School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Tanzania, United Republic of
Tanzania, United Republic of: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 1.02 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Tanzania, United Republic of, 1970–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Tanzania, United Republic of is 1.02 GPI, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Tanzania, United Republic of peaked at 1.02 GPI in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.638 GPI, in 1970.
That places Tanzania, United Republic of 111th out of 175 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Tanzania, United Republic of, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.638 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.6382 GPI | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.6403 GPI | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 0.657 GPI | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 0.6769 GPI | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 0.7141 GPI | +5.5% |
| 1976 | 0.7558 GPI | +5.8% |
| 1977 | 0.7904 GPI | +4.6% |
| 1978 | 0.8358 GPI | +5.8% |
| 1979 | 0.8644 GPI | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 0.9224 GPI | +6.7% |
| 1983 | 0.9516 GPI | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 0.9811 GPI | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 0.9899 GPI | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 0.9819 GPI | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 0.9657 GPI | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 0.956 GPI | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 0.9572 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.964 GPI | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.9654 GPI | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 0.9696 GPI | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.9709 GPI | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9709 GPI | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9987 GPI | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 1.02 GPI | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 1.02 GPI | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7211 GPI | 0.638 GPI | 0.8644 GPI | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9654 GPI | 0.9224 GPI | 0.9899 GPI | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.9641 GPI | 0.956 GPI | 0.9709 GPI | 7 |
| 2010s | 1 GPI | 0.9709 GPI | 1.02 GPI | 4 |
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More education data for Tanzania, United Republic of
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -19.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 109,854 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 119,986 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 113,627 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -19.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 138,471 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -19.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Tanzania, United Republic of was 1.02 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 GPI in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.638 GPI in 1970.
- How does Tanzania, United Republic of rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 111th out of 175 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tanzania, United Republic of data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.