Fragile and conflict affected situations - Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)

Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 32.82 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 33.48 in 1999, while its lowest value was 28.66 in 1982.

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 31.93
1974 31.73
1975 31.31
1976 30.93
1977 30.98
1978 30.64
1979 29.85
1980 29.69
1981 29.30
1982 28.66
1983 28.92
1984 28.93
1985 29.10
1986 28.85
1987 30.35
1988 30.41
1989 30.88
1990 31.08
1991 30.62
1992 30.62
1993 30.56
1994 30.77
1995 31.13
1996 31.70
1997 32.40
1998 33.28
1999 33.48
2000 32.98
2001 32.31
2002 32.02
2003 31.36
2004 31.61
2005 31.12
2006 30.66
2007 30.48
2008 30.31
2009 30.25
2010 30.23
2011 32.45
2012 32.35
2013 32.57
2014 32.69
2015 32.73
2016 32.82

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