Tunisia - Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)

Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) in Tunisia was 47.21 as of 2012. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 47.21 in 2012, while its lowest value was 8.86 in 1981.

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
1973 11.54
1975 14.22
1976 15.21
1980 11.46
1981 8.86
1983 13.84
1987 11.10
1988 18.00
1989 18.92
1993 23.96
1994 24.51
1995 25.56
1996 26.14
1997 26.59
1998 28.05
1999 29.05
2000 31.84
2001 33.30
2002 35.22
2003 37.76
2004 40.14
2005 40.22
2006 40.65
2007 41.39
2008 42.05
2009 44.30
2010 45.64
2011 46.71
2012 47.21

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