Education in Tanzania 136 indicators covering education for Tanzania. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Persistence to grade 5, total 84.5% 2019 down 5.9% 106th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 16,110 2024 up 7.3% 5th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 6,128 2024 up 11.5% 10th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 8,113 2024 up 13.1% 16th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 8,206 2024 up 15.3% 24th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 109.8% 2018 up 2.1% 37th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 108.5% 2018 down 0.1% 46th Share of the population with no formal education with projections 1.5% 2100 down 20.3% 36th Number of adults with no formal education by region 2.93 million people 2100 down 17.7% 9th Population by level of education 36.95 million people 2100 up 18.8% 24th Repeaters, primary, female 1.7% 2018 down 59.2% 97th Repeaters, primary, male 2.0% 2018 down 52.1% 101st School enrollment, secondary, private 13.5% 2021 down 28.4% 87th School enrollment, primary 81.3% 2018 down 17.7% 154th Trained teachers in primary education 99.2% 2016 down 0.8% 51st Over-age students, primary 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% 188th Secondary education, teachers 33.0% 2020 down 1.0% 165th School enrollment, primary, female 82.8% 2018 down 16.1% 129th School enrollment, primary, male 79.8% 2018 down 19.3% 140th Over-age students, primary, male 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% 188th Over-age students, primary, female 0.0% 2016 down 100.0% 188th Compulsory education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 168th Progression to secondary school 71.0% 2017 up 49.3% 156th Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 82.4% 2018 down 16.9% 153rd Trained teachers in primary education, female 99.2% 2016 down 0.8% 49th Trained teachers in primary education, male 99.2% 2016 down 0.8% 44th Primary education, pupils 50.1% 2018 up 1.5% 17th Tertiary education, academic staff 30.3% 2024 up 52.1% 134th Persistence to grade 5, female 87.2% 2019 down 6.0% 97th Persistence to grade 5, male 81.9% 2019 down 6.0% 99th Preprimary education, duration 1 years 2025 down 50.0% 197th Progression to secondary school, male 73.0% 2017 up 40.2% 145th Progression to secondary school, female 69.2% 2017 up 61.2% 147th Expenditure on tertiary education 21.4% 2014 up 14.5% 72nd Literacy rate, youth female 85.1% 2022 up 0.3% 83rd Children out of school, primary 2.01 million 2024 up 20.1% 7th Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 84.1% 2018 down 15.0% 131st Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 80.6% 2018 down 18.7% 142nd Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index 0.96 GPI 2022 down 1.0% 73rd Literacy rate, youth male 88.8% 2022 up 1.9% 72nd Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 50.63 2018 down 3.4% 8th Literacy rate, youth total 87.1% 2022 up 1.3% 74th Expenditure on secondary education 18.3% 2014 up 104.6% 136th Expenditure on primary education 49.2% 2014 down 20.4% 19th Secondary education, pupils 50.8% 2018 up 13.5% 42nd Children out of school, primary, female 822,227 2024 up 8.7% 12th Children out of school, primary, male 1.19 million 2024 up 29.6% 6th Literacy rate, adult total 78.2% 2022 up 0.1% 61st Literacy rate, adult male 84.2% 2022 up 1.0% 61st Trained teachers in preprimary education 34.8% 2018 up 141.2% 101st Adolescents out of school 51.0% 2024 down 15.8% 12th Trained teachers in preprimary education, female 38.1% 2018 up 99.5% 95th Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 20.86 2018 — 45th Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 113.97 2017 up 164.7% 1st Trained teachers in preprimary education, male 24.3% 2018 up 188.8% 87th Adolescents out of school, female 47.8% 2024 down 20.6% 13th Adolescents out of school, male 54.1% 2024 down 11.2% 8th Net intake rate in grade 1 50.4% 2017 down 43.4% 100th Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary 34.45 2012 up 243.9% 10th Net intake rate in grade 1, female 51.6% 2017 down 42.7% 96th ← Previous Page 2 of 3 Next →