Tanzania's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) was 109.84% in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 18.36 percentage points from 91.48% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 109.84% | 2018 |
| Five years earlier | 91.48% | 2013 |
| Highest | 151.33% | 2002 |
| Lowest | 69.66% | 1998 |
| Average since 2009 | 102.61% | 2009–2018 |
| First recorded | 87.82% | 1975 |
Over five years it is up 18.36 percentage points from 91.48% in 2013. Since 1975 it is up 22.02 percentage points from 87.82% in 1975. The World Bank has no value for 12 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2018, Tanzania's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) fell 5.94 percentage points on 2017 (from 115.78% to 109.84%).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (1976 to 2017), the average change was +4.39 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 11.46 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 45.3 percentage points in 2002 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.98 percentage points in 2017. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2009 to 2018 the straight-line trend is upward, about 2.56 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 44% of the movement over 8 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2018, Tanzania had the 20th highest value of the 79 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 109.84% | 2018 |
| World | 103.55% | 2018 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 108.03% | 2018 |
| Lower middle income | 101.14% | 2018 |
Closest to Tanzania in the 2018 ranking
- Colombia — 16th of 79: 111.01%
- Morocco — 17th of 79: 110.77%
- Cameroon — 18th of 79: 110.48%
- Bangladesh — 20th of 79: 109.29%
- Burkina Faso — 21st of 79: 108.13%
- Solomon Islands — 22nd of 79: 107.93%
What this measures
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age.
Limitations: The quality of data is affected when new entrants and repeaters are not correctly distinguished in the first grade of primary education. Caution is also needed for countries with a total population under 100,000 since the United Nations Population Division neither publish nor endorse single-age data for those countries. The data are highly subject to fluctuations in migration and other factors.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 32 values
| Year | Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 109.84 |
| 2017 | 115.78 |
| 2016 | 121.76 |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 | 100.38 |
| 2013 | 91.48 |
| 2012 | 84.57 |
| 2011 | no data |
| 2010 | 96.64 |
| 2009 | 100.41 |
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) in nearby economies
- Benin — 143.51% (2018)
- Burkina Faso — 108.13% (2018)
- Burundi — 127.03% (2018)
- Cabo Verde — 98.33% (2018)
- Cameroon — 110.48% (2018)
- Central African Republic — 115.69% (2016)
- Chad — 97.15% (2016)
- Comoros
More education data for Tanzania
- Primary school starting age (years) — 7 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 14 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 11.39 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 92.69% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 95.33% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 90.09% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers — 229,840 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
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Questions people ask
- What is Tanzania's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group)?
- 109.84% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1975?
- It is up 22.02 percentage points from 87.82% in 1975. The highest value was 151.33% in 2002 and the lowest 69.66% in 1998.
- How does Tanzania rank?
- 20th highest of 79 economies with data for 2018.
- Is the latest change in gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) unusual for Tanzania?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.GINT.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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