Brazil - Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)

Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) in Brazil was 46.21 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 52.77 in 2002, while its lowest value was 20.71 in 1970.

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
1970 20.71
1971 21.94
1972 22.67
1973 23.39
1974 25.06
1979 29.30
1980 30.27
1983 43.14
1988 35.80
1989 36.36
1990 40.64
1991 37.55
1992 37.31
1993 38.40
1994 37.82
1998 42.01
1999 40.77
2000 40.84
2001 42.15
2002 52.77
2003 46.47
2004 43.84
2005 44.32
2007 43.73
2008 43.74
2009 44.83
2010 44.88
2011 45.06
2012 45.18
2013 45.11
2014 45.41
2015 45.55
2016 45.52
2017 45.71
2018 45.94
2019 46.21

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