IBRD only - Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)

Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) in IBRD only was 45.08 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 45.08 in 2019, while its lowest value was 37.35 in 1989.

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
1972 39.22
1973 38.96
1974 38.70
1975 38.20
1976 38.56
1977 38.52
1978 38.45
1979 38.55
1980 37.98
1981 37.78
1982 38.33
1983 38.21
1984 38.33
1985 38.24
1986 37.94
1987 37.46
1988 37.49
1989 37.35
1990 37.53
1991 37.49
1992 37.53
1993 37.57
1994 37.55
1995 38.85
1996 39.98
1997 41.03
1998 42.08
1999 42.94
2000 43.48
2001 43.65
2002 44.34
2003 43.64
2004 43.40
2005 43.43
2006 43.68
2007 43.89
2008 44.08
2009 44.72
2010 44.58
2011 44.35
2012 44.03
2013 44.05
2014 44.02
2015 44.09
2016 44.07
2017 44.58
2018 44.93
2019 45.08

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