Tanzania — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Tanzania, 1961–2025.
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%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 15 of 47 economies; Guinea-Bissau (5.82%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 4102% in 1978. That is 10% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1961 level: doubled by 1962; grown tenfold by 1966. Doubling roughly every 27 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 92nd of 107 in 1961 → 119th of 119 in 1970 → 76th of 152 in 1980 → 32nd of 176 in 1990 → 87th of 199 in 2000 → 58th of 209 in 2010 → 21st of 209 in 2020 → 33rd of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.85% | +0.3 pp |
| 2024 | 5.53% | +0.5 pp |
| 2023 | 5.07% | +0.5 pp |
| 2022 | 4.57% | +0.2 pp |
| 2021 | 4.32% | +2.3 pp |
| 2020 | 1.99% | -3.8 pp |
| 2019 | 5.8% | +0.3 pp |
| 2018 | 5.5% | -1.2 pp |
| 2017 | 6.73% | -0.1 pp |
| 2016 | 6.87% | +0.7 pp |
| 2015 | 6.16% | -0.6 pp |
| 2014 | 6.73% | -0.0 pp |
| 2013 | 6.78% | +2.3 pp |
| 2012 | 4.5% | -3.2 pp |
| 2011 | 7.67% | +1.3 pp |
| 2010 | 6.34% | +1.1 pp |
| 2009 | 5.27% | -0.4 pp |
| 2008 | 5.69% | -1.1 pp |
| 2007 | 6.77% | +0.2 pp |
| 2006 | 6.53% | -0.9 pp |
| 2005 | 7.48% | -0.0 pp |
| 2004 | 7.5% | +0.8 pp |
| 2003 | 6.67% | -0.4 pp |
| 2002 | 7.09% | +1.0 pp |
| 2001 | 6.07% | +1.6 pp |
| 2000 | 4.52% | -0.3 pp |
| 1999 | 4.86% | +1.2 pp |
| 1998 | 3.71% | +0.2 pp |
| 1997 | 3.53% | -1.0 pp |
| 1996 | 4.54% | +1.0 pp |
| 1995 | 3.57% | +2.0 pp |
| 1994 | 1.57% | +0.4 pp |
| 1993 | 1.21% | +0.6 pp |
| 1992 | 0.58% | -1.5 pp |
| 1991 | 2.07% | -5.0 pp |
| 1990 | 7.05% | +3.3 pp |
| 1989 | 3.76% | -3.5 pp |
| 1988 | 7.26% | +2.5 pp |
| 1987 | 4.8% | -0.7 pp |
| 1986 | 5.5% | +4.3 pp |
| 1985 | 1.24% | -3.4 pp |
| 1984 | 4.67% | +5.1 pp |
| 1983 | -0.39% | -0.0 pp |
| 1982 | -0.37% | +0.6 pp |
| 1981 | -0.98% | -3.7 pp |
| 1980 | 2.74% | +0.2 pp |
| 1979 | 2.5% | +0.4 pp |
| 1978 | 2.08% | +2.0 pp |
| 1977 | 0.05% | -3.3 pp |
| 1976 | 3.31% | -0.7 pp |
| 1975 | 3.99% | +1.9 pp |
| 1974 | 2.11% | -4.1 pp |
| 1973 | 6.19% | -0.9 pp |
| 1972 | 7.12% | +3.2 pp |
| 1971 | 3.9% | +50.3 pp |
| 1970 | -46.43% | -49.7 pp |
| 1969 | 3.26% | -3.0 pp |
| 1968 | 6.29% | +0.8 pp |
| 1967 | 5.52% | -6.1 pp |
| 1966 | 11.64% | +7.3 pp |
| 1965 | 4.36% | -1.1 pp |
| 1964 | 5.51% | -0.7 pp |
| 1963 | 6.26% | -2.8 pp |
| 1962 | 9.1% | +8.0 pp |
| 1961 | 1.14% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Tanzania’s GDP growth in 1962?
9.1% (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Tanzania’s GDP growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +414.2% in total — about 2.6% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 5.85%; 2024: 5.53%; 2023: 5.07%; 2022: 4.57%; 2021: 4.32%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.