Arab World - Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)

Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) in Arab World was 40.23 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 36 years was 40.23 in 2019, while its lowest value was 28.47 in 1991.

Definition: Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) is the share of female academic staff in tertiary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1983 30.73
1984 30.39
1985 30.60
1986 30.00
1987 30.42
1988 30.52
1989 29.60
1990 29.25
1991 28.47
1992 29.32
1993 29.82
1994 30.48
1995 31.04
1996 31.64
1997 31.86
1998 32.43
1999 32.72
2000 32.35
2001 32.74
2002 32.92
2003 32.81
2004 33.85
2005 34.14
2006 34.33
2007 34.54
2008 34.71
2009 35.01
2010 35.70
2011 35.85
2012 36.13
2013 37.16
2014 38.31
2015 38.91
2016 38.86
2017 39.03
2018 39.81
2019 40.23

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.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

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).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Inputs