Turkey - Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)

Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) in Turkey was 44.75 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 44.75 in 2019, while its lowest value was 22.72 in 1979.

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 22.73
1972 24.37
1973 24.32
1974 25.44
1975 24.44
1976 24.16
1977 23.26
1978 22.82
1979 22.72
1980 24.01
1981 24.62
1982 24.75
1983 26.77
1986 30.26
1987 31.11
1988 31.20
1989 31.25
1990 31.47
1991 31.71
1992 31.89
1993 32.54
1994 32.40
1995 32.79
1997 33.03
1999 34.64
2002 36.69
2003 37.07
2004 37.89
2005 38.29
2006 38.75
2007 39.28
2008 40.35
2009 40.66
2010 40.91
2011 40.90
2012 41.13
2013 41.57
2014 42.78
2015 43.06
2017 44.02
2018 44.42
2019 44.75

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