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Brazil: Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female

206,040count · 2018+25.6% since 2008

Total number of female teachers in public and private tertiary education institutions (ISCED 5-8). Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions. Annual figures for Brazil from 1970 to 2018.

19702018

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
2018206,040
2017203,632
2016194,564
2015195,385
2014193,382
2013165,683
2012163,869
2011161,035
2010154,983
2009152,800
2008164,098
2007160,783
2005129,640
2004137,537
2003139,240
2002127,950
200185,737
200074,809
199970,866
199869,366
199453,509
199352,672
199250,144
199149,994
199053,503
198946,557
198844,928
198352,935
198033,238
197930,054
197416,156
197313,977
197213,212
197110,861
19708,898

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-teachers-in-tertiary-education-programmes-female (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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