Fragile and conflict affected situations - Secondary education, teachers (% female)

Secondary education, teachers (% female) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 40.11 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 49.67 in 1973, while its lowest value was 39.08 in 2014.

Definition: Female teachers as a percentage of total secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1972 49.61
1973 49.67
1974 49.50
1975 49.36
1976 49.05
1977 48.50
1978 47.42
1979 46.43
1980 45.55
1981 44.64
1982 42.50
1983 42.22
1984 41.87
1985 42.15
1986 42.72
1987 42.78
1988 42.97
1989 43.24
1990 43.91
1991 43.91
1992 43.70
1993 43.26
1994 42.92
1995 43.23
1996 42.85
1997 42.72
1998 42.69
1999 42.56
2000 43.02
2001 42.57
2002 41.48
2003 41.80
2004 41.33
2005 41.05
2006 40.80
2007 39.83
2008 40.42
2009 40.40
2010 40.91
2011 40.60
2012 40.25
2013 39.40
2014 39.08
2015 39.46
2016 39.95
2017 40.00
2018 40.13
2019 40.11

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 teachers in secondary education is calculated by dividing the total number of female teachers at secondary level of education by the total number of teachers 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