Norway - Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)

Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) in Norway was 46.90 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 46.90 in 2019, while its lowest value was 14.93 in 1973.

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 16.55
1973 14.93
1976 16.11
1977 16.47
1978 17.52
1979 17.67
1980 18.95
1981 19.19
1982 25.99
1985 25.61
1986 25.60
1987 26.66
1988 26.84
1989 26.88
1990 27.33
1991 38.95
1997 35.70
1998 35.71
1999 36.03
2000 35.95
2001 36.20
2012 43.57
2013 45.06
2014 45.25
2015 45.35
2016 45.28
2017 46.28
2018 46.32
2019 46.90

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