{ "Introduction": { "Background": { "text": "

Tanzania contains some of Africa’s most iconic national parks and famous paleoanthropological sites, and its diverse cultural heritage reflects the multiple ethnolinguistic groups that live in the country. Its long history of integration into trade networks spanning the Indian Ocean and the African interior led to the development of Swahili as a common language in much of east Africa and the introduction of Islam into the region. A number of independent coastal and island trading posts in what is now Tanzania came under Portuguese control after 1498 when they began to take control of much of the coast and Indian Ocean trade. By 1700, the Sultanate of Oman had become the dominant power in the region after ousting the Portuguese, who were also facing a series of local uprisings. During the next hundred years, Zanzibar -- an archipelago off the coast that is now part of Tanzania -- became a hub of Indian Ocean trade, with Arab and Indian traders establishing and consolidating trade routes with communities in mainland Tanzania that contributed to the expansion of the slave trade. Zanzibar briefly became the capital of the Sultanate of Oman before it split into separate Omani and Zanzibar Sultanates in 1856. Beginning in the mid-1800s, European explorers, traders, and Christian missionaries became more active in the region. The Germans eventually established control over mainland Tanzania -- which they called Tanganyika -- and the British established control over Zanzibar. Tanganyika came under British administration after the German defeat in World War I.

Tanganyika gained independence from Great Britain in 1961, and Zanzibar followed in 1963 as a constitutional monarchy. In Tanganyika, Julius NYERERE, a charismatic and idealistic socialist, established a one-party political system that centralized power and encouraged national self-reliance and rural development. In 1964, a popular uprising overthrew the Sultan in Zanzibar and either killed or expelled many of the Arabs and Indians who had dominated the isles for more than 200 years. Later that year, Tanganyika and Zanzibar combined to form the United Republic of Tanzania, but Zanzibar retained considerable autonomy. Their two ruling parties combined to form the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party in 1977, which has since won every presidential election. Tanzania held its first multi-party elections in 1995, but CCM candidates have continued to dominate politics. The ruling party has claimed victory in four contentious elections since 1995, despite international observers' claims of voting irregularities. In 2001, 35 people died in Zanzibar when soldiers fired on protestors. John MAGUFULI won the 2015 and 2020 presidential elections, and the CCM won over two-thirds of the seats in Parliament in both elections. MAGUFULI died in 2021 while in office and was succeeded by his vice president, Samia Suluhu HASSAN.

" } }, "Geography": { "Location": { "text": "Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique" }, "Geographic coordinates": { "text": "6 00 S, 35 00 E" }, "Map references": { "text": "Africa" }, "Area": { "total ": { "text": "947,300 sq km" }, "land": { "text": "885,800 sq km" }, "water": { "text": "61,500 sq km" }, "note": "note: includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar" }, "Area - comparative": { "text": "more than six times the size of Georgia; slightly larger than twice the size of California" }, "Land boundaries": { "total": { "text": "4,161 km" }, "border countries": { "text": "Burundi 589 km; Democratic Republic of the Congo 479 km; Kenya 775 km; Malawi 512 km; Mozambique 840 km; Rwanda 222 km; Uganda 391 km; Zambia 353 km" } }, "Coastline": { "text": "1,424 km" }, "Maritime claims": { "territorial sea": { "text": "12 nm" }, "exclusive economic zone": { "text": "200 nm" } }, "Climate": { "text": "varies from tropical along coast to temperate in highlands" }, "Terrain": { "text": "plains along coast; central plateau; highlands in north, south" }, "Elevation": { "highest point": { "text": "Kilimanjaro (highest point in Africa) 5,895 m" }, "lowest point": { "text": "Indian Ocean 0 m" }, "mean elevation": { "text": "1,018 m" } }, "Natural resources": { "text": "hydropower, tin, phosphates, iron ore, coal, diamonds, gemstones (including tanzanite, found only in Tanzania), gold, natural gas, nickel" }, "Land use": { "agricultural land": { "text": "44.6% (2022 est.)" }, "agricultural land: arable land": { "text": "arable land: 15.2% (2022 est.)" }, "agricultural land: permanent crops": { "text": "permanent crops: 2.3% (2022 est.)" }, "agricultural land: permanent pasture": { "text": "permanent pasture: 27.1% (2022 est.)" }, "forest": { "text": "50.6% (2022 est.)" }, "other": { "text": "4.8% (2022 est.)" } }, "Irrigated land": { "text": "1,840 sq km (2012)" }, "Major lakes (area sq km)": { "fresh water lake(s)": { "text": "Lake Victoria (shared with Uganda and Kenya) - 62,940 sq km; Lake Tanganyika (shared with Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, and Zambia) - 32,000 sq km; Lake Malawi (shared with Mozambique and Malawi) - 22,490" }, "salt water lake(s)": { "text": "Lake Rukwa - 5,760 sq km" } }, "Major rivers (by length in km)": { "text": "Nile (shared with Rwanda [s], Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt [m]) - 6,650 km
note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth" }, "Major watersheds (area sq km)": { "text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Congo (3,730,881 sq km), (Mediterranean Sea) Nile (3,254,853 sq km)
Indian Ocean drainage: Zambezi (1,332,412 sq km)" }, "Population distribution": { "text": "the largest and most populous East African country; population distribution is extremely uneven, but greater population clusters occur in the northern half of country and along the east coast as shown in this population distribution map" }, "Natural hazards": { "text": "

