Tanzania Literacy Rate 1988-2024
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
- Tanzania literacy rate for 2022 was 82.02%, a 4.13% increase from 2015.
- Tanzania literacy rate for 2015 was 77.89%, a 0.21% decline from 2012.
- Tanzania literacy rate for 2012 was 78.10%, a 10.3% increase from 2010.
- Tanzania literacy rate for 2010 was 67.80%, a 1.63% decline from 2002.
| Tanzania Literacy Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
Literacy Rate |
Annual Change |
| 2022 |
82.02% |
4.13% |
| 2015 |
77.89% |
-0.21% |
| 2012 |
78.10% |
10.30% |
| 2010 |
67.80% |
-1.63% |
| 2002 |
69.43% |
10.32% |
| 1988 |
59.11% |
10.32% |
