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Government debt in Tanzania

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Tanzania's government debt is 49.80 % — #53 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

49.80%

Checked 24 Oct 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.5 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Tanzania over time

50.80 %36.20 %21.60 %50.80 % · 200121.60 % · 20082001: 50.80 %2002: 47.40 %2003: 44.40 %2004: 44.50 %2005: 46.10 %2006: 34.50 %2007: 23.80 %2008: 21.60 %2009: 23.90 %2010: 27.60 %2011: 28.40 %2012: 30.00 %2013: 32.70 %2014: 36.40 %2015: 39.50 %2016: 39.80 %2017: 40.10 %2018: 42.00 %2019: 40.40 %2020: 41.30 %2021: 43.40 %2022: 44.90 %2023: 47.80 %2024: 50.00 %2025: 49.80 %20012013202549.80 %
25 official observations, 2001 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#53 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
58 %
72 of 125 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.20 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
1.00 pp
peak 50.80 % in 2001
Full series
▼ 1.00 pp
since 2001

In Africa: #7 of 21vs median 54.70 %: −4.90 pp (better)

Among 125 countries

6 of 125 countries between 12.30 % and 17.90 %2 of 125 countries between 17.90 % and 23.49 %10 of 125 countries between 23.49 % and 29.09 %11 of 125 countries between 29.09 % and 34.68 %8 of 125 countries between 34.68 % and 40.28 %9 of 125 countries between 40.28 % and 45.88 %7 of 125 countries between 45.88 % and 51.47 %13 of 125 countries between 51.47 % and 57.07 %8 of 125 countries between 57.07 % and 62.66 %10 of 125 countries between 62.66 % and 68.26 %4 of 125 countries between 68.26 % and 73.85 %3 of 125 countries between 73.85 % and 79.45 %7 of 125 countries between 79.45 % and 85.05 %6 of 125 countries between 85.05 % and 90.64 %2 of 125 countries between 90.64 % and 96.24 %6 of 125 countries between 96.24 % and 101.83 %2 of 125 countries between 101.83 % and 107.43 %1 of 125 countries between 107.43 % and 113.02 %2 of 125 countries between 113.02 % and 118.62 %1 of 125 countries between 124.22 % and 129.81 %2 of 125 countries between 135.41 % and 141.00 %5 of 125 countries between 141.00 % and 146.60 %median 54.70 %Tanzania: ahead of 58 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtTanzania 49.80 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Tanzania is ahead of 58 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Tanzania
51 Madagascar47.70 %−2.10 pp
52 Ghana48.80 %−1.00 pp
53 Tanzania49.80 %—
54 Papua New Guinea51.60 %+1.80 pp
55 Australia51.90 %+2.10 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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