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Table 4.B - Higher education and teaching staff
 
  3rd-level students per
1000 population,
1992/1997
Women's share
of 3rd level
enrolment (%),
   % teachers
who are women,
1992/1997
 
1992/1997
Africa
Algeria
10.0
14.7
..
..
..
Angola
..
..
..
45
..
Benin
0.9
4.2
19
..
..
Botswana
5.5
6.4
47
43
28
Burkina Faso
0.4
1.3
23
..
..
Burundi
0.4
1.1
27
20
11
Central African Republic
0.3
2.1
15
..
..
Chad
0.1
1.0
13
4
..
Congo
..
..
..
16
..
Côte d'Ivoire
2.1
6.0
25
..
..
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
..
..
..
17
..
Djibouti
0.2
0.3
44
..
..
Egypt
14.7
23.2
..
39
..
Equatorial Guinea
..
..
..
11
..
Eritrea
0.2
1.7
13
14
13
Ethiopia
0.2
1.0
19
10
6
Gabon
..
..
..
18
..
Gambia
1.1
1.9
36
17
23
Guinea
0.2
1.9
11
..
3
Lesotho
2.4
2.1
54
53
..
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
..
..
46
..
..
Madagascar
1.6
1.9
45
..
29
Malawi
0.3
0.8
30
..
..
Mauritania
1.3
6.2
18
11
..
Mauritius
5.8
6.1
51
45
..
Morocco
9.3
13.3
41
31
..
Mozambique
0.2
0.6
25
17
..
Namibia
8.9
5.8
61
46
..
Niger
..
..
..
14
..
Nigeria
..
..
..
36
..
Reunion
..
..
..
46
..
Rwanda
..
..
..
21
..
Seychelles
..
..
..
50
..
South Africa
14.6
15.9
48
64
37
Sudan
..
..
..
45
..
Swaziland
5.4
7.5
44
43
40
Togo
1.1
5.3
17
12
8
Tunisia
12.0
14.6
45
38
26
Uganda
1.0
2.2
33
19
18
United Rep. of Tanzania
0.1
0.7
16
26
11
Zambia
..
..
30
..
..
Zimbabwe
3.7
9.1
37
36
..
Latin America/Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda
..
..
..
87
..
Argentina
..
..
..
66
..
Bahamas
..
..
..
64
..
Barbados
29.7
21.5
..
..
..
Belize
..
..
..
46
..
Brazil
11.7
10.1
53
..
38
Chile
22.9
28.1
46
52
..
Colombia
18.2
17.1
52
48
28
Costa Rica
..
..
..
59
..
Cuba
12.2
8.0
60
57
45
Dominica
..
..
47
..
32
Dominican Republic
26.0
18.6
58
49
32
El Salvador
19.1
19.6
50
..
29
French Guiana
..
..
..
53
..
Guatemala
3.6
11.5
..
..
..
Guyana
8.9
10.2
48
62
31
Honduras
8.7
11.0
44
..
29
Jamaica
6.6
8.8
..
67
..
Martinique
..
..
..
54
..
Mexico
14.4
16.8
47
..
..
Nicaragua
12.6
12.0
51
..
36
Panama
32.2
21.6
..
..
..
Paraguay
11.0
10.0
55
..
..
Peru
..
..
..
39
..
Saint Kitts and Nevis
..
..
55
59
61
Saint Lucia
..
..
72
63
49
Suriname
..
..
53
60
..
Trinidad and Tobago
6.9
8.5
41
..
..
US Virgin Islands
..
..
74
..
48
Venezuela
..
..
..
53
..
Asia
Afghanistan
..
..
..
34
..
Armenia
10.7
8.8
56
..
41
Azerbaijan
14.7
15.6
50
..
..
Bahrain
19.7
10.6
58
51
29
Brunei Darussalam
6.4
4.1
57
47
17
Cambodia
0.3
1.7
16
27
17
Chinab
3.3
6.1
..
36
..
China, Hong Kong SAR
14.4
18.2
43
50
25
China, Macao SAR
16.3
17.7
49
..
30
Cyprusc
14.7
11.7
56
51
36
Georgia
29.7
30.4
51
71
..
India
4.8
7.9
36
..
..
Indonesia
8.1
15.2
35
37
..
Iran (Islamic Rep. of)
11.9
19.9
36a
44
18a
Iraq
..
..
..
56
..
Israel
35.4
32.8
..
65
..
Jordand
19.4
21.0
47
48
18
Kazakhstan
30.3
25.7
55
..
..
Kuwait
25.9
19.3
62
54
..
Kyrgyzstan
11.5
10.8
52
67
..
Lao People's Dem. Rep.
1.5
3.6
30
38
29
Lebanon
26.1
28.2
49
..
33
Malaysia
..
..
..
60
..
Mongolia
24.3
10.8
69
66
36
Myanmar
6.9
4.4
..
74
..
Nepal
..
..
..
12
..
Occupied Palestinian Territory
..
..
44
43
14
Oman
5.2
5.4
46
48
..
Pakistan
..
..
..
..
18
Philippines
34.0
25.6
57
..
..
Qatar
32.8
6.2
73
59
33
Republic of Korea
41.8
70.1
37
39
..
Saudi Arabia
15.3
14.0
47
50
30
Singapore
22.5
27.9
44
..
..
Sri Lanka
3.9
5.6
44
62
34
Syrian Arab Republic
13.0
18.1
41
44
..
Tajikistan
11.9
25.4
33
..
..
Turkey
15.2
23.9
38
40
33
United Arab Emirates
17.2
2.8
70
54
14
Viet Nam
..
..
..
..
31
Yemen
1.1
7.3
13
..
..
 
