OECD members - Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)

Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) in OECD members was 41.33 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 41.33 in 2019, while its lowest value was 25.22 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 25.22
1975 25.26
1976 25.58
1977 25.90
1978 26.16
1979 26.41
1980 26.70
1981 26.99
1982 27.23
1983 27.46
1984 27.83
1985 28.02
1986 28.25
1987 28.54
1988 28.99
1989 29.56
1990 30.09
1991 30.28
1992 30.50
1993 30.91
1994 32.09
1995 32.49
1996 32.75
1997 32.98
1998 33.50
1999 34.19
2000 34.55
2001 35.27
2002 35.04
2003 35.43
2004 36.17
2005 36.74
2006 37.42
2007 37.86
2008 38.74
2009 39.49
2010 39.65
2011 39.79
2012 39.92
2013 40.11
2014 40.45
2015 40.58
2016 40.65
2017 40.86
2018 41.11
2019 41.33

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