Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Tanzania, United Republic of
Tanzania, United Republic of: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 1.06 index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Tanzania, United Republic of, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
In 2024, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Tanzania, United Republic of stood at 1.06 index. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Tanzania, United Republic of peaked at 1.06 index in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6534 index, in 1971.
That places Tanzania, United Republic of 9th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Tanzania, United Republic of, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.6538 index | — |
| 1971 | 0.6534 index | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.6572 index | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 0.6722 index | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 0.6916 index | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 0.7264 index | +5.0% |
| 1976 | 0.7646 index | +5.3% |
| 1977 | 0.7993 index | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 0.8446 index | +5.7% |
| 1979 | 0.8736 index | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 0.8985 index | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 0.8857 index | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 0.9016 index | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 0.9278 index | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 0.9871 index | +6.4% |
| 1985 | 0.9847 index | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 1.02 index | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 1.01 index | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 1.03 index | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 1.01 index | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 1 index | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.9915 index | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 0.975 index | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 0.9737 index | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.9796 index | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 0.9817 index | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.9821 index | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.9869 index | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.9913 index | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.9989 index | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.9839 index | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 0.9789 index | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.9672 index | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 0.9574 index | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.9605 index | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9623 index | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9721 index | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.9803 index | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.982 index | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.994 index | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 1.01 index | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 1.03 index | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 1.02 index | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 1.03 index | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 1.04 index | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 1.04 index | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 1.04 index | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 1.02 index | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 1.01 index | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 1.01 index | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 1.02 index | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 1.03 index | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 1.05 index | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 1.05 index | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 1.06 index | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7337 index | 0.6534 index | 0.8736 index | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9658 index | 0.8857 index | 1.03 index | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9865 index | 0.9737 index | 1 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9739 index | 0.9574 index | 0.994 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.02 index | 1.01 index | 1.04 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.04 index | 1.02 index | 1.06 index | 5 |
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- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7342 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 658.6 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 32,514 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate 2.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.2095 units per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Tanzania, United Republic of was 1.06 index in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 index in 2024.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6534 index in 1971.
- How does Tanzania, United Republic of rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 9th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary school life expectancy, 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 equality in the expected number of years a child of school entrance age is likely to spend in primary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.