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Tanzania

Lower middle income · Population 68,560,157.00 · GDP 78,844,405,385.22
HistorySaid – pattern

Tanzania matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 2012. 9 pattern matches detected historically. View →

HistorySaid – ranking

Tanzania ranks 111th globally by GDP ($78.8B in 2024). View →

HistorySaid – inflation

Inflation in Tanzania fell from 3.8% (2023) to 3.1% (2024) – a 0.7pp shift. View →

HistorySaid – population

Tanzania has a population of 68.6 million as of 2024 (growth: 2.92%). View →

Economy & Growth
GDP $78.8B GDP per Capita $1,187 GDP Growth 5.53%
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Agriculture Value Added 24.26% 23.69% 23.32% 22.77% Trend 22.27% Trend 21.77% Trend
GDP $75.7B $79.0B $78.8B $87.4B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $95.3B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $104.7B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $115.1B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $126.4B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $138.6B IMF WEO Oct 2025
GDP Deflator 2.76% 2.75% 3.06% 1.54% Trend 0.88% Trend 0.21% Trend
GDP Growth 4.57% 5.07% 5.53% 6.00% IMF WEO Oct 2025 6.34% IMF WEO Oct 2025 6.54% IMF WEO Oct 2025 6.51% IMF WEO Oct 2025 6.45% IMF WEO Oct 2025 6.25% IMF WEO Oct 2025
GDP PPP $238.4B $259.5B $280.4B $293.6B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $317.9B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $344.3B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $372.7B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $403.6B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $436.9B IMF WEO Oct 2025
GDP per Capita $1,208 $1,224 $1,187 $1,302 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $1,378 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $1,469 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $1,568 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $1,673 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $1,781 IMF WEO Oct 2025
GDP per Capita PPP $3,800 $4,019 $4,221 $4,371 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $4,595 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $4,833 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $5,080 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $5,343 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $5,616 IMF WEO Oct 2025
GNI $74.4B $77.5B $77.1B $82.5B Trend $85.7B Trend $89.0B Trend
GNI per Capita $1,210 $1,220 $1,210 $1,283 Trend $1,322 Trend $1,361 Trend
Gross Savings 35.79% 36.15% 36.37% 34.93% IMF WEO Oct 2025 35.27% IMF WEO Oct 2025 36.07% IMF WEO Oct 2025 37.27% IMF WEO Oct 2025 38.48% IMF WEO Oct 2025 39.58% IMF WEO Oct 2025
Industry Value Added 27.68% 28.03% 28.57% 28.85% Trend 29.22% Trend 29.59% Trend
Services Value Added 30.64% 28.70% 29.56% 27.18% Trend 25.86% Trend 24.54% Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Prices & Inflation
Inflation Rate 3.06% Consumer Price Index 224.08 PPP Conversion Factor 730.42
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Consumer Price Index 209.48 217.43 224.08 232.36 Trend 240.13 Trend 247.90 Trend
Inflation Rate 4.35% 3.80% 3.06% 3.30% IMF WEO Oct 2025 3.54% IMF WEO Oct 2025 4.09% IMF WEO Oct 2025 4.00% IMF WEO Oct 2025 4.00% IMF WEO Oct 2025 4.00% IMF WEO Oct 2025
PPP Conversion Factor 731.86 725.85 730.42 705.73 Trend 692.29 Trend 678.86 Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Population
Population 68.6M Population Growth 2.87% Population Density 75.2
Indicator 2023 2024 2025 2025 2026 2027 2028
Birth Rate 35.2 34.4 Trend 34.0 Trend
Death Rate 5.8 5.6 Trend 5.5 Trend
Dependency Ratio 84.39 83.76 83.02 Trend 82.33 Trend 81.64 Trend
