Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Tanzania, United Republic of
Tanzania, United Republic of: Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education was 20 years in 2019. ▬ Flat
Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Tanzania, United Republic of, 1998–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Tanzania, United Republic of recorded 20 years for official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Tanzania, United Republic of peaked at 20 years in 1998 and was at its lowest, 20 years, in 1998.
That places Tanzania, United Republic of 1st out of 169 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Tanzania, United Republic of, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 20 years | — |
| 2002 | 20 years | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 20 years | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 20 years | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 20 years | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 20 years | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 20 years | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 20 years | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 20 years | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 20 years | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 20 years | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20 years | 20 years | 20 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 20 years | 20 years | 20 years | 1 |
| 2010s | 20 years | 20 years | 20 years | 9 |
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More education data for Tanzania, United Republic of
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 824,648 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.83 million (2021)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 11.39 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.3307 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1661 units per person (2024)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 11.39 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.3307 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education in Tanzania, United Republic of was 20 years in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education recorded in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- The highest recorded value was 20 years in 1998.
- What is the lowest official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education recorded in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- The lowest recorded value was 20 years in 1998.
- How does Tanzania, United Republic of rank for official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education?
- Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 1st out of 169 countries with data for 2019.
- Is official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education rising or falling in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Tanzania, United Republic of data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Age at which students would enter post-secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.