Tanzania: Tertiary education, academic staff (% female)

Key figures

Over five years it is up 0.31 percentage points from 30.03% in 2019. Since 1977 it is up 19.67 percentage points from 10.67% in 1977. The World Bank has no value for 27 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.8 percentage points in 1978 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.35 percentage points in 1979. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Tanzania had the 53rd highest value of the 61 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.

Closest to Tanzania in the 2024 ranking

• Morocco — 50th of 61: 36.36%
• Qatar — 51st of 61: 36.35%
• Jordan — 52nd of 61: 33.44%
• Bangladesh — 54th of 61: 29.11%
• Cameroon — 55th of 61: 26.79%
• Ghana — 56th of 61: 25.46%

What this measures

Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) is the share of female academic staff in tertiary education.

Limitations: The indicator measures the level of gender representation in the teaching profession, rather than the effectiveness and quality of teaching.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 21 values

Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) in nearby economies

• Benin — 20.13% (2018)
• Botswana — 41.52% (2023)
• Burkina Faso — 9.6% (2024)
• Burundi — 14.52% (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 39.08% (2018)
• Cameroon — 26.79% (2024)
• Chad — 7.88% (2020)
• Congo, Rep. — 13.27% (2017)
• Côte d'Ivoire — 14.01% (2024)
• Eritrea — 13.77% (2016)

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 tertiary education, academic staff (% female)?

30.34% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1977?

It is up 19.67 percentage points from 10.67% in 1977. The highest value was 33.24% in 2017 and the lowest 3.85% in 1983.

How does Tanzania rank?

53rd highest of 61 economies with data for 2024.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API..

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.TER.TCHR.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. 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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