UNData app

General Information

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product^f (million current US$)	47 379	63 392	73 535^c
GDP growth rate^f (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	6.2	4.8	4.7^c
GDP per capita^f (current US$)	927.1	1 055.9	1 153.8^c
Economy: Agriculture^f,g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	29.2	28.6	28.4^c
Economy: Industry^f,g,i (% of Gross Value Added)	26.7	31.4	33.5^c
Economy: Services and other activity^f,g,j (% of GVA)	44.1	39.9	38.2^c
Employment in agriculture^k (% of employed)	67.6	65.8	65.5^c
Employment in industry^k (% of employed)	6.5	8	8.5^c
Employment in services^k (% employed)	25.9	26.2	26^c
Unemployment (% of labour force)	2.1^k	2.8	2.5^k
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	79.6 / 87.7^k	76.1 / 85.0	77.2 / 86.0^k
CPI: Consumer Price Index^m (2010=100)	158^l	194	217ⁿ
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	103	112	110^c
International trade: exports (million current US$)	5 854	6 076	7 274ⁿ
International trade: imports (million current US$)	14 706	8 517	15 117ⁿ
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 8 852	- 2 440	- 7 843ⁿ
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 2 619	- 1 459	- 5 384^c

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate^b (average annual %)	3.4	3	2.9^a
Urban population^b (% of total population)	31.6	34.5^o	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	5.5^b,p	...	...
Fertility rate, total^b (live births per woman)	5	4.8	4.5^a
Life expectancy at birth^b (females/males, years)	66.2 / 61.6	70.0 / 63.7	70.0 / 64.4^a
Population age distribution^b,q (0-14/60+ years old, %)	44.5 / 4.6	43.4 / 4.6	42.5 / 4.5^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	384.6 / 0.7^b,r	426.0 / 0.7^b,r	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	328.2	293.2	254.6ⁿ
Under five mortality rate^b (per 1000 live births)	54.5	43.9	38^a
Health: Current expenditure^f,s (% of GDP)	3.6	2.9	3.4^e
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.1^t	~0.0^d	0.1^c
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	4.2	3.2	3.4^c
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	85.4 / 82.3	97.0 / 94.8	97.6 / 93.5^c
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	36.0 / 36.9	43.8 / 39.2	39.5 / 35.9^e
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	4.9 / 7.9	5.3 / 6.9	5.1 / 6.8^e
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	7.1	3.7	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	36	36.9^u	37.4^u

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^k (per 100 inhabitants)	10	25.6	31.9^c
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.5^v,w	...	...
Threatened species (number)	1 077	1 259	1 615ⁿ
Forested area (% of land area)	54.3	51.6	51.1^e
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	11.9 / 0.2	13.9 / 0.2	15.9 / 0.2^e
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	791	912	938^e
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	17	17	17^e
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	1 137	621	1 027^e
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	59.1	65.8	66ⁿ
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	23.6 / 2.5	24.9 / 3.0	25.5 / 3.1^c
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	29.8 / 16.6	34.4 / 19.8	34.4 / 19.8^c
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	5.56	3.65	3.88^e

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		Including Zanzibar.
c		2022
d		2018
e		2021
f		Tanzania mainland only, excluding Zanzibar.
g		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
h		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
i		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
j		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
k		Estimate.
l		Break in the time series.
m		For Tanganyika only.
n		2023
o		2019
p		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
q		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
r		Including refugees.
s		Data refer to fiscal years beginning 1 July.
t		2014
u		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
v		Excluding business enterprise.
w		2013