Lower secondary completion in Tanzania

In Tanzania, 28.0% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2022.

Measure: Completion rate, lower secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2002 to 2022 Source: UNESCO UIS
Tanzania, 2022 28.0% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2018 +2.6percentage points 2018: 25.4%

Lower secondary completion in Tanzania over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, lower secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2002 to 2022
Period Tanzania
2022 28.0%
2018 25.4%
2015 28.7%
2012 26.4%
2010 14.0%
2004 9.0%
2002 7.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 25.4% in 2018, a change of +2.6 percentage points.
  • Since 2002, when it was 7.7%, the figure has changed by +20.2 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2002 to 2022 for Tanzania
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org