flooding on the central plateau during the rainy season; drought

volcanism: limited volcanic activity; Ol Doinyo Lengai (2,962 m) has emitted lava in recent years; other historically active volcanoes include Kieyo and Meru

" }, "Geography - note": { "text": "Kilimanjaro is the highest point in Africa and one of only three mountain ranges on the continent that has glaciers (the others are Mount Kenya in Kenya and the Ruwenzori Mountains on the Uganda-Democratic Republic of the Congo border); Tanzania is bordered by three of the largest lakes on the continent: Lake Victoria (the world's second-largest freshwater lake) in the north, Lake Tanganyika (the world's second deepest) in the west, and Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) in the southwest" } }, "People and Society": { "Population": { "total": { "text": "67,462,121 (2024 est.)" }, "male": { "text": "33,691,904" }, "female": { "text": "33,770,217" } }, "Nationality": { "noun": { "text": "Tanzanian(s)" }, "adjective": { "text": "Tanzanian" } }, "Ethnic groups": { "text": "mainland - African 99% (of which 95% are Bantu consisting of more than 130 tribes), other 1% (consisting of Asian, European, and Arab); Zanzibar - Arab, African, mixed Arab and African" }, "Languages": { "Languages": { "text": "Kiswahili or Swahili (official), Kiunguja (name for Swahili in Zanzibar), English (official, primary language of commerce, administration, and higher education), Arabic, many local languages" }, "major-language sample(s)": { "text": "
The World Factbook, Chanzo cha Lazima Kuhusu Habari ya Msingi. (Kiswahili)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, "Religions": { "text": "Christian 63.1%, Muslim 34.1%, folk religion 1.1%, Buddhist <1%, Hindu <1%, Jewish <1%, other <1%, unspecified 1.6% (2020 est.)", "note": "note: Zanzibar is almost entirely Muslim" }, "Age structure": { "0-14 years": { "text": "41.2% (male 14,039,292/female 13,740,439)" }, "15-64 years": { "text": "55.4% (male 18,677,388/female 18,708,390)" }, "65 years and over": { "text": "3.4% (2024 est.) (male 975,224/female 1,321,388)" } }, "Dependency ratios": { "total dependency ratio": { "text": "87.7" }, "youth dependency ratio": { "text": "81.9" }, "elderly dependency ratio": { "text": "5.9" }, "potential support ratio": { "text": "20.4 (2021 est.)" } }, "Median age": { "total": { "text": "19.1 years (2024 est.)" }, "male": { "text": "18.8 years" }, "female": { "text": "19.4 years" } }, "Population growth rate": { "text": "2.72% (2024 est.)" }, "Birth rate": { "text": "32.5 births/1,000 population (2024 est.)" }, "Death rate": { "text": "5 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.)" }, "Net migration rate": { "text": "-0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.)" }, "Population distribution": { "text": "the largest and most populous East African country; population distribution is extremely uneven, but greater population clusters occur in the northern half of country and along the east coast as shown in this population distribution map" }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { "text": "37.4% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "4.89% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Major urban areas - population": { "text": "262,000 Dodoma (legislative capital) (2018), 7.776 million DAR ES SALAAM (administrative capital), 1.311 million Mwanza, 800,000 Zanzibar (2023)" }, "Sex ratio": { "at birth": { "text": "1.03 male(s)/female" }, "0-14 years": { "text": "1.02 male(s)/female" }, "15-64 years": { "text": "1 male(s)/female" }, "65 years and over": { "text": "0.74 male(s)/female" }, "total population": { "text": "1 male(s)/female (2024 est.)" } }, "Mother's mean age at first birth": { "text": "19.9 years (2022 est.)", "note": "note: data represents median age at first birth among women 15-49" }, "Maternal mortality ratio": { "text": "238 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)" }, "Infant mortality rate": { "total": { "text": "29.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.)" }, "male": { "text": "32.3 deaths/1,000 live births" }, "female": { "text": "26.9 deaths/1,000 live births" } }, "Life expectancy at birth": { "total population": { "text": "70.8 years (2024 est.)" }, "male": { "text": "69 years" }, "female": { "text": "72.6 years" } }, "Total fertility rate": { "text": "4.27 children born/woman (2024 est.)" }, "Gross reproduction rate": { "text": "2.1 (2024 est.)" }, "Contraceptive prevalence rate": { "text": "38.4% (2015/16)" }, "Drinking water source": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 95.1% of population" }, "improved: rural": { "text": "rural: 59.4% of population" }, "improved: total": { "text": "total: 72% of population" }, "unimproved: urban": { "text": "urban: 4.9% of population" }, "unimproved: rural": { "text": "rural: 40.6% of population" }, "unimproved: