Tanzania - Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Tanzania was 50.09 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 50.84 in 2015, while its lowest value was 39.44 in 1971.

Definition: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 39.45
1971 39.44
1972 39.57
1973 40.13
1974 40.79
1975 41.96
1976 43.19
1977 44.27
1978 45.62
1979 46.41
1980 47.07
1981 47.69
1982 48.32
1983 49.07
1984 49.40
1985 49.85
1986 50.05
1987 49.83
1988 49.74
1989 49.55
1990 49.53
1991 49.37
1992 49.11
1993 49.17
1994 49.35
1995 49.41
1996 49.46
1997 49.63
1998 49.70
1999 49.89
2000 49.51
2001 49.31
2002 48.97
2003 48.72
2004 48.80
2005 48.87
2006 49.10
2007 49.32
2008 49.34
2009 49.67
2010 50.08
2011 50.45
2012 50.16
2013 50.60
2014 50.78
2015 50.84
2016 50.62
2017 50.32
2018 50.09

Development Relevance: The share of girls allows an assessment on gender composition in school enrollment. A value greater than 50% indicates participation of more girls at a specific level or programme of education.

Limitations and Exceptions: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Percentage of female enrollment is calculated by dividing the total number of female students at a given level of education by the total enrollment at the same level, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation