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

Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) in Upper middle income was 46.88 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 47.71 in 2009, while its lowest value was 39.53 in 1994.

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
1980 41.59
1981 41.36
1982 41.75
1983 41.94
1984 42.02
1985 41.52
1986 41.39
1987 41.10
1988 40.77
1989 40.72
1990 41.02
1991 40.69
1992 40.61
1993 40.36
1994 39.53
1995 40.57
1996 41.81
1997 42.92
1998 44.10
1999 45.00
2000 45.44
2001 45.49
2002 46.69
2003 45.30
2004 44.93
2005 45.06
2006 45.50
2007 45.73
2008 46.43
2009 47.71
2010 47.63
2011 47.25
2012 46.93
2013 46.91
2014 46.44
2015 46.58
2016 46.44
2017 46.66
2018 46.88

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