Education in Tanzania

136 indicators covering education for Tanzania.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 15-64 54.6% 2025 up 4.0% 204th
Population ages 0-14 42.3% 2025 down 4.9% 13th
Primary school starting age 7 years 2025 unchanged 1st
Lower secondary school starting age 14 years 2025 unchanged 1st
School enrollment, primary 92.7% 2024 up 7.9% 168th
Primary education, teachers 229,840 2024 up 20.4% 32nd
School enrollment, primary, female 95.3% 2024 up 8.8% 149th
School enrollment, primary, male 90.1% 2024 up 6.9% 175th
Labor force, total 34.05 million 2025 up 40.6% 21st
Labor force, female 49.0% 2025 down 0.0% 21st
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.04 GPI 2021 up 0.3% 12th
School enrollment, secondary 28.2% 2021 down 11.5% 195th
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 6.4 per 1,000 2024 down 19.0% 69th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 5.4 per 1,000 2024 down 16.9% 48th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 3.6 per 1,000 2024 down 14.3% 39th
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 8.2 per 1,000 2024 down 17.2% 18th
Secondary education, teachers 106,006 2020 up 28.0% 54th
School enrollment, secondary, female 29.2% 2021 up 2.1% 194th
School enrollment, secondary, male 27.3% 2021 down 22.5% 194th
School enrollment, tertiary 4.0% 2024 up 9.4% 183rd
School enrollment, primary, private 4.5% 2021 up 64.9% 153rd
School enrollment, preprimary 77.3% 2021 up 115.6% 81st
School enrollment, tertiary, male 4.4% 2024 down 8.3% 178th
School enrollment, tertiary, female 3.6% 2024 up 42.0% 175th
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.08 GPI 2021 up 32.1% 44th
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.8225 GPI 2024 up 54.8% 155th
Secondary education, teachers, female 35,826 2021 up 29.7% 74th
Primary completion rate, female 84.0% 2024 up 7.8% 139th
Primary completion rate, male 70.8% 2024 down 2.3% 158th
Government expenditure on education, total 3.2% 2024 down 6.8% 142nd
Secondary education, general pupils 2.14 million 2018 up 75.1% 44th
Lower secondary completion rate, total 34.2% 2024 down 2.6% 172nd
School enrollment, preprimary, female 76.9% 2021 up 117.9% 81st
School enrollment, preprimary, male 77.6% 2021 up 113.5% 77th
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 78.6% 2019 down 3.5% 125th
Government expenditure on education, total 13.4% 2024 down 22.5% 85th
Secondary education, general pupils 51.0% 2018 up 14.7% 58th
Lower secondary completion rate, female 36.0% 2024 up 11.2% 169th
Lower secondary completion rate, male 32.4% 2024 down 18.3% 170th
Children out of school 16.4% 2024 down 6.5% 34th
Primary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 3rd
Primary education, pupils 11.39 million 2024 up 38.5% 14th
Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st
Secondary education, pupils 2.83 million 2021 up 55.0% 40th
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 82.6% 2019 down 4.7% 111th
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 74.6% 2019 down 2.4% 115th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 8,024 2018 down 95.7% 128th
Number of under-five deaths, male 48,039 2024 down 16.5% 9th
Number of under-five deaths, female 38,278 2024 down 18.8% 9th
Number of infant deaths, male 37,777 2024 down 14.3% 11th
Number of infant deaths, female 29,834 2024 down 15.8% 10th
Children out of school, female 13.5% 2024 down 15.0% 42nd
Children out of school, male 19.2% 2024 up 0.5% 31st
Secondary education, vocational pupils 12.5% 2018 down 73.7% 184th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 109.1% 2018 up 1.0% 42nd
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 2.2% 2025 down 14.3% 166th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 0.9% 2025 down 34.5% 181st
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 1.6% 2025 down 21.8% 175th
Primary education, teachers 47.8% 2024 down 7.1% 173rd
Repeaters, primary, total 1.9% 2018 down 55.6% 102nd