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🇹🇿 Tanzania

TZ · TZS Tanzanian shilling · Compare Tanzania →

Policy rate 6.25% Central Bank Rate · 2 Jul 2026
Headline inflation 4.30% Aug 2026
FX premium +0.33% market vs official
Latest T-bill 9.5275% 5y · 16 Sep 2026

Tier 1 · Markets

The Market Now

Series Per US$1 As of Source
Official 2,646.23 26 Sep 2026, 00:00 UTC BoT
Marketparallel 2,655.00 26 Sep 2026, 23:35 UTC Binance P2P
Premium +0.33% — market vs official

Official rate, 10-year annual average (World Bank)

1,6002,1002,600201420162018202020222024

Premium history · since Aug 2026 · our collectors

-0.1%0%0.7%Aug 2026Sep 2026

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Tier 2 · Policy & Prices

Policy & Prices

Policy rate

Instrument Rate Effective Source
Bank of Tanzania Central Bank Rate 6.25% 2 Jul 2026 Bank of Tanzania

As of 21 Sep 2026, 09:30 UTC

Inflation

Headline 4.30% Aug 2026 headline CPI Source
Food 3.70% Aug 2026 Food & non-alcoholic beverages Source
Core 4.10% Aug 2026 excluding unprocessed food, energy & utilities Source

As of 12 Sep 2026, 19:49 UTC

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Yield curve

weighted avg BoT

91-day 3.439% 12 Aug 2026
182-day 5.1803% 12 Aug 2026
364-day 6.7441% 12 Aug 2026
2y 8.4033% 29 Jul 2026
5y 9.5275% 16 Sep 2026
7y 9.7101% 9 Nov 2022
10y 10.6924% 2 Sep 2026
15y 10.5515% 19 Aug 2026
20y 11.3306% 8 Jul 2026
25y 11.4799% 5 Aug 2026

Steep — 25y above 91-day.

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Tier 3 · Structure

Structure & trajectory

Annual indicators, latest available year on each card · Sources: World Bank / UN / IMF WEO Oct 2025 / V-Dem / EIA

17 of 26 indicators improving improving

Rule: for each metric with at least two observations, direction is the sign of (latest − earliest). Child mortality, $3/day poverty, national poverty, debt service, debt-to-GDP, and the Gini index are inverted (a decline is improvement). Overall: improving if ≥60% of those metrics improved, mixed if 40–60%, worsening if <40%.

Population

70.5M · 2025

52M61.5M71M201520172019202120232025

↑ 20.2M since 2014

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GDP per capita (PPP)

$4,471 · 2025

$2,300$3,400$4,500201520172019202120232025

↑ $2,250 since 2014

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GDP per capita growth

2.9% · 2025

-1%0%4%201520172019202120232025

↓ 0.6 pts since 2014

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Life expectancy

67.2 years · 2024

636567201420162018202020222024

↑ 3.8 years since 2014

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Child mortality

37 per 1,000 · 2024

3746.556201420162018202020222024

↓ 19.3 since 2014

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Internet users

31.2% · 2024

7%19%31%201420162018202020222024

↑ 24.2 pts since 2014

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Manufacturing share of GDP

8.4% · 2023

7.6%8.3%9.1%2014201820202023

↓ 0.7 pts since 2014

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Electricity access

52.4% · 2024

23%37.5%52%201420162018202020222024

↑ 28.9 pts since 2014

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Adult literacy

78.2% · 2022

77%79.5%82%20142016201820202022

↓ 1.7 pts since 2014

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Debt service / exports

12.1% · 2024

4%11.5%19%201420162018202020222024

↑ 8.1 pts since 2014

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Exports of goods and services

