Qualified primary teachers in Tanzania

In Tanzania, 99.2% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2016.

Measure: Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education Unit: % of primary teachers Data: 2001 to 2016 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value for Tanzania is for 2016. Most countries have figures for 2024.
Tanzania, 2016 99.2% % of primary teachers
Change from 2013 +0.2percentage points 2013: 99.0%

Qualified primary teachers in Tanzania over time

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% of primary teachers. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Teachers with the minimum required qualifications, primary education (% of primary teachers), 2001 to 2016
Period Tanzania
2016 99.2%
2013 99.0%
2012 96.6%
2011 96.6%
2010 94.5%
2009 100.0%
2007 100.0%
2006 100.0%
2005 100.0%
2004 100.0%
2002 100.0%
2001 100.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 99.0% in 2013, a change of +0.2 percentage points.
  • Since 2002, when it was 100.0%, the figure has changed by −0.8 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
TRTP.1 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2001 to 2016 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