Tanzania
Everything Palanor holds about Tanzania, in one place: 63 public signals, what its economy runs on, how often America’s largest companies name it, the news that names it, and Country Posture. Every figure is computed from stored readings and carries its source and date.
AfricaSub-Saharan AfricaMiddle East & Africa
The latest read
- GDP in current U.S. dollars: $90.1 billion (2025); record high since 1990; 1y +13.8%.
- Household consumption, share of GDP: 50.5% of GDP (2025); record low since 1990; 1y −2.10 pts.
- Net exports, share of GDP: -1% of GDP (2025); 85th percentile since 1990; highest since 2020; 1y +0.84 pts.
Country Posture
What Tanzania’s economy is doing
Momentum
2025Inputs only. Did not pass the pre-registered back-test: 1996–2009: AUC 0.590 below 0.60; AUC 0.590 below the single-input baseline (0.624); 2010–2022: AUC 0.595 below 0.60; AUC 0.595 below the single-input baseline (0.641).
Inputs
| Real GDP growth | 5.9 |
| Growth against its three-year average | 0.8 |
| Change in unemployment | 0.0 |
| Change in the employment rate | -0.0 |
| Export volume growth | — |
| OECD leading indicator | — |
Resilience
202533Moderate buffers
0 = thin buffers · 100 = deep buffers
Moved most by governance (wgi mean) (down) since the year before.
Inputs
| Interest as a share of revenue (2024) | 14.4 | 13 |
| Budget balance (2024) | -2.9 | 27 |
| Reserves, months of imports | — | — |
| Current account (2024) | -3.0 | 57 |
| Governance (WGI mean) | -0.49 | 37 |
| External debt (2024) | 47.3 | 37 |
Pressure
2025Inputs only. Did not pass the pre-registered back-test: 1996–2009: AUC 0.657 below the single-input baseline (0.672).
Inputs
| Inflation | 3.3 |
| Change in inflation | 0.3 |
| Currency move against the dollar | — |
| Conflict deaths per million | 14.3 |
| Political stability | -0.48 |
| Private credit, three-year change | 3.3 |
| Bond spread over U.S. Treasuries | — |
Posture describes what an economy is doing; it is not a rating and never ranks countries. Each input is read against the country’s own history and against every other economy that year. An axis shows a score only after passing a back-test fixed before any result was computed. Method and back-test.
Passport reach
Where a Tanzania passport opens doors
The share of world GDP, outside Tanzania itself, in the economies whose published rules let a holder of this passport in, as of October 2026. Palanor records the rules of destinations holding 88% of world GDP, from each government’s own list, and weights them by World Bank GDP for 2025. Rank is among 199 passports.
Work
0.0%rank 114 of 199
the right to work (free movement in full; treaty and working-holiday routes at half); 0 destinations in full.
Reach is shown here and not weighted into Country Strength: it rewards membership of a free-movement area or a treaty more than the strength of an economy. Entry is always at the border officer’s discretion, and conditions (length of stay, fees, age limits) vary. Method, sources and the full ranking: Passports and citizenship.
Palanor calculation from each destination government's published rules; GDP weights from the World Bank (CC BY 4.0), one year for the whole line, so it moves only when a list changes.
GDP by expenditure
What Tanzania’s economy runs on
In 2025, household spending was 50.5% of GDP, government consumption 9.8%, investment 40.7% and net exports -1.0% (exports 19.0%, imports 20.0%).
World Bank national accounts. The parts can miss 100 by a few points (the statistical discrepancy).
Same World Bank definition for every country, so the shares compare directly: What each economy runs on.
IMF World Economic Outlook
The IMF’s outlook for Tanzania
The latest year before the October 2026 edition (often still an IMF estimate) and the IMF’s own projections. These are the IMF’s published forecasts, shown as published; Palanor does not project them further. Since the previous edition the IMF raised its growth forecast for this year by 0.1 percentage points (Palanor calculation).
| Measure | 2025 | 2026 IMF f’cast | 2027 IMF f’cast | 2031 IMF f’cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real GDP growth% | 5.9 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 6.0 |
| Inflation, average consumer prices% | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 |
| GDP, current US dollarsUS$ bn | 89.6 | 96.2 | 104.0 | 154.0 |
| GDP at purchasing-power parityintl $ bn | 294.4 | 322.7 | 352.5 | 479.0 |
| GDP per person, US dollarsUS$ | 1,270 | 1,325 | 1,394 | 1,853 |
| Current account balance% of GDP | -2.6 | -2.7 | -2.6 | -2.4 |
| Government gross debt% of GDP | 49.8 | 48.1 | 46.6 | 41.4 |
| Government overall balance% of GDP | -2.6 | -2.6 | -3.0 | -3.0 |
| Government primary balance% of GDP | -0.3 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.5 |
| Government net interest paid% of GDP · Palanor calc. | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database (edition on the projection). Dashed: the IMF's published projection.
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database (edition on the projection). Dashed: the IMF's published projection.
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026. Provided by the IMF “as is” and free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor. Net interest paid is a Palanor calculation: the IMF's primary balance minus its overall balance.
