Korea - Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)

Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) in Korea was 35.11 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 35.57 in 2018, while its lowest value was 12.94 in 1971.

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 12.94
1972 13.09
1973 13.43
1974 14.29
1975 13.87
1976 14.79
1977 15.52
1978 15.45
1979 15.96
1980 15.96
1981 15.44
1982 16.01
1983 16.69
1984 17.00
1985 17.30
1986 17.40
1987 17.33
1988 21.15
1989 21.41
1990 21.57
1991 22.26
1992 22.79
1993 23.53
1994 24.30
1995 25.15
1996 26.47
1997 25.10
1998 25.10
1999 25.50
2000 26.88
2001 27.08
2002 28.11
2003 28.76
2004 29.28
2005 30.50
2006 30.88
2007 31.51
2008 32.37
2009 33.04
2010 33.77
2011 34.10
2012 34.51
2013 34.60
2014 34.73
2015 35.00
2016 34.91
2017 35.09
2018 35.57
2019 35.11

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