Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)

Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 22.45 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 24.69 in 2002, while its lowest value was 18.74 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
1981 18.74
1982 18.88
1983 19.18
1984 19.69
1985 19.97
1986 20.38
1987 20.71
1988 20.68
1989 20.80
1990 20.84
1991 20.64
1992 20.44
1993 20.57
1994 21.21
1995 21.85
1996 22.40
1997 23.08
1998 23.97
1999 24.58
2000 24.49
2001 24.24
2002 24.69
2003 24.03
2004 23.75
2005 23.64
2006 23.36
2007 23.68
2008 23.21
2009 22.01
2010 21.23
2011 21.33
2012 21.65
2013 21.86
2014 20.92
2015 21.63
2016 21.93
2017 21.71
2018 22.08
2019 22.45

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