What is the difference in enrolment in primary education, male between Tanzania and Uganda?

905,270 number, with Tanzania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Tanzania and Uganda?

46 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2017.

Where does this data come from?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Enrolment in primary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Tanzania vs Uganda: Enrolment in primary education, male

Tanzania

5.30 million number

in 2019

Uganda

4.40 million number

in 2017

Tanzania rank

14th

Uganda rank

16th

Enrolment in primary education, male over time

Tanzania
Uganda

How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 5.30 million number against 4.40 million number in Uganda, a difference of 905,270 number.

That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.2 times Uganda's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Tanzania ahead.

Tanzania ranks 14th and Uganda ranks 16th of 202 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Tanzania averaged higher in 3 and Uganda in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Tanzania	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1970s	1.01 million number	577,365 number	432,407 number	Tanzania
1980s	1.70 million number	1.09 million number	614,085 number	Tanzania
1990s	1.93 million number	1.95 million number	24,505 number	Uganda
2000s	3.55 million number	3.75 million number	203,060 number	Uganda
2010s	4.21 million number	4.20 million number	7,779 number	Tanzania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher enrolment in primary education, male, Tanzania or Uganda?: Tanzania, at 5.30 million number against 4.40 million number in Uganda as of 2019.
What is the difference in enrolment in primary education, male between Tanzania and Uganda?: 905,270 number, with Tanzania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Tanzania and Uganda?: 46 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2017.
How do Tanzania and Uganda rank globally for enrolment in primary education, male?: Tanzania ranks 14th and Uganda ranks 16th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Enrolment in primary education, male (number). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Enrolment in primary education, male (number)
Unit: number
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 247 places, 9,575 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Total number of male students enrolled in public and private primary education institutions regardless of age.