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Tanzania — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Tanzania, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
5.85%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +414.2% since 1961
GDP growth for Tanzania was 5.85% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 11.64% in 1966. The lowest was -46.43% in 1970 (about -7.9× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.59% per year.
Tanzania ranks 37 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 17%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.61%, so Tanzania sits above it. It peaked in 1966 and has fallen 50% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 5%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
5.85%
First (1961)
1.14%
Change
+414.2%
Highest
11.64%
in 1966
Lowest
-46.43%
in 1970
Average
3.89%
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.59%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.85% |
| 2024 | 5.53% |
| 2023 | 5.07% |
| 2022 | 4.57% |
| 2021 | 4.32% |
| 2020 | 1.99% |
| 2019 | 5.8% |
| 2018 | 5.5% |
| 2017 | 6.73% |
| 2016 | 6.87% |
| 2015 | 6.16% |
| 2014 | 6.73% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.