Conflict
Organized violence
News
In the news
- Tanzania’s Jihan Dimack crowned Miss Grand International 2026
Marketaux (financial news API)2026-10-10negative · -miss
- Tanzania gold mine deaths at centre of case against London accreditor of refiners reut.rs/4yI3TOq
Reuters · Bluesky2026-10-07neutral
- India, Tanzania discuss deepening parliamentary cooperation
Marketaux (financial news API)2026-10-06neutral
- Barrick secures 15-year North Mara mining licences in Tanzania
MINING.COM2026-10-05neutral
- Tanzania renueva por 15 años licencias de Barrick para mina de oro North Mara
Rumbo Minero2026-10-05neutral
- Reggie McFadden dies at 57 in Tanzania: ‘In Living Color’ actor’s life and career
Marketaux (financial news API)2026-10-05neutral
- Tanzania: las inesperadas enseñanzas de la naturaleza más salvaje
La Nación (Argentina)2026-09-30neutral
- 🗣️ “Since our Summit, $740 million has been disbursed across 28 African countries. It funds real projects: LPG terminals & electric cooking Kenya, new factories in Nigeria, fuel storage in Tanzania & stove deployment in Senegal”
Fatih Birol’s full remarks 👉 buff.ly/izvs6fE
International Energy Agency · Bluesky2026-09-24neutral
Headlines that name Tanzania, matched by name with fixed rules (a wrong match is worse than a missing one). Tone is read from each headline’s own words; no model reads or summarizes an article, and other publishers’ stories link out.
Company graph
Companies headquartered in Tanzania
Palanor’s company graph holds 3 entities headquartered here (GLEIF headquarters address, else legal address).
Signals
Every series about Tanzania
Grouped by theme, the most-read first. All 63 in the Library.
Growth and output4
- Tanzania · GDP · USD bn (current)record high since 1990; 1y +13.8%$90.1bn2025
- Tanzania: Share of World GDP at Market Exchange Ratesrecord high since 1990; 1y +0.005 pts0.08% of world GDP2025
- Tanzania: Share of World GDP Minus Share of World Populationrecord low since 1990; 1y −0.012 pts-0.782025
- Tanzania: Share of World Populationrecord high since 1990; 1y +0.017 pts0.86% of world population2025
Trade and capital flows1
- Tanzania · Net International Investment Position, % of GDP (IMF)31st percentile since 1992; highest since 2021; 1y +3.07 pts-57.2% of GDP2025
Energy and resources4
- Natural Graphite Mine Production Share: Tanzaniarecord high since 2017; 1y +2.43 pts4.17%2025
- Natural Graphite Mine Production: Tanzaniarecord high since 2017; 1y +177.8%75,000 metric tons2025
- Natural Graphite Reserves: Tanzaniarecord high since 2018; 1y unchanged18,000,000 metric tons2025
- Rare Earths Reserves: Tanzania1y unchanged890,0002025
Conflict and geopolitics2 of 6
- Tanzania · Organized-Violence Deaths (UCDP, annual)record high since 1989; 1y +16716.7%1,009 deaths2025
- Tanzania · State-Based Conflict Deaths (UCDP, annual)record low since 1989; 1y unchanged0 deaths2025
Migration1 of 3
- U.S.-Born People Living in Tanzania (UN)81st percentile since 19901,247 people2024
AI stance and technology1
- AI User Share: Tanzania (Microsoft AI Diffusion)1y +1.60 pts8% of people aged 15-642026-06-30
Climate and the physical world3 of 5
- Tanzania Burned Area (GWIS)10th percentile since 2002; highest since 2022; 1y +3.7%8.42025
- Tanzania · Plastic Emitted to the Ocean by Rivers · tonnes per year (2015)5,690.9 t/yr2015
- Tanzania · Share of Global River Plastic Emitted to the Ocean · % (2015)0.57% of world2015
Health and living standards6 of 7
- Births: Tanzaniarecord high since 1950; 1y +1.7%2,346,3912023
- Deaths: Tanzania78th percentile since 1950; highest since 2007; 1y +2.0%385,7992023
- Fertility Rate: Tanzaniarecord low since 1950; 1y −1.4%4.612023
- Median Age: Tanzaniarecord high since 1950; 1y +0.7%17.2 years2023
- Population Aged 65 and Over: Tanzaniarecord high since 1950; 1y +0.008 pts3.04% of population2023
- Population: Tanzaniarecord high since 1950; 1y +2.9%66,617,606 people2023
More about this country2
- Tanzania · IMF Credit Outstanding · USD bn (IMF)record high since Sep 1974; 1y +24.3%$2.28bn2026-09-01
- Tanzania · IMF Credit Outstanding, % of GDP66th percentile since 1980; highest since 2004; 1y +0.38 pts2.04% of GDP2025
Peers
Elsewhere in Africa
Alphabetical. Palanor does not rank countries.
AlgeriaAngolaBeninBotswanaBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryBurkina FasoBurundiCabo VerdeCameroonCentral African RepublicChadComorosCongoCôte d'IvoireDjiboutiDR CongoEgyptEquatorial GuineaEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaGabonGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauKenyaLesothoLiberiaLibyaMadagascarMalawiMaliMauritaniaMauritiusMoroccoMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaRéunionRwandaSao Tome and PrincipeSenegalSeychellesSierra LeoneSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth SudanSudanTogoTunisiaUgandaZambiaZimbabwe