Argentina - Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)

Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) in Argentina was 48.56 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 54.40 in 2000, while its lowest value was 30.65 in 1970.

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
1970 30.65
1971 34.54
1972 35.30
1973 34.92
1974 37.45
1975 39.08
1976 40.01
1977 38.28
1978 40.06
1979 40.25
1980 43.31
1981 43.98
1982 43.63
1983 45.87
1984 46.26
1985 46.24
1986 47.30
1987 50.47
1998 52.77
1999 53.98
2000 54.40
2001 49.10
2002 50.13
2004 50.36
2006 53.15
2009 48.56

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