Fertility Rate 4.61 4.48 Trend 4.41 Trend
Life Expectancy 67.0 67.4 Trend 67.6 Trend
Net Migration -39,388 -29,865 -12,730 -26,157 Trend -26,393 Trend -26,629 Trend
Population 66.6M 68.6M 70.4M Trend 72.3M Trend 74.2M Trend
Population Density 75.2 79.4 Trend 81.5 Trend
Population Growth 2.90% 2.87% 2.84% Trend 2.81% Trend 2.78% Trend
Refugee Population
Urban Population 35.47% 36.17% 36.66% Trend 37.24% Trend 37.81% Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Employment
Unemployment Rate 1.57% Youth Unemployment 2.38% Labor Force Participation 83.72%
Indicator 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
Agriculture Employment 65.16% 65.09% 64.57% 64.31% Trend 63.99% Trend 63.67% Trend
Female Labor Participation 80.33% 80.29% 80.28% 80.24% Trend 80.21% Trend 80.18% Trend
Industry Employment 8.04% 8.05% 8.10% 8.14% Trend 8.17% Trend 8.21% Trend
Labor Force Participation 83.77% 83.75% 83.72% 83.73% Trend 83.72% Trend 83.72% Trend
Services Employment 26.79% 26.86% 27.32% 27.55% Trend 27.84% Trend 28.12% Trend
Unemployment Rate 1.57% 1.56% 1.57%
Youth Unemployment 2.34% 2.33% 2.38% 2.20% Trend 2.13% Trend 2.05% Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Government
Tax Revenue 12.80% Government Spending 16.42% Military Spending 1.15%
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Budget Deficit -3.92% -3.67% -3.03% -2.98% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -3.02% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -3.00% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -3.01% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -3.03% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -3.01% IMF WEO Oct 2025
Education Spending
Government Debt to GDP 44.85% 47.80% 49.86% 49.59% IMF WEO Oct 2025 48.26% IMF WEO Oct 2025 46.71% IMF WEO Oct 2025 45.24% IMF WEO Oct 2025 43.97% IMF WEO Oct 2025 42.86% IMF WEO Oct 2025
Government Revenue 15.20% 15.34% 16.08% 16.93% IMF WEO Oct 2025 17.46% IMF WEO Oct 2025 17.65% IMF WEO Oct 2025 17.76% IMF WEO Oct 2025 17.80% IMF WEO Oct 2025 17.80% IMF WEO Oct 2025
Government Spending 16.85% 17.03% 16.42% 17.79% Trend 18.41% Trend 19.03% Trend
Health Spending 3.13% 3.05% 2.60% Trend 2.42% Trend
Military Spending 1.19% 1.21% 1.15% 1.22% Trend 1.25% Trend 1.27% Trend
Tax Revenue 11.79% 11.49% 12.80% 12.61% Trend 12.91% Trend 13.21% Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Debt
External Debt $36.3B External Debt to GNI 47.32% Short-term Debt 9.31%
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Debt Service 16.41% 15.56% 12.09% 12.42% Trend 11.31% Trend 10.20% Trend
Domestic Credit
External Debt $30.4B $34.6B $36.3B $39.3B Trend $42.0B Trend $44.6B Trend
External Debt to GNI 40.93% 44.60% 47.32% 48.28% Trend 50.10% Trend 51.92% Trend
Interest Payments to Revenue 11.41% 13.24% 13.89% 14.70% Trend 15.57% Trend 16.44% Trend
Short-term Debt 14.67% 13.17% 9.31% 10.28% Trend 9.44% Trend 8.61% Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Money
Lending Rate 16.68% Deposit Rate 6.68% Real Interest Rate 9.64%
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Credit to GDP 15.16% 16.39% 16.75% 18.36% Trend 19.56% Trend 20.77% Trend
Deposit Rate
Lending Rate
M2 Money Supply Growth 11.64% 14.06% 17.22% Trend 18.70% Trend
Non-Performing Loans 6.43% 3.97% Trend
Real Interest Rate
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Currency
Exchange Rate 2,597.90 Foreign Reserves $5.0B
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Exchange Rate 2,303.03 2,383.04 2,597.90 2,583.01 Trend 2,652.29 Trend 2,721.57 Trend
Foreign Reserves
Real Effective Exchange Rate
Reserves in Months of Imports
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Trade
Exports $16.0B Imports $17.0B Trade Balance $-1.5B
