Portugal - Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)

Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) in Portugal was 45.11 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 45.11 in 2019, while its lowest value was 19.41 in 1971.

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 19.41
1972 21.17
1973 25.08
1974 27.80
1975 29.40
1976 32.02
1977 30.07
1978 28.82
1979 33.01
1980 33.76
1981 31.45
1982 28.30
1983 32.38
1984 33.15
1985 34.51
1986 36.75
1987 35.49
2002 40.77
2003 41.23
2004 41.89
2005 42.03
2006 43.04
2007 43.16
2008 43.22
2009 43.43
2010 43.51
2011 43.74
2012 43.80
2013 44.04
2014 43.98
2015 44.40
2016 44.45
2017 44.28
2018 44.76
2019 45.11

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