Gender in Tanzania

228 indicators covering gender for Tanzania.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Child population (UN estimates and projections) 33,294 2030 up 25.9% 12th
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 2.01 % change on previous year 2030 down 20.4% 8th
Population 47,619 2030 up 37.9% 25th
Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 47,619 2030 up 37.9% 25th
Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 3.22 % change on previous year 2030 down 6.4% 12th
Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 1.16 million 2025 up 24.4% 12th
Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 1.19 million 2025 up 24.9% 12th
Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 1.13 million 2025 up 25.8% 12th
Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 1.16 million 2025 up 26.4% 12th
Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 1.11 million 2025 up 28.2% 12th
Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 1.14 million 2025 up 29.0% 12th
Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 1.09 million 2025 up 30.5% 12th
Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 1.11 million 2025 up 31.4% 12th
Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 1.06 million 2025 up 31.1% 12th
Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 1.09 million 2025 up 32.0% 12th
Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 1.04 million 2025 up 30.8% 12th
Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 1.06 million 2025 up 31.9% 12th
Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 16.34 2027 up 1.3% 185th
Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.834 2025 up 2.6% 57th
Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.702 2025 up 5.4% 87th
Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.822 2025 up 3.7% 51st
Women's Political Participation Index 0.996 2025 up 0.1% 26th
Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.834 2025 up 2.6% 57th
Key features of women's political empowerment 0.834 2025 up 2.6% 57th
Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate -1.3 % change on previous year 2025 down 165.9% 118th
Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.834 2025 up 2.6% 57th
Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 1 2025 1st
Prevalence of obesity, female 16.2% 2024 up 45.3% 155th
Prevalence of obesity, male 6.4% 2024 up 79.1% 163rd
Life expectancy at age 60, female 19.6 years 2024 up 7.4% 146th
Life expectancy at age 60, male 14.43 years 2024 down 6.7% 211th
Share of women who are obese 16.2% 2024 up 45.3% 158th
Share of women who are overweight or obese 39.9% 2024 up 29.0% 161st
Share of overweight men vs. women 23.1% 2024 up 46.6% 168th
Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 69.7% 2024 up 12.1% 186th
Share of women who are married or in a union 18.4% 2022 unchanged 27th
Population, per capita 1 units per person 2024 unchanged 27th
Population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 14.1% 28th
Population, annual growth rate 2.92 % change on previous year 2024 down 6.8% 19th
Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 46.0% 84th
Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 55.08 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 up 24.3% 174th
Women, Business and the Law Index 81.25 index (0–100) 2023 unchanged 90th
Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women have the same rights to remarry as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Equal access to financial services for women and men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 94th
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0004 units per person 2025 down 4.9% 14th
Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Population, per square kilometre 75.21 units per square kilometre 2023 up 36.4% 103rd
Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0006 units per person 2025 up 3.9% 174th
Labor force, female 16.69 million 2025 up 40.5% 19th
Labor force, female, per capita 0.2366 units per person 2025 up 3.6% 51st
Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 1.15 index 2025 up 1.7% 14th