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Tertiary education enrollment — Tanzania

Tertiary education enrollment in Tanzania in 2024 — 4%. Ranked 93 in the world out of 94. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 3.8 pp.

2024 4% −1.2 pp vs 2023
World rank 93of 94
Period maximum 7.2%2020
Period minimum 0.2%1970

Trend over time

1970–2024 · % (gross ratio)

Tertiary education enrollment — Tanzania, 1970–20240246819701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 0.2%1971: 0.2%1972: 0.2%1973: 0.2%1974: 0.3%1975: 0.2%1976: 0.2%1977: 0.2%1978: 0.3%1979: 0.3%1982: 0.3%1983: 0.3%1984: 0.3%1985: 0.3%1986: 0.3%1987: 0.3%1989: 0.3%1991: 0.3%1992: 0.3%1993: 0.4%1994: 0.4%1995: 0.4%1996: 0.5%1997: 0.6%1998: 0.5%1999: 0.6%2000: 0.6%2001: 0.7%2002: 0.7%2003: 0.9%2004: 1.2%2005: 1.4%2007: 1.5%2010: 2.1%2012: 4%2013: 3.7%2015: 4%2016: 3.7%2017: 4.8%2018: 4.3%2019: 2.9%2020: 7.2%2021: 3.6%2022: 5.3%2023: 5.2%2024: 4%
Change over the period: +3.8 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Tanzania 4%
World 43.6%
Tertiary education enrollment — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 4 −1.2 pp
2023 5.2 −0.2 pp
2022 5.3 +1.7 pp
2021 3.6 −3.6 pp
2020 7.2 +4.3 pp
2019 2.9 −1.4 pp
2018 4.3 −0.5 pp
2017 4.8 +1.1 pp
2016 3.7 −0.3 pp
2015 4 —
2013 3.7 −0.3 pp
2012 4 —
2010 2.1 —
2007 1.5 —
2005 1.4 +0.2 pp
2004 1.2 +0.3 pp
2003 0.9 +0.2 pp
2002 0.7 +0 pp
2001 0.7 +0 pp
2000 0.6 +0 pp
1999 0.6 +0.1 pp
1998 0.5 −0.1 pp
1997 0.6 +0.1 pp
1996 0.5 +0.1 pp
1995 0.4 +0.1 pp
1994 0.4 +0 pp
1993 0.4 +0 pp
1992 0.3 +0 pp
1991 0.3 —
1989 0.3 —
1987 0.3 +0 pp
1986 0.3 +0 pp
1985 0.3 −0 pp
1984 0.3 +0 pp
1983 0.3 +0 pp
1982 0.3 —
1979 0.3 −0.1 pp
1978 0.3 +0.2 pp
1977 0.2 −0 pp
1976 0.2 −0 pp
1975 0.2 −0 pp
1974 0.3 +0 pp
1973 0.2 +0 pp
1972 0.2 +0 pp
1971 0.2 +0 pp
1970 0.2 —

Eastern Africa, 2024

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

MU Mauritius 45.8 SC Seychelles 14.5 KE Kenya 10.4 RW Rwanda 9.4 ZW Zimbabwe 7.7 TZ Tanzania 4
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About the indicator

The gross tertiary enrollment ratio — the number of students at universities and colleges (ISCED 5–8) as a percentage of the population in the five-year age interval that follows the end of school. It can exceed 100% because of older students and students from abroad, so in countries that act as magnets for international students the indicator is overstated.

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

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