Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) vs Tanzania: Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
2.8%
in 2019
Tanzania
13.4%
in 2019
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank
36th
Tanzania rank
35th

Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes over time

  • Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
  • Tanzania
0204060197619972019

How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 13.4% against 2.8% in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), a difference of 10.6%.

That makes Tanzania's figure about 4.9 times Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Tanzania ahead.

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 36th and Tanzania ranks 35th of 45 groups.

Tanzania has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) Tanzania Difference Ahead
1990s 5.9% 50.3% 44.3% Tanzania
2000s 4.3% 20.0% 15.7% Tanzania
2010s 3.1% 14.2% 11.1% Tanzania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes, Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) or Tanzania?
Tanzania, at 13.4% against 2.8% in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) as of 2019.
What is the difference in out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes between Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Tanzania?
10.6%, with Tanzania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Tanzania?
23 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2019.
How do Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) and Tanzania rank globally for out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes?
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 36th and Tanzania ranks 35th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) vs Tanzania: Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/out-of-school-rate-for-children-of-primary-school-age-both-sexes-percent/europe-and-central-asia-excluding-high-income/tanzania/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/out-of-school-rate-for-children-of-primary-school-age-both-sexes-percent/europe-and-central-asia-excluding-high-income/tanzania/">Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) vs Tanzania: Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 6,366 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

The number of students of the official age for primary education is subtracted from the total population of the same age. The result is expressed as a percentage of the population of the official age for primary education. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/