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Current Account Balance -7.24% -3.75% -3.02% -2.58% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -2.68% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -2.77% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -2.81% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -2.80% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -2.79% IMF WEO Oct 2025
Exports $12.0B $13.9B $16.0B $17.7B Trend $19.6B Trend $21.5B Trend
FDI Inflows 1.90% 2.09% 2.18% 2.43% Trend 2.62% Trend 2.81% Trend
FDI Outflows
Imports $16.7B $16.1B $17.0B $20.2B Trend $22.2B Trend $24.2B Trend
Remittances Received $703.8M $1.2B $1.1B $1.5B Trend $1.7B Trend $1.9B Trend
Tourism Receipts
Trade Balance $-3.2B $-3.0B $-1.5B $-2.9B Trend $-3.3B Trend $-3.6B Trend
Trade Openness 35.00% 38.21% 41.51% 45.14% Trend 48.68% Trend 52.22% Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Financial Markets
Market Capitalization 9.28% Stock Turnover Ratio 0.90% Listed Companies 22
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Interest Rate Spread
Listed Companies 22 22 22 22 Trend 22 Trend 22 Trend
Market Capitalization 8.84% 7.34% 9.28% 7.97% Trend 7.63% Trend 7.29% Trend
Stock Turnover Ratio 0.44% 0.61% 0.90% 0.97% Trend 1.13% Trend 1.28% Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Political Stability
Political Stability -0.05 Government Effectiveness -0.46 Regulatory Quality -0.59
Indicator 2021 2022 2023 2025 2026
Control of Corruption -0.39 -0.35 -0.32 -0.28 Trend -0.25 Trend
Government Effectiveness -0.65 -0.46 -0.46 -0.20 Trend -0.09 Trend
Political Stability -0.34 -0.26 -0.05 0.05 Trend 0.14 Trend
Regulatory Quality -0.64 -0.56 -0.59 -0.52 Trend -0.49 Trend
Rule of Law -0.55 -0.46 -0.37 -0.30 Trend -0.24 Trend
Voice and Accountability -0.71 -0.65 -0.53 -0.61 Trend -0.60 Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Health
Health Expenditure per Capita $36 Infant Mortality Rate 29.9 Maternal Mortality Ratio 276.00
Indicator 2021 2022 2023 2025 2026
Health Expenditure per Capita $38 $36 $36 $35 Trend $35 Trend
Hospital Beds 0.64 0.84 1.05 Trend
Infant Mortality Rate 32.4 31.2 29.9 27.6 Trend 26.4 Trend
Maternal Mortality Ratio 162.00 152.00 276.00 192.40 Trend 188.40 Trend
Physicians 0.13 0.11 Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Education
Literacy Rate 78.21% Tertiary Enrollment 4.02% Education Spending 3.16%
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Education Spending 3.24% 3.26% 3.16% 3.20% Trend 3.20% Trend 3.20% Trend
Literacy Rate 78.21% 80.48% Trend
Primary Enrollment 90.62% 95.64% 92.69% 90.80% Trend 89.31% Trend 87.83% Trend
Tertiary Enrollment 5.32% 5.17% 4.02% 3.63% Trend 3.16% Trend 2.68% Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Energy
Renewable Energy 78.30%
Indicator 2021 2022 2023 2025 2026
CO2 Emissions
CO2 per Capita
Electricity Access 42.70% 45.80% 48.30% 53.72% Trend 56.43% Trend
Energy Use per Capita 404 405 404 Trend
Forest Area 51.11% 50.58% 50.05% 49.00% Trend 48.47% Trend
Renewable Energy 78.30%
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Technology
Internet Users 29.06% Mobile Subscriptions 105.40 R&D Spending 0.51%
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
High-tech Exports 1.70% 5.07% 3.01% 4.04% Trend 4.44% Trend 4.84% Trend
Internet Users 22.10% 29.06% 32.62% Trend 35.55% Trend
Mobile Subscriptions 93.02 105.40 113.26 Trend 119.13 Trend
Patent Applications
R&D Spending
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Inequality
Gini Index 40.5 Poverty Rate 51.30% Income Share Top 10% 33.10%
Indicator 2007 2011 2018
Gini Index 40.3 37.8 40.5
Income Share Bottom 10% 2.50% 3.10% 2.90%
Income Share Top 10% 31.90% 30.90% 33.10%
Poverty Rate 61.90% 51.50% 51.30%
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.