Gender in Tanzania

228 indicators covering gender for Tanzania.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Parenthood Score 60 2023 unchanged 76th
Can a Woman Travel Outside the Country in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Travel Outside Her Home in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Choose Where to Live in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Apply For a Passport in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Mobility Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Work in a Job Deemed Dangerous in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Work in An Industrial Job in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Work at Night in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Does the Law Mandate Equal Remuneration For Work of Equal Value? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Pay Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Obtain a Judgment of Divorce in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Can a Woman Be Head of Household in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Is There No Legal Provision That Requires a Married Woman to Obey Her 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Does a Woman Have the Same Rights to Remarry as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Is There Legislation Specifically Addressing Domestic Violence? 0 2023 165th
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Marriage Score 80 2023 unchanged 105th
Are Periods of Absence Due to Childcare Accounted For in Pension 0 2023 110th
Is the Mandatory Retirement Age For Men and Women the Same? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Is the Age at Which Men and Women Can Retire With Partial Pension 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Is the Age at Which Men and Women Can Retire With Full Pension 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Pension Score 75 2023 unchanged 74th
Can a Woman Get a Job in the Same Way as a Man? 1 2023 unchanged 1st
Women Business and the Law Index (WBL), Workplace Score 100 2023 unchanged 1st
Women Business and the Law Index 81.25 2023 unchanged 91st
Women Business and the Law Index 81.25 2023 unchanged 91st
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 199.4% 2025 up 27.6% 15th
Share of female employment by economic sector 66.8% 2025 down 1.4% 14th
Maternal Mortality Ratio, Modeled Estimate 276 2023 down 42.4% 25th
Prevalence rate of hypertension in men aged 30-79 30.9 2019 down 13.7% 166th
Prevalence rate of hypertension in women aged 30-79 35.4 2019 down 10.8% 120th
Total Fertility Rate 4.66 2022 down 8.6% 12th
Tertiary Gross Enrollment Rate 4.02 2024 up 9.4% 184th
Women have the same rights to remarry as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 9.2 years 2019 up 0.5% 153rd
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 9.03 years 2019 down 4.2% 163rd
Proportion of women in ministerial level positions 21.7% 2025 down 32.7% 92nd
Women of reproductive age 16.12 million 2023 up 41.7% 22nd
Women who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern 57.6% 2026 up 9.3% 125th
Share of people who don't drink alcohol, men vs women 48.0% 2020 up 3.1% 60th
Share of women in ministerial positions 28.6% 2024 down 22.1% 65th
Share of women in parliament 39.5% 2025 up 9.8% 32nd
Preprimary Gross Enrollment Rate 77.25 2021 up 115.6% 81st
Own-account workers, female (% of female employment) 38.1% 2016 down 52.3% 40th
Own-account workers, male (% of male employment) 56.8% 2016 down 21.5% 18th
Proportion of Seats Held By Women in National Parliaments 37.4 2024 up 3.9% 39th
Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament 0.73 ratio 2026 up 1.4% 32nd
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (%) 198.7% 2024 up 34.8% 17th
Share of pregnant women who have anemia 46.6% 2023 down 5.5% 20th
Number of women of reproductive age (aged 15-49 years) with anaemia 6,138 2023 up 52.7% 15th
Prevalence of anaemia in women aged 15-49 38.8 2023 up 5.4% 33rd
Gender Development Index 0.94 2022 up 3.0% 118th
Literacy rate, adult female 73.1% 2022 down 0.3% 62nd
Access to anti-retroviral drugs, female 90.0% 2024 up 91.5% 27th
Access to anti-retroviral drugs, male 83.0% 2024 up 159.4% 40th
Gender Inequality Index 0.513 2022 down 7.2% 34th
Suicide Rate 5.1 2021 up 19.7% 120th
Female migrants 50.0% 2020 down 0.2% 88th
Share of temporary employees 72.78 2024 up 7.9% 4th
Age at first marriage, female 21 2016 up 5.0% 144th