Primary education, duration in Tanzania
Tanzania: Primary education, duration was 7 years in 2025. ▬ Flat
Primary education, duration in Tanzania, 1970–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for primary education, duration in Tanzania is 7 years, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 56 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary education, duration in Tanzania peaked at 7 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 7 years, in 1970.
That places Tanzania 3rd out of 210 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 6 |
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More education data for Tanzania
- Lower secondary school starting age 14 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 54.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 42.3% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 92.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 229,840 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 95.3% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 90.1% (2024)
- Labor force, total 34.05 million (2025)
- Labor force, female 49.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary education, duration in Tanzania?
- Primary education, duration in Tanzania was 7 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary education, duration recorded in Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 7 years in 1970.
- What is the lowest primary education, duration recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 years in 1970.
- How does Tanzania rank for primary education, duration?
- Tanzania ranks 3rd out of 210 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary education, duration rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Tanzania data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in primary school.