Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Tanzania
Tanzania: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 25.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Tanzania, 2004–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Tanzania recorded 25.5% for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.5% on the previous year and down 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Tanzania peaked at 40.2% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 22.9%, in 2004.
That places Tanzania 150th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29.3% | 22.9% | 34.3% | 6 |
| 2010s | 34.3% | 30.7% | 40.2% | 9 |
| 2020s | 29.2% | 25.5% | 31.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tanzania
More education data for Tanzania
- Duration of pre-primary education 1 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 54.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 42.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 14 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 92.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 229,840 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.54 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 95.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Tanzania?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Tanzania was 25.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 40.2% in 2016.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.9% in 2004.
- How does Tanzania rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Tanzania ranks 150th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tanzania data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children of pre-primary school age (typically 3–5 years old) who are enrolled in pre-primary education.