Education in Tanzania 2,256 indicators covering education for Tanzania. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 34.2% 2025 up 28.1% 150th Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) 36.4% 2025 up 43.4% 147th Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.12 modelled data 2025 up 23.6% 34th Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) 32.1% 2025 up 14.4% 152nd Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 8.7% 2025 up 19.8% 158th Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 7.5% 2025 up 26.1% 156th Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 0.7667 modelled data 2025 up 9.4% 147th Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 9.8% 2025 up 15.2% 159th Teachers in secondary education, male 70,979 2020 up 28.6% 37th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 2.2% 2025 down 14.3% 167th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 0.9% 2025 down 34.5% 182nd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 1.6% 2025 down 21.8% 176th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 3.6% 2024 up 42.0% 177th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 4.4% 2024 down 8.3% 179th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 0.8225 GPIA 2024 up 54.8% 157th Primary education, teachers 47.8% 2024 down 7.1% 173rd Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 12,333 number 2019 down 28.2% 72nd Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -2.97 % change on previous year 2019 up 56.4% 166th Repeaters, primary, total 1.9% 2018 down 55.6% 102nd School life expectancy, tertiary, female 0.1954 years 2024 up 53.0% 181st School life expectancy, tertiary, male 0.2462 years 2024 up 2.4% 181st School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 0.7938 GPIA 2024 up 49.4% 160th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 13.4% 2019 up 1,380.9% 35th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 8.78 years 2021 down 3.6% 167th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 77.3% 2024 up 4.2% 156th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 10,026 number 2019 up 122.9% 91st Persistence to grade 5, total 84.5% 2019 down 5.9% 106th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 78.6% 2019 down 3.5% 126th 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 children who are not in pre-primary school 32.0% 2024 down 38.8% 50th School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 0.82 years 2024 up 19.9% 167th School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 0.8298 years 2024 up 23.0% 165th School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9882 GPIA 2024 down 2.5% 147th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 75.2% 2024 up 8.6% 185th Teachers in pre-primary education, male 5,018 2024 up 20.2% 23rd Teachers in pre-primary education, female 15,252 2024 up 61.8% 66th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2019 up 4.9% 111th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 2,617 2024 up 39.4% 97th Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 30.3% 2024 up 52.1% 136th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 6,008 2024 down 20.3% 90th 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 Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 0.83 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 9.7% 175th Repeaters, primary, female 1.7% 2018 down 59.2% 97th Repeaters, primary, male 2.0% 2018 down 52.1% 101st School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 8.91 years 2021 down 0.3% 156th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 8.65 years 2021 down 6.7% 163rd School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 1.03 GPIA 2021 up 6.8% 108th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 78.4% 2019 up 44.4% 168th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 70.8% 2024 down 2.3% 162nd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 84.0% 2024 up 7.8% 143rd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 1.16 GPIA 2024 up 8.2% 11th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 9,675 number 2019 up 8.9% 77th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes 53.9% 2022 up 23.7% 53rd ← Previous Page 8 of 38 Next →