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Tanzania

TZ

Dodoma · pop. 68M · English, Swahili · Tanzanian shilling

Trajectories

economic complexity

#112

Climbing the complexity rankings, from #124 in 1995.

2024 · −0.92

Harvard Growth Lab · thin line is the world’s median
the numbers30
whenvaluechange
1995−1.46
1996low−1.60−0.15 pts
1997−1.41+0.19 pts
1998−1.02+0.39 pts
1999−1.05−0.02 pts
2000−1.44−0.39 pts
2001−1.37+0.07 pts
2002−1.52−0.15 pts
2003−1.53−0.01 pts
2004−1.14+0.39 pts
2005−0.94+0.20 pts
2006−0.84+0.10 pts
2007−0.840 pts
2008−0.77+0.08 pts
2009−0.91−0.15 pts
2010−0.80+0.11 pts
2011−0.84−0.04 pts
2012−0.69+0.15 pts
2013−0.75−0.06 pts
2014−1.08−0.33 pts
2015−1.13−0.05 pts
2016−1.15−0.03 pts
2017−1.10+0.05 pts
2018high−0.03+1.08 pts
2019−0.96−0.94 pts
2020−1.20−0.24 pts
2021−1.21−0.01 pts
2022−1.26−0.05 pts
2023−1.11+0.14 pts
2024latest−0.92+0.19 pts

economic momentum

$1,187

Tripled since 2000. GDP per head in 2024, in current US dollars.

2024 · $1,187

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
1990$244
1991$276+13.5%
1992$250−9.4%
1993low$224−10.3%
1994$229+2.0%
1995$258+12.9%
1996$314+21.4%
1997$364+15.9%
1998$386+6.3%
1999$393+1.6%
2000$402+2.3%
2001$397−1.3%
2002$403+1.5%
2003$422+4.9%
2004$450+6.7%
2005$483+7.3%
2006$476−1.6%
2007$543+14.2%
2008$676+24.4%
2009$694+2.6%
2010$737+6.2%
2011$775+5.3%
2012$862+11.2%
2013$963+11.7%
2014$1,023+6.2%
2015$939−8.2%
2016$953+1.5%
2017$987+3.5%
2018$1,023+3.7%
2019$1,063+3.9%
2020$1,117+5.1%
2021$1,160+3.8%
2022$1,208+4.1%
2023high$1,224+1.4%
2024latest$1,187−3.0%

prices

3.1%

A year’s rise in consumer prices, in 2024. The world’s median was 3.1%.

2024 · 3.1%

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
1990high35.8%
199128.7%−7.13 pts
199221.8%−6.85 pts
199325.3%+3.43 pts
199434.1%+8.81 pts
199527.4%−6.66 pts
199621.0%−6.45 pts
199716.1%−4.89 pts
199812.8%−3.29 pts
19997.9%−4.91 pts
20005.9%−1.97 pts
20015.1%−0.78 pts
20025.3%+0.17 pts
20035.3%−0.01 pts
20044.7%−0.57 pts
20055.0%+0.30 pts
20067.3%+2.22 pts
20077.0%−0.23 pts
200810.3%+3.25 pts
200912.1%+1.86 pts
20106.2%−5.94 pts
201112.7%+6.49 pts
201216.0%+3.31 pts
20137.9%−8.13 pts
20146.1%−1.74 pts
20155.6%−0.54 pts
20165.2%−0.41 pts
20175.3%+0.14 pts
20183.5%−1.82 pts
20193.5%−0.03 pts
20203.3%−0.17 pts
20213.7%+0.40 pts
20224.4%+0.66 pts
20233.8%−0.55 pts
2024latest3.1%−0.74 pts

demographic curve

4.5 children per woman

High fertility: the population is still expanding fast. Fell from 7.0 in 1980.

2024 · 4.5

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)
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whenvaluechange
19606.5
19616.6+0.4%
19626.6+0.7%
19636.6+0.6%
19646.7+0.5%
19656.7+0.7%
19666.8+1.1%
19676.9+0.9%
19686.9+0.5%
19697.0+0.8%
19707.0+0.7%
19717.0+0.6%
19727.1+0.1%
19737.1+0.1%
1974high7.1+0.9%
19757.1−0.3%
19767.1−0.2%
19777.1−0.2%
19787.1−0.2%
19797.0−0.2%
19807.0−0.7%
19816.9−0.9%
19826.9−0.9%
19836.8−0.9%
19846.7−1.3%
19856.6−1.7%
19866.5−1.7%
19876.4−1.3%
19886.4−0.4%
19896.3−1.2%
19906.2−1.6%
19916.1−1.1%
19926.1−0.9%
19936.0−1.3%
19945.9−1.7%
19955.8−1.2%
19965.8+0.1%
19975.8+0.2%
19985.8−0.4%
19995.7−1.1%
20005.7−1.3%
20015.6−0.9%
20025.6−0.8%
20035.6+0.1%
20045.6+0.3%
20055.6−0.3%
20065.5−1.2%
20075.4−2.0%
20085.3−1.5%
20095.3−1.2%
20105.2−0.7%
20115.1−1.6%
20125.1−0.1%
20135.2+0.4%
20145.1−0.7%
20155.0−1.9%
20165.0−0.4%
20175.0−0.4%
20184.9−1.1%
20194.9−1.3%
20204.8−1.3%
20214.7−1.4%
20224.7−1.3%
20234.6−1.4%
2024latest4.5−1.4%

Metrics

  1. population
    68M
    21 of 176
    REST Countries · UN data
  2. gdp
    $79B
    81 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  3. gdp per capita
    $1,224
    145 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  4. military spending
    $946M
    81 of 151
    SIPRI via World Bank
  5. military % of gdp
    1.2%
    106 of 148
    SIPRI via World Bank
  6. area
    947K km²
    32 of 176
    REST Countries
  7. population density
    71.8 /km²
    85 of 176
    zuhd — derived from population and area
  8. life expectancy
    67.0 yr
    137 of 175
    World Bank · latest available
  9. internet access
    29%
    145 of 166
    ITU via World Bank
  10. co₂ per capita
    0.31 t
    140 of 163
    World Bank · Climate Watch
  11. urbanisation
    36%
    141 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  12. fertility rate
    4.5
    13 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  13. foreign-born share
    0.7%
    139 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
  14. remittances % of gdp
    1.4%
    90 of 155
    World Bank · IMF BOP
  15. scientific articles / yr
    1.2K
    83 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
  16. high-tech exports %
    3%
    110 of 153
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
  17. gini inequality
    40.5
    109 of 139
    World Bank · PovcalNet
  18. youth unemployment
    2%
    8 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
  19. adult literacy
    78%
    73 of 109
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  20. democracy (v-dem)
    0.30
    89 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
  21. clean government
    41
    72 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
  22. press freedom
    40.7
    109 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
  23. human development
    0.555
    136 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data
  24. refugees hosted
    177K
    38 of 150
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
  25. refugees produced
    1.3K
    93 of 152
    UNHCR via Our World in Data