total": { "text": "total: 28% of population (2020 est.)" } }, "Current health expenditure": { "text": "3.4% of GDP (2021)" }, "Physician density": { "text": "0.13 physicians/1,000 population (2022)" }, "Hospital bed density": { "text": "0.7 beds/1,000 population" }, "Sanitation facility access": { "improved: urban": { "text": "urban: 89.4% of population" }, "improved: rural": { "text": "rural: 29.2% of population" }, "improved: total": { "text": "total: 50.4% of population" }, "unimproved: urban": { "text": "urban: 10.6% of population" }, "unimproved: rural": { "text": "rural: 70.8% of population" }, "unimproved: total": { "text": "total: 49.6% of population (2020 est.)" } }, "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": { "text": "8.4% (2016)" }, "Alcohol consumption per capita": { "total": { "text": "7.81 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)" }, "beer": { "text": "0.74 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)" }, "wine": { "text": "0.09 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)" }, "spirits": { "text": "0.38 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)" }, "other alcohols": { "text": "6.6 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)" } }, "Tobacco use": { "total": { "text": "8.7% (2020 est.)" }, "male": { "text": "14% (2020 est.)" }, "female": { "text": "3.4% (2020 est.)" } }, "Children under the age of 5 years underweight": { "text": "12.1% (2022)" }, "Currently married women (ages 15-49)": { "text": "59.5% (2023 est.)" }, "Child marriage": { "women married by age 15": { "text": "5.2%" }, "women married by age 18": { "text": "30.5%" }, "men married by age 18": { "text": "3.9% (2016 est.)" } }, "Education expenditures": { "text": "3.3% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Literacy": { "definition": { "text": "age 15 and over can read and write Kiswahili (Swahili), English, or Arabic" }, "total population": { "text": "81.8%" }, "male": { "text": "85.5%" }, "female": { "text": "78.2% (2021)" } }, "School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": { "total": { "text": "9 years" }, "male": { "text": "9 years" }, "female": { "text": "9 years (2021)" } } }, "Environment": { "Environment - current issues": { "text": "water pollution; improper management of liquid waste; indoor air pollution caused by the burning of fuel wood or charcoal for cooking and heating is a large environmental health issue; soil degradation; deforestation; desertification; destruction of coral reefs threatens marine habitats; wildlife threatened by illegal hunting and trade, especially for ivory; loss of biodiversity; solid waste disposal" }, "Environment - international agreements": { "party to": { "text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling" }, "signed, but not ratified": { "text": "none of the selected agreements" } }, "Climate": { "text": "varies from tropical along coast to temperate in highlands" }, "Land use": { "agricultural land": { "text": "44.6% (2022 est.)" }, "agricultural land: arable land": { "text": "arable land: 15.2% (2022 est.)" }, "agricultural land: permanent crops": { "text": "permanent crops: 2.3% (2022 est.)" }, "agricultural land: permanent pasture": { "text": "permanent pasture: 27.1% (2022 est.)" }, "forest": { "text": "50.6% (2022 est.)" }, "other": { "text": "4.8% (2022 est.)" } }, "Urbanization": { "urban population": { "text": "37.4% of total population (2023)" }, "rate of urbanization": { "text": "4.89% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)" } }, "Food insecurity": { "severe localized food insecurity": { "text": "due to localized shortfalls in staple food production - according to the latest analysis, an estimated 990,000 million people were facing severe acute food insecurity between March and May 2023, 839,000 people in 28 mainland districts and 151,000 on Zanzibar Island; the food insecurity situation was mainly driven by a reduced crop production in 2022 due to dry weather conditions and by high food prices (2023)" } }, "Revenue from forest resources": { "text": "2.19% of GDP (2018 est.)" }, "Revenue from coal": { "text": "0.02% of GDP (2018 est.)" }, "Air pollutants": { "particulate matter emissions": { "text": "15.36 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)" }, "carbon dioxide emissions": { "text": "11.97 megatons (2016 est.)" }, "methane emissions": { "text": "59.08 megatons (2020 est.)" } }, "Waste and recycling": { "municipal solid waste generated annually": { "text": "9,276,995 tons (2012 est.)" } }, "Major lakes (area sq km)": { "fresh water lake(s)": { "text": "Lake Victoria (shared with Uganda and Kenya) - 62,940 sq km; Lake Tanganyika (shared with Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, and Zambia) - 32,000 sq km; Lake Malawi (shared with Mozambique and Malawi) - 22,490" }, "salt water lake(s)": { "text": "Lake Rukