Low income - Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)

Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) in Low income was 18.49 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 21 years was 21.42 in 1995, while its lowest value was 18.09 in 2014.

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
1995 21.42
1996 21.32
1997 21.24
1998 21.06
1999 20.77
2000 20.74
2001 20.52
2002 20.60
2003 20.39
2004 20.36
2005 20.35
2006 20.13
2007 20.28
2008 19.94
2009 19.27
2010 18.88
2011 18.95
2012 18.72
2013 18.40
2014 18.09
2015 18.10
2016 18.49

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