Primary net enrolment in Tanzania
In Tanzania, 83.6% of children of primary school age were enrolled in school in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2018.
Tanzania, 2024
83.6%
Change from 2023
−2.3percentage points
Primary net enrolment in Tanzania over time
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Tanzania
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% of children of primary school age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Tanzania |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 83.6% |
| 2023 | 85.9% |
| 2022 | 87.0% |
| 2021 | 87.3% |
| 2020 | 86.6% |
| 2019 | 85.7% |
| 2018 | 83.1% |
| 2017 | 84.9%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2016 | 84.5%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2015 | 80.5% |
| 2014 | 82.5% |
| 2013 | 83.8% |
| 2012 | 86.5% |
| 2011 | 89.5% |
| 2010 | 90.2% |
| 2008 | 96.2% |
| 2006 | 95.5% |
| 2005 | 90.7% |
| 2004 | 86.6% |
| 2003 | 82.6%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2002 | 74.1% |
| 2001 | 58.9%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −2.3 percentage points from 85.9% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 82.5%, the figure has changed by +1.1 percentage points.
More for Tanzania
All statistics for Tanzania
Out-of-school children
16.4%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Primary school enrolment (gross)
92.7%
2024 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
11.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
74.5%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
28.0%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
8.9%
2022 · UNESCO UIS