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Secondary school enrollment — Tanzania

Secondary school enrollment in Tanzania in 2021 — 28.2%. Ranked 147 in the world out of 148. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 25.4 pp.

2021 28.2% −2.7 pp vs 2020
World rank 147of 148
Period maximum 32.4%2013
Period minimum 2.8%1970

Trend over time

1970–2021 · % (gross ratio)

Secondary school enrollment — Tanzania, 1970–202101020304019701976198219881994200020062012201820211970: 2.8%1971: 2.9%1972: 2.9%1973: 3%1974: 3.3%1975: 3.3%1976: 3.4%1977: 3.5%1978: 3.6%1979: 3.6%1980: 3.5%1981: 3.3%1982: 3.2%1983: 3.2%1984: 3.2%1985: 3.5%1986: 3.6%1987: 3.8%1988: 4.1%1989: 4.4%1991: 5.1%1992: 5.2%1993: 5.2%1994: 5.1%1995: 5.1%1996: 5%1997: 5.5%2010: 31.9%2013: 32.4%2014: 29.6%2015: 26.1%2016: 25.6%2017: 26.4%2018: 28.6%2019: 30.2%2020: 30.9%2021: 28.2%
Change over the period: +25.4 pp Annual average: 0.5 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Tanzania

Tanzania 28.2%
World 77.3%
Sub-Saharan Africa 45.3%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 72.1%
Secondary school enrollment — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 28.2 −2.7 pp
2020 30.9 +0.7 pp
2019 30.2 +1.6 pp
2018 28.6 +2.2 pp
2017 26.4 +0.7 pp
2016 25.6 −0.4 pp
2015 26.1 −3.5 pp
2014 29.6 −2.8 pp
2013 32.4 —
2010 31.9 —
1997 5.5 +0.5 pp
1996 5 −0.1 pp
1995 5.1 −0 pp
1994 5.1 −0.1 pp
1993 5.2 +0 pp
1992 5.2 +0 pp
1991 5.1 —
1989 4.4 +0.2 pp
1988 4.1 +0.3 pp
1987 3.8 +0.2 pp
1986 3.6 +0.1 pp
1985 3.5 +0.3 pp
1984 3.2 −0.1 pp
1983 3.2 +0 pp
1982 3.2 −0 pp
1981 3.3 −0.3 pp
1980 3.5 −0.1 pp
1979 3.6 +0.1 pp
1978 3.6 +0 pp
1977 3.5 +0.1 pp
1976 3.4 +0.1 pp
1975 3.3 +0 pp
1974 3.3 +0.3 pp
1973 3 +0.1 pp
1972 2.9 −0 pp
1971 2.9 +0.1 pp
1970 2.8 —

Eastern Africa, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SC Seychelles 103 KE Kenya 80.4 RW Rwanda 44.2 MW Malawi 35.9 MG Madagascar 34.1 TZ Tanzania 28.2
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About the indicator

The gross secondary enrollment ratio — the ratio of the total number of secondary school pupils, of any age, to the population of the official age for that level. It can exceed 100% when pupils older than the official age are in school — because of repetition or a late start, for example.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

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