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Tanzania

Tanzania reports more, and more often, than most of the continent. Eight of ten datasets here reach 2025; two stop earlier, and this page shows where.

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Where Tanzania ranks in 2024, of 53 · change since 2014
11thGDP$79.2bn1
8thMobile127 per 10029
36thInternet use31.2%4
Last updated 2026-Q4 · World Bank · IMF · Bank of Tanzania
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Eight land borders, 1,424 km of coast. Hover a neighbour to compare.
CapitalDodomaLanguagesEnglish, SwahiliCurrencyTanzanian shilling · TZSArea947,303 km²

At a glance

70.5 million people, half of them under 18, in an economy of $94.9bn in 2026, growing 5.9% a year.

Tanzania’s economy is measured monthly and its households are measured by census. That split runs through everything below: exchange rates and market prices arrive within days, while access to water and power is estimated years after the fact.

One of the four figures beside this is modelled rather than reported. The page marks which is which everywhere, so a number you cite is a number you can defend.

How current the record is
811
Current to 2025To 2024Stop by 2023
Population70.5mpeople · Reported · 2025
Median age17.6years · Modelled · 2026
GDP per capita$1,362current US$ · Reported · 2026
Internet use31.2%of population · Reported · 2024
Coverage — ten datasets, ten years

Eight of ten datasets carry a 2025 figure. Climate stops at 2024; policies stops at 2021. Hatching is the absence of a figure, not a low one.

’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
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FX rates
Markets
Trade
Government
Policies
Prices
Power
Climate
Humanitarian
ReportedModelledNo figure
/v1/data?country_code=tz
Goods trade balanceExports and imports, US$ billions
0102020142024ImportsExports
Imports have run at roughly 20% above exports over the decade; the band is the deficit.World BankSources →
Where exports goTop destinations, 2025
South Africa$2.91bnUAE$1.32bnIndia$0.94bn
South Africa takes more of Tanzania’s goods than UAE and India combined.Trade partners recordSources →
Where imports come fromTop origins, 2025
China$5.77bnIndia$2.06bnUAE$1.66bn
China alone supplies more than India and UAE together.Trade partners recordSources →
GDP per capitaCurrent US$, not inflation-adjusted
$800$1.1k$1.4k20142024$1,193
Reported every year, including the 2024 dip in dollar terms.IMFSources →
InflationAnnual change in consumer prices
0%4%8%201420243.1%
3.1% in 2024; the decade’s peak was 6.1% in 2014.Bank of TanzaniaSources →
Remittances receivedUS$ billions, current prices
00.511.520142024$1.12bn
2.9 times the 2014 figure.World BankSources →
Goods exports by value2025 · top categories
Pearls & gold$4.96bnTobacco$0.60bnFruit & nuts$0.49bn
Pearls & gold alone is 82% of the recorded top categories; services are excluded here.Trade products recordSources →
Public debtGross central government debt, share of GDP
30%45%60%2014202449.9%
Up 14 points since 2014.IMFSources →
Shilling per US dollarAnnual average exchange rate
1500200025003000201420242597.9
Lost 36% of its dollar value since 2014.Bank of TanzaniaSources →
Access to electricityShare of population with a connection
0501002014202452.4%
Up 29 points in a decade — the fastest-moving service in the record.World BankSources →
Under-five mortalityDeaths before age five, per 1,000 live births
3055802014202437.0
Falling steadily; modelled between census years.WHOSources →
Life expectancy at birthYears
5065802014202467.2 yrs
The 2021 dip is the pandemic, in vermilion.World BankSources →
Mobile subscriptionsPer 100 people · 100 marks parity
05010015020142024127
More subscriptions than people since 2023.World BankSources →
Urban populationShare living in urban areas
25%30%35%40%2014202436.2%
Reported every year the record allows.World BankSources →
Who holds powerSix heads of state since 1964, and every office beneath the current one as the record holds it
/v1/government/overview/tz
19642026
The executive as of
Oct 2026Where it stands

Samia Suluhu Hassan has held the office of President of Tanzania since Mar 2021. The record holds eleven current ministers and one junior minister.

ElectedAppointed
Samia Suluhu HassanSamia Suluhu HassanPresident of Tanzaniain office since Mar 2021
Philip Isdory MpangoPhilip Isdory MpangoVice President of Tanzaniain office since Mar 2021
No third seatno second office is recorded for this date
12 seats confirmed current · 12 recorded for 2025
11Ministersone per portfolio · as the record holds them for this date
EnergyAgricultureCommunication, Science and TechnologyCommunity Development and GenderEducation, Science, Technology and Vocational TrainingHealthHome AffairsIndustry, Trade and InvestmentAttorney GeneralFinanceWater and Irrigation
1Junior ministersministers of state, delegates and deputy ministers as the record holds them
Vice-President's Office
Outside the chain
25Regional and local offices25 regional commissioners

The record holds 25 regional and local offices for Tanzania — 25 regional commissioners — as Wikidata records them, not a complete roster. Governors and administrators it does not name are not shown.

Read this first Coverage varies by country and institution. Recorded offices are not a complete government roster. Marked current is a source claim. Missing dates are shown as uncertain. Office groups are classifications. Connections are recorded Wikidata relationships, not verified reporting lines.

Wikidata · offices, terms and their dates as the record classifies them · structure as of 18 Oct 2026 · Portraits: Wikimedia Commons, licences per imageAll offices and people →Data and sources →
Tanzania
The whole table

Nine measures, with the year each one was taken

Reporting periods differ by source
IndicatorLatestYear2014ChangeCertaintySource
Access to electricity52.4%202423.5%+28.9 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Basic drinking water33.3%202429.5%+3.8 ptsReportedUNICEF
Basic sanitation8.8%20243.4%+5.4 ptsReportedUNICEF
Clean cooking fuel11.0%20243.0%+8.0 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Under-five mortality37.0202456.3−19.3 per 1,000ModelledWHO
Life expectancy at birth67.2 yrs202463.4 yrs+3.8 yrsReportedWorld Bank
Urban population36.9%202530.6%+6.2 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Internet use31.2%20247.0%+24.2 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Mobile subscriptions127 / 100202463 / 100+63ReportedWorld Bank

Every indicator we hold for Tanzania

165 of 207 indicators carry a figure for Tanzania. Each opens its own page with the full history, the source and the API request.

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Energy
Climate

How Tanzania ranks across Africa

Tanzania's position on 164 indicators, among the countries with a recent figure for each. A higher place means a higher value, not a better result. Each links to the full ranking.

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Compare Tanzania with other African countries

The record for every other African country, by region, and side-by-side comparisons where we publish them.

Tanzania compared

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Sources, method & citation

Every figure on this page is traceable to a named publication and a retrieval date. Where we model a value we say so; where no one has reported, we leave it empty.

Upstream sources
World Bank2025
IMF2026
Bank of Tanzania2026
UNHCR2025
Sources & methods
Cite this page

Africa API (2026) — “Tanzania: country record”. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026.

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