bank
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World | Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)
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1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974 31.68141937
1975 31.54797935
1976 31.83271027
1977 31.97521019
1978 32.2628212
1979 32.4337616
1980 32.44626999
1981 32.51008987
1982 32.83081055
1983 32.95986176
1984 33.17002869
1985 33.29877853
1986 33.30804825
1987 33.32294083
1988 33.41107178
1989 33.62680054
1990 33.91450119
1991 33.94662857
1992 34.03733063
1993 34.12514877
1994 34.68164825
1995 35.4618187
1996 36.16458893
1997 36.78223038
1998 37.63516998
1999 38.38095093
2000 39.14913177
2001 39.81446838
2002 40.14112091
2003 39.96512985
2004 40.2305603
2005 40.70243835
2006 41.0037384
2007 41.35617065
2008 41.67829132
2009 42.03218079
2010 42.06121063
2011 42.08520889
2012 41.95936966
2013 42.04999924
2014 42.1160202
2015 42.17416
2016 42.18255997
2017 42.47455978
2018 42.65457153
2019 42.72634125
2020 42.8568306
2021 43.05487823
2022 43.08063126
World | Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)
Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) is the share of female academic staff in tertiary education. 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 academic staffs in tertiary education is calculated by dividing the total number of female academic staffs at tertiary level of education by the total number of academic staffs 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