North America - Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)

Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) in North America was 49.93 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 49.93 in 2019, while its lowest value was 26.38 in 1974.

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 26.38
1975 26.39
1976 26.88
1977 27.45
1978 28.02
1979 28.60
1980 29.14
1981 29.67
1982 30.20
1983 30.74
1984 31.26
1985 31.76
1986 32.27
1987 32.77
1988 33.26
1989 34.11
1990 34.95
1991 34.94
1992 35.43
1993 35.97
1994 37.92
1995 37.85
1996 38.03
1997 39.07
1998 40.09
1999 41.05
2000 41.20
2001 41.65
2002 42.11
2003 42.83
2004 43.56
2005 43.66
2006 44.93
2007 45.58
2008 46.24
2009 46.61
2010 47.08
2011 47.73
2012 48.20
2013 48.68
2014 49.13
2015 49.14
2016 49.15
2017 49.35
2018 49.64
2019 49.93

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