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General profile: United Republic of Tanzania

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2024
Exchange rate
Population
Population
Exchange rates
GDP
GDP
68.560 Millions
2 597.900 TZS/US$
81 664 Millions current US$
Land area¹
Land area
CPI growth (%)
CPI growth
GDP growth
GDP growth
(u) 885 800 km²
..
5.09 %
INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
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+19.6 %
Merchandise exports growth rate in 2024
Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Merchandise exports
1 679
4 051
4 834
8 702
Merchandise imports
3 287
7 874
10 789
14 279
Merchandise trade balance
-1 608
-3 824
-5 955
-5 577
Export structure by product group in 2024
(as % of total exports)
42 %42 %12 %12 %7 %7 %11 %11 %29 %29 %
Top 5 partners in 2024
(exports, millions of US$)
2 0041 3087247124542 0041 308724712454
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES
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Total trade in services²
(millions of US$)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Services exports
1 269
2 046
3 412
(e) 6 939
Services imports
1 207
1 889
2 596
(e) 2 530
Services trade balance
62
157
816
(e) 4 408
Services exports by main category²
(as % of total services)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Transport
17.6
22.2
30.0
(e) 35.3
Travel
64.9
61.3
55.7
(e) 56.2
Other services
17.5
16.5
(e) 14.2
(e) 8.4
TRADE INDICES
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14711910511412910381879910081799479795551423912010799109118103101104109100949510110310294868786
ECONOMIC TRENDS
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+5.1 %
Gross domestic product growth rate in 2024
Economic indicators
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2024
GDP, current
17 611
32 690
48 561
81 664
GDP per capita, current US$
449
730
933
1 191
Real GDP growth, y-on-y, %
7.30
6.31
6.16
5.09
Current account balance, % of GDP
-6.20
-6.76
-5.39
(e) -3.06
Exchange rate (/US$)
1 128.924
1 395.698
1 989.490
2 597.900
GDP by expenditure in 2023
(as % of total GDP)
58.96.937.817.220.358.96.937.817.220.3
FDI AND EXTERNAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES
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..
FDI outflows as % of GDP in 2024
Financial flows
(millions of US$ unless otherwise specified)
2005
2010
2015
2024
FDI inflows
935.52
1 813.25
1 560.80
1 717.58
FDI outflows
..
..
..
..
Personal remittances, % of GDP
..
1.05
0.80
0.87
Financial flows trends
(millions of US$)
713.5758.8703.8558.4326.2433.5412.9402.6402.5387.8389.5381.9390.1409.61 7181 3391 4381 1909441 2179729388641 5611 4162 0871 8001 2291 8139531 3835824039363313083884671 013FDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsFDI Inwards flowsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receiptsMigrant's remittances receipts
TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES
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Trade balance indicators²
(as % and index)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Balance, % of GDP
-10.72
-12.85
-7.72
(e) -0.92
Balance, % of imports
-44.91
-46.40
-35.50
(e) -4.45
Normalized balance
-0.290
-0.302
-0.216
(e) -0.023
Trade openness²
(sum of imports and exports as % of GDP)
4033342723293129313641434749433946434037
LIVING AREA
Population by living area in 2024
(% of population)
Urban 38%Urban 38%Rural 62%Rural 62%
OTHER INDICATORS
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0.104 %
Share of the total world merchant fleet in 2024
Maritime transport indicators
 
2005
2010
2015
2024
Merchant fleet, national flag (thousands of DWT)
41
117
12 558
2 454
Container port throughput (TEU)
..
359 010
639 230
..
Information economy indicators
(as % of)
2005
2010
2015
2024
Share of ICT goods, % of total exports
0.26
0.35
6.07
0.10
Share of ICT goods, % of total imports
5.81
3.69
3.78
3.08
Share of workforce involved in the ICT sector
..
..
..
..
Source: UNCTADstat (http://unctadstat.unctad.org)
Notes:
1
Land area refers to the total area of a country excluding area under inland water bodies. It differs from the country area, that includes area under inland water bodies, but excludes offshore territorial waters.
2
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 2009).
e
Estimated.
u
Estimated. Data refers to 2020.
Symbols for missing values:
0
Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible
..
No value reported or collected
_
Not applicable
...
Not available, including no quotation
#
Non-relevant calculation
-
Not publishable
***
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals
Abbreviations & acronyms:
DWT:
Dead weight tons
FDI:
Foreign direct investment
GDP:
Gross domestic product
ICT:
Information and communication technology
TEU:
Twenty foot equivalent unit
US$:
United States dollar
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Generation date: 02 December 2025