Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Tanzania
Tanzania: Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index was 1.12 index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Tanzania, 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Tanzania recorded 1.12 index for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Tanzania peaked at 1.14 index in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.9656 index, in 2020.
Tanzania ranks 12th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.01 index | 0.9975 index | 1.03 index | 5 |
| 2020s | 1.08 index | 0.9656 index | 1.14 index | 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)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 14 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 net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Tanzania?
- Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Tanzania was 1.12 index in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.14 index in 2022.
- What is the lowest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9656 index in 2020.
- How does Tanzania rank for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index?
- Tanzania ranks 12th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. 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 Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal net enrollment rates in lower secondary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.