Female teachers in primary education as a share of total fell 0.931% to 49.2% in Tanzania in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, female teachers in primary education as a share of total in Tanzania reached an all time high of 52.0% in 2015 and an all time low of 26.0% in 1970.
Tanzania has been ranked 100th within the group of 118 countries we follow in terms of female teachers in primary education as a share of total, 7 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
Female Teachers, Primary Education (As % of Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
Angola | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 49.1% | 47.2% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29.2% | ... | ... | 28.6% | ... | ... | ||||||||||
Ethiopia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
Kenya | % | ... | ... | ... | 50.2% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
Malawi | % | ... | ... | ... | 42.0% | ... | 42.9% | 44.0% | 45.0% | ... | ... | |||||||||||
Mozambique | % | ... | 43.1% | 44.0% | 45.3% | 45.7% | 46.0% | ... | ||||||||||||||
Rwanda | % | 53.5% | 53.7% | 53.6% | 54.9% | 55.5% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Somalia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
South Africa | % | 78.8% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
South Sudan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.8% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Tanzania | % | ... | 52.0% | 51.3% | 51.2% | 50.4% | 49.7% | |||||||||||||||
Uganda | % | 42.3% | 42.7% | 43.1% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Zambia | % | ... | ... | 54.5% | 54.3% | 50.5% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
Zimbabwe | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 58.0% | 58.6% | 59.1% | 59.6% | 60.6% |