Tanzania Literacy Rate

Tanzania literacy rate for 2022 was 78.21%, a 4.03% decline from 2020.
  • Tanzania literacy rate for 2020 was 82.24%, a 4.35% increase from 2015.
  • Tanzania literacy rate for 2015 was 77.89%, a 2% decline from 2014.
  • Tanzania literacy rate for 2014 was 79.89%, a 1.79% increase from 2012.
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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Tanzania Literacy Rate | Historical Data | 1988 - 2022.