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GDP growth in Tanzania

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Tanzania's gdp growth is 5.85 % — #17 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

5.85%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Tanzania over time

7.67 %4.83 %1.99 %7.67 % · 20111.99 % · 20202000: 4.52 %2001: 6.07 %2002: 7.09 %2003: 6.67 %2004: 7.50 %2005: 7.48 %2006: 6.53 %2007: 6.77 %2008: 5.69 %2009: 5.27 %2010: 6.34 %2011: 7.67 %2012: 4.50 %2013: 6.78 %2014: 6.73 %2015: 6.16 %2016: 6.87 %2017: 6.73 %2018: 5.50 %2019: 5.80 %2020: 1.99 %2021: 4.32 %2022: 4.57 %2023: 5.07 %2024: 5.53 %2025: 5.85 %2000201220255.85 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#17 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
87 %
110 of 127 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.33 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
1.82 pp
peak 7.67 % in 2011
Full series
▲ 1.33 pp
since 2000

In Africa: #6 of 21vs median 2.90 %: +2.95 pp (better)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Tanzania: ahead of 87 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthTanzania 5.85 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Tanzania is ahead of 87 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Tanzania
15 Kazakhstan6.50 %+0.65 pp
16 Ghana5.95 %+0.10 pp
17 Tanzania5.85 %—
18 Papua New Guinea5.64 %−0.21 pp
19 Cambodia5.35 %−0.50 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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