$16B · 2024

$8.1B$12.1B$16B201420162018202020222024

↑ $7.3B since 2014

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GDP growth

5.9% · 2025

1.9%4.4%6.9%201520172019202120232025

↓ 0.9 pts since 2014

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GDP

$90.1B · 2025

$47B$68.5B$90B201520172019202120232025

↑ $40.2B since 2014

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Unemployment

1.6% · 2025

1.5%1.8%2%201520172019202120232025

↓ 0.6 pts since 2014

ILO modeled estimate — national definitions differ

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FDI inflows

$1.7B · 2024

$860M$1.3B$1.7B201420162018202020222024

↑ $301.5M since 2014

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Remittances

$1.1B · 2024

$320M$760M$1.2B201420162018202020222024

↑ $733.8M since 2014

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External debt

$36.3B · 2024

$16B$26B$36B201420162018202020222024

↑ $20B since 2014

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Agriculture share of GDP

22.9% · 2025

22%25.5%29%201520172019202120232025

↓ 2.9 pts since 2014

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Services share of GDP

28.8% · 2025

28%34%40%201520172019202120232025

↓ 12.5 pts since 2014

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Investment rate

42.2% · 2025

31%37%43%201520172019202120232025

↑ 9 pts since 2014

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Terms of trade

120.10 · 2024

94.00107.00120.00201420162018202020222024

↑ 25.90 since 2014

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FX reserves

$5B · 2018

$4B$5B$5.9B20142015201620172018

↑ $659.2M since 2014

includes gold

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Lending rate

16.7% · 2020

15%16.5%18%2014201620182020

↑ 0.4 pts since 2014

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Deposit rate

6.7% · 2020

6.6%8.8%11%2014201620182020

↓ 3.2 pts since 2014

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Health expenditure

3.1% · 2023

3%3.6%4.3%2014201820202023

↓ 1 pts since 2014

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Physicians

0.1 per 1,000 · 2022

0.050.090.1320142016201820202022

↑ 0.1 since 2014

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Tertiary enrollment

4% · 2024

2.8%5%7.2%2015201920212024

↑ 0 pts since 2015

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Tourist arrivals

1.5M · 2019

1.1M1.3M1.5M201420152016201720182019

↑ 387,000 since 2014

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Account ownership

59.8% · 2024

39%49.5%60%201420162018202020222024

↑ 20 pts since 2014

Findex · every 3–4 years

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Exports per capita derived

$232.91 · 2024

$140$185$230201420162018202020222024

↑ $61.48 since 2014

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Median age

17.2 years · 2023

1616.5172014201820202023

↑ 0.9 years since 2014

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Government revenue / GDP

17.4% · 2026

14%15.5%17%201620182020202220242026

↑ 3 pts since 2014

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Debt to GDP

48.7% · 2026

36%43%50%20142017202020232026

↑ 12.3 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Gross debt (national currency)

TSh122.8T · 2026

TSh30.0TTSh75.0TTSh120.0T20142017202020232026

↑ TSh92.7T since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Current account / GDP

-2.3% · 2026

-9.8%-6%-2.3%20142017202020232026

↑ 7.5 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Budget balance / GDP

-3.2% · 2026

-4%-2.5%-1.1%20142017202020232026

↓ 0.3 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Electoral democracy

0.36 · 2025

0.360.410.45201520172019202120232025

↓ 0.10 since 2014

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Trade profile

Exports

$16B · 2024

$8.1B$12.1B$16B201420162018202020222024

↑ $7.3B since 2014

Imports

$17B · 2024

$8.9B$12.9B$17B201420162018202020222024

↑ $3.4B since 2014

Balance derived

−$1B · 2024

$-5B$-2.8B$-600M201420162018202020222024

↑ $3.9B since 2014

Top exports · 2024

Products

  1. Pearls, precious stones and metals $3.7B · 42.5%
  2. Edible fruit and nuts $618.9M · 7.1%
  3. Tobacco $545.6M · 6.3%
  4. Edible vegetables $392M · 4.5%
  5. Coffee, tea, spices $351.6M · 4.0%
  6. Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits $327.5M · 3.8%
  7. Cereals $301.1M · 3.5%
  8. Ores, slag and ash $290.6M · 3.3%
  9. Mineral fuels $274.5M · 3.2%
  10. Fish and crustaceans $180.6M · 2.1%

Partners

  1. South Africa $2.3B · 26.3%
  2. India $1.6B · 18.8%
  3. United Arab Emirates $625.2M · 7.2%
  4. China $443M · 5.1%
  5. Kenya $320.9M · 3.7%
  6. Vietnam $314.3M · 3.6%
  7. DR Congo $313.3M · 3.6%
  8. Belgium $298.6M · 3.4%
  9. Uganda $291M · 3.3%
  10. M49 757 $269.5M · 3.1%

Top imports · 2024

Products

  1. Mineral fuels $3.1B · 19.9%
  2. Vehicles other than railway $1.7B · 11.2%
  3. Machinery and mechanical appliances $1.7B · 10.8%
  4. Electrical machinery and equipment $1B · 6.5%
  5. Plastics $874.9M · 5.6%
  6. Iron and steel $732M · 4.7%
  7. Articles of iron or steel $696M · 4.4%
  8. Sugars and confectionery $422.6M · 2.7%
  9. Cereals $420.4M · 2.7%
  10. Miscellaneous chemical products $415.7M · 2.7%

Partners

  1. China $4.8B · 30.5%
  2. India $2.1B · 13.6%
  3. United Arab Emirates $1.7B · 10.6%
  4. Japan $593.2M · 3.8%
  5. South Africa $531.4M · 3.4%
  6. United States $457.8M · 2.9%
  7. Kenya $400.4M · 2.6%
  8. South Korea $360.1M · 2.3%
  9. Saudi Arabia $311.1M · 2.0%
  10. Germany $310.9M · 2.0%

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