IDA blend - Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)

Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) in IDA blend was 31.69 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 33.36 in 2013, while its lowest value was 23.60 in 1986.

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/)

See also:

Year Value
1970 26.33
1971 26.79
1985 23.89
1986 23.60
1987 24.51
1988 24.79
1989 25.46
1990 25.95
1991 26.46
1992 27.21
1993 27.40
1994 27.83
1995 28.33
1996 28.85
1997 29.56
1998 30.37
1999 31.23
2000 30.19
2001 29.14
2002 28.63
2003 27.78
2004 26.95
2005 28.67
2006 28.85
2007 28.19
2008 28.23
2009 27.96
2010 27.39
2011 32.72
2012 32.77
2013 33.36
2014 33.05
2015 33.28
2016 31.69

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