Tanzania — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Tanzania, 1966–2025.
Inflation for Tanzania was 3.33% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 60 years, from 1966 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 36.15% in 1984. The lowest was 3.06% in 2024 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.81% per year.
Tanzania ranks 87 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 47%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.51%, so Tanzania sits below it. It peaked in 1984 and has fallen 91% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 40%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 25 of 46 economies; Mali (3.28%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 133% in 1980. That is 18% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1966 level: doubled by 1974.
World ranking. Slipped: 13th of 82 in 1966 → 57th of 92 in 1970 → 12th of 106 in 1980 → 16th of 131 in 1990 → 53rd of 163 in 2000 → 47th of 186 in 2010 → 58th of 178 in 2020 → 77th of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1966 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.33% | +0.3 pp |
| 2024 | 3.06% | -0.7 pp |
| 2023 | 3.8% | -0.6 pp |
| 2022 | 4.35% | +0.7 pp |
| 2021 | 3.69% | +0.4 pp |
| 2020 | 3.29% | -0.2 pp |
| 2019 | 3.46% | -0.0 pp |
| 2018 | 3.49% | -1.8 pp |
| 2017 | 5.32% | +0.1 pp |
| 2016 | 5.17% | -0.4 pp |
| 2015 | 5.59% | -0.5 pp |
| 2014 | 6.13% | -1.7 pp |
| 2013 | 7.87% | -8.1 pp |
| 2012 | 16% | +3.3 pp |
| 2011 | 12.69% | +6.5 pp |
| 2010 | 6.2% | -5.9 pp |
| 2009 | 12.14% | +1.9 pp |
| 2008 | 10.28% | +3.3 pp |
| 2007 | 7.03% | -0.2 pp |
| 2006 | 7.25% | +2.2 pp |
| 2005 | 5.03% | +0.3 pp |
| 2004 | 4.74% | -0.6 pp |
| 2003 | 5.3% | -0.0 pp |
| 2002 | 5.32% | +0.2 pp |
| 2001 | 5.15% | -0.8 pp |
| 2000 | 5.92% | -2.0 pp |
| 1999 | 7.89% | -4.9 pp |
| 1998 | 12.8% | -3.3 pp |
| 1997 | 16.09% | -4.9 pp |
| 1996 | 20.98% | -6.5 pp |
| 1995 | 27.43% | -6.7 pp |
| 1994 | 34.08% | +8.8 pp |
| 1993 | 25.28% | +3.4 pp |
| 1992 | 21.85% | -6.8 pp |
| 1991 | 28.7% | -7.1 pp |
| 1990 | 35.83% | +10.0 pp |
| 1989 | 25.85% | -5.3 pp |
| 1988 | 31.19% | +1.2 pp |
| 1987 | 29.95% | -2.5 pp |
| 1986 | 32.43% | -0.8 pp |
| 1985 | 33.28% | -2.9 pp |
| 1984 | 36.15% | +9.1 pp |
| 1983 | 27.06% | -1.9 pp |
| 1982 | 28.93% | +3.3 pp |
| 1981 | 25.65% | -4.5 pp |
| 1980 | 30.2% | +17.2 pp |
| 1979 | 12.95% | +6.4 pp |
| 1978 | 6.58% | -5.0 pp |
| 1977 | 11.6% | +4.7 pp |
| 1976 | 6.86% | -19.2 pp |
| 1975 | 26.06% | +6.5 pp |
| 1974 | 19.6% | +9.2 pp |
| 1973 | 10.4% | +2.8 pp |
| 1972 | 7.64% | +2.9 pp |
| 1971 | 4.78% | +1.3 pp |
| 1970 | 3.49% | -12.9 pp |
| 1969 | 16.42% | +0.8 pp |
| 1968 | 15.6% | +3.4 pp |
| 1967 | 12.19% | +2.4 pp |
| 1966 | 9.78% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Tanzania’s Inflation in 1967?
12.19% (1967). 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 Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1966 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -66.0% in total — about 1.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.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: 3.33%; 2024: 3.06%; 2023: 3.8%; 2022: 4.35%; 2021: 3.69%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (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.