United Republic of Tanzania
Background Information
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
World Bank income group
Lower middle income
Percent of population aged 10-24
32% (UNFPA, 2020)
Total primary school age population (both sexes)
No data available
Total secondary school age population (both sexes)
No data available
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)
30%
Source: UNSDG, 2016
Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
118
Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018
Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)
40%
Source: DHS, 2016
Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)
84%
Source: DHS, 2016
Education Snapshot Back to Top
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)
7
Source: UIS, 2019
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education
Source: UIS, 2018
Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities
No data available
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading
No data available
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics
No data available
Completion rate
Primary school age
-
Female 84%
-
Male 75%
Female: UIS, 2015
Male: UIS, 2015
Lower secondary school age
-
Female 27%
-
Male 31%
Female: UIS, 2015
Male: UIS, 2015
Upper secondary school age
-
Female 7%
-
Male 10%
Female: UIS, 2015
Male: UIS, 2015
Out-of-school rate
Primary school
-
Female 15%
-
Male 19%
Female: UIS, 2015
Male: UIS, 2015
Lower secondary school
-
Female 60%
-
Male 57%
Female: UIS, 2015
Male: UIS, 2015
Upper secondary school
-
Female 88%
-
Male 81%
Female: UIS, 2015
Male: UIS, 2015
Programs Back to Top
Project/Program
A New Equilibrium for Girls
Network/Convening/Conference
AMPLIFY Girls Collective
Research Project/Report/Study
AMPLIFY: COVID-19 Response Research
Project/Program
ARK Secondary School Education Program
Project/Program
Advancing Learning Outcomes for Transformational Change (A Lot-Change) III
Project/Program
Broadcasting Hope
Project/Program
CAMFED Association
Project/Program
Carole Cole Scholarship Programme
Project/Program
Community Grants Program
Project/Program
Comprehensive scholarship programme
Research Project/Report/Study
DeliverED Initiative
Project/Program
Draw Your Dreams
Project/Program
Education Endures: Room to Read’s Award-winning Literacy and Gender Equality Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Project/Program
Encourage Access to Education and Better Learning Environments
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Ending Child Marriage - Tanzania
Project/Program
Fanaka Secondary Memorial School
Project/Program
Feminist and Youth-led Action (FAYA)
Project/Program
Financial Education for Girls Program
Project/Program
Food for Education
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Funding For Girls Education Programs
Project/Program
GIRLS Inspire project
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Gender Equality Program
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Gender Equity/Education Funding
Project/Program
Gender-Responsive Pedagogy
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Girls' Education Challenge
Project/Program
Girls' Education Challenge Transition (GEC-T)
Project/Program
Girls' Education Program (Room to Read)
Project/Program
Joint Programme on Empowering Adolescent Girls and Young Women through Education
Project/Program
Leadership and Entrepreneurship Incubator (LEI) Program
Project/Program
Leading Community Action for Vulnerable Girls: Young African women at the forefront of COVID-19
Research Project/Report/Study
Mass Media Experiments to Reduce Violence Against Women in Tanzania
Research Project/Report/Study
Miske Witt: COVID-19 Response Research
Project/Program
My Education, My Future (MEMF)
Advocacy Campaign/Project
National Partner Support
Project/Program
Panda Economic Empowerment Project
Project/Program
Peace Clubs Student Empowerment
Project/Program
Preventing Sexual and Gender-based Violence Against Children
Research Project/Report/Study
Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE)
School Supplies & Classroom Improvements for partner schools
Project/Program
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Project/Program
Secondary School Bursaries
Project/Program
Service-learning for WASH in schools
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Strengthening Primary Education - Tanzania
Project/Program
Supporting Early Childhood Development Systems - Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia
Project/Program
Teacher Training
Research Project/Report/Study
Tega
Research Project/Report/Study
The Effect of COVID-19 on Education in Africa and its Implications for the Use of Technology: A Survey of the Experiences and Opinions of Educators and Technology Specialists
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Tujibebe
Project/Program
Tusome Pamoja (Read Together)
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
UNESCO Malala Fund for Girls’ Right to Education
Project/Program
Unlocking Talent Through Technology
Project/Program
Waache Wasome (Let Them Learn)
Project/Program
Youth Enterprise
Research Project/Report/Study
Youth Think Tank