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Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2020
GDP: Gross domestic product^e (million current US$)	31 553	47 379	57 145^c
GDP growth rate^e (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	6.4	6.2	7^c
GDP per capita^e (current US$)	732.2	946.8	1 044.1^c
Economy: Agriculture^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	27.6	29.2	30.7^c
Economy: Services and other activity^e,f,g (% of GVA)	48.3	46.8	44.1^c
Employment in agriculture^h (% of employed)	70.4	67.5	64.9
Employment in industry^h (% of employed)	5.8	6.4	6.8
Employment in services^h (% employed)	23.8	26.1	28.3
Unemployment^h (% of labour force)	3	2.1	2
Labour force participation rate^h (female/male pop. %)	84.2 / 89.2	79.8 / 87.9	79.4 / 87.2
CPI: Consumer Price Indexⁱ (2010=100)	100	158^j	187^d
Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100)	128	188	165^k
International trade: exports (million current US$)	4 051	5 854	4 414^h,d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	8 013	14 706	9 434^h,d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 3 962	- 8 852	- 5 020^h,d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 2 211	- 3 978	- 1 890^c

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Population growth rate^a,l (average annual %)	2.9	3	3
Urban population^a (% of total population)	28.1	31.6	34.5^d
Urban population growth rate^a,l (average annual %)	5.6	5.5	...
Fertility rate, total^a,l (live births per woman)	5.6	5.2	4.9
Life expectancy at birth^a,l (females/males, years)	57.7 / 54.8	63.1 / 58.8	66.6 / 63.0
Population age distribution^a (0-14/60+ years old, %)	44.9 / 4.0	44.7 / 4.0	43.6 / 4.2
International migrant stock^a,m (000/% of total pop.)	309.8 / 0.7	384.6 / 0.7	509.2 / 0.9^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	273.8ⁿ	328.2	320.3^d
Infant mortality rate^a,l (per 1 000 live births)	55.5	46.9	41.2
Health: Current expenditure^e,o (% of GDP)	5.3	3.6	3.6^b
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	...	0.1^p	~0.0^k
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	4.5	3.4^p	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	103.8 / 101.9	87.0 / 82.5	95.4 / 93.0^c
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	28.5 / 34.8	27.0 / 27.3	30.1 / 28.8^c
Education: Tertiary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	1.9 / 2.4	2.8 / 5.2	... / ...
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	8.8	7.3	6.5^k
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	30.7	36	36.9^q

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	2.9^h	20^r	25^r,b
Research & Development expenditure^s (% of GDP)	0.4^t	0.5^u	...
Threatened species (number)	691	1 077	1 259
Forested area^h (% of land area)	54.1	52	52^b
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	6.2 / 0.1	10.5 / 0.2	10.1 / 0.2^b
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	654	725	755^b
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	16	15	15^b
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	754	1 104	1 378^c
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	62.9	62.9	62.9^d
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	28.0 / ...	34.1 / ...	35.0 / ...^b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural %)	24.0 / 15.0	29.3 / 20.3	31.4 / 22.4^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	9.42	5.56	4.37^c

a		Including Zanzibar.
b		2017
c		2018
d		2019
e		Tanzania mainland only, excluding Zanzibar.
f		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
g		Excludes computer and related activities and radio/TV activities.
h		Estimate.
i		For Tanganyika only.
j		Break in the time series.
k		2016
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Including refugees.
n		Data as at the end of December.
o		Data revision.
p		2014
q		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
r		Population aged 18 years and over.
s		Excluding business enterprise.
t		Partial data.
u		2013