Oceania
American Samoa
..
..
..
39
..
Fiji
..
..
..
46
33
French Polynesia
..
..
..
46
..
Kiribati
..
..
..
39
..
New Caledonia
..
..
..
42
..
Papua New Guinea
2.1
4.2
32
33
..
Samoa
..
..
..
47
..
 
Developed regions
Albania
11.7
8.5
57
51
31
Australia
56.1
55.0
51
..
31
Austria
28.2
31.3
48
55
26
Belarus
33.2
30.1
55
..
..
Belgium
33.8
36.1
49
53
36
Bulgaria
37.2
24.6
61
72
41
Canada
63.3
56.6
53
67
34
Croatia
18.7
19.4
51
64
34
Czech Republic
17.1
20.4
47
61
52
Denmark
34.7
29.0
55
52
30
Estonia
29.8
29.3
53
80
49
Finland
43.0
40.7
53
..
..
France
38.5
33.4
55
59
33
Germany
22.9
29.9
45
49
29
Greece
30.0
33.1
48
55
34
Hungary
19.7
18.8
53
66
33
Iceland
33.0
22.8
59
..
..
Ireland
36.6
35.8
51
54
37
Italy
32.0
30.0
53
64
32
Japan
27.2
35.8
44
33
22
Latvia
24.7
19.8
60
79
49
Lithuania
25.2
19.3
59
87
47
Malta
15.2
16.7
48
45
17
Monaco
..
..
..
61
..
Netherlands
29.9
33.7
48
31
24
New Zealand
49.9
40.1
56
57
40
Norway
45.6
37.6
55
..
..
Poland
20.6
17.0
57
..
..
Portugal
33.4
27.5
57
..
..
Republic of Moldova
22.2
19.9
55
73
45
Romania
18.9
17.4
53
63
38
Russian Federation
31.5
28.2
56
..
..
Serbia and Montenegro f
17.9
15.6
54
55
34
Slovakia
18.6
19.4
50
70
38
Slovenia
29.8
25.1
56
70
28
Spain
41.6
38.6
53
52
32
Sweden
32.5
26.9
55
58
36
Switzerland
15.4
26.0
38
..
41
The FYR of Macedonia
15.5
12.8
54
51
..
United Kingdom
31.0
31.7
51
55
30
United States
58.4
48.2
56
56
39

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Source:

United Nations, Women's Indicators and Statistics Database(Wistat),version 4,CD-ROM, (United Nationspublication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4), based mainly on data provided by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

Footnotes:

Note: Two dots (..) indicate that data are not available or are not reported separately.

a Not including private universities.
b For statistical purposes, data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions.
c Excluding Turkish institutions.
d
Data refer to the East Bank only
e Not including teaching staff in arts and sciences colleges.
f
Formerly known as Yugoslavia.

Technical notes:

Table 4.B presents selected statistics on third levels of education and women teachers at the second and third levels. Indicators on enrolment have been prepared mainly from statistics published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in its Statistical Yearbook. UNESCO compiles enrolment statistics from data provided by national Governments in response to UNESCO questionnaires.

Enrolment data are also included in Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat). ISCED classifies education at the third level as that provided at university, teachers' college or higher professional school, and requires as a minimum condition of admission the successful completion of education at the second level.

Data on third-level students refer to the number of students enrolled in the third level of education per 1,000 population. The ratios have been calculated using the enrolment data provided by national Governments and the population figures provided by the Population Division of the United Nations.

The data on women teachers at the second and third levels of education are taken from the UNESCO Statistical institutions, and as far as possible include both full-time and part-time teachers. They include, in principle, auxiliary teachers (assistants, demonstrators etc.) but exclude staff with no teaching duties (guidance personnel, librarians, administrators, laboratory technicians etc.).