Lower middle income - Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)

Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) in Lower middle income was 41.72 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 41.72 in 2019, while its lowest value was 29.43 in 1987.

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
1971 31.35
1972 30.85
1973 30.43
1974 29.93
1975 29.65
1976 29.63
1977 30.00
1978 30.08
1979 30.81
1980 30.10
1981 29.95
1982 30.22
1983 29.81
1984 29.84
1985 30.45
1986 30.08
1987 29.43
1988 29.83
1989 29.71
1990 29.44
1991 29.94
1992 30.28
1993 30.93
1994 32.39
1995 33.92
1996 35.16
1997 36.18
1998 37.39
1999 38.37
2000 38.99
2001 39.25
2002 39.03
2003 39.17
2004 39.73
2005 39.81
2006 39.80
2007 39.96
2008 39.61
2009 39.52
2010 39.23
2011 39.36
2012 39.24
2013 39.27
2014 39.41
2015 39.50
2016 39.85
2017 40.81
2018 41.50
2019 41.72

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