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

Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) in IDA only was 28.01 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 28.01 in 2019, while its lowest value was 22.06 in 1976.

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
1974 22.29
1975 22.37
1976 22.06
1977 22.80
1978 22.22
1979 23.13
1980 23.17
1981 23.34
1982 22.65
1983 23.01
1984 23.31
1985 24.42
1986 24.13
1987 25.14
1988 24.09
1989 23.85
1990 23.29
1991 22.92
1992 22.63
1993 22.50
1994 22.89
1995 22.99
1996 23.44
1997 23.94
1998 24.46
1999 24.40
2000 24.57
2001 24.60
2002 24.70
2003 25.46
2004 25.16
2005 25.23
2006 25.11
2007 25.44
2008 26.24
2009 25.69
2010 25.11
2011 25.32
2012 25.62
2013 26.07
2014 25.43
2015 26.58
2016 27.33
2017 27.07
2018 27.49
2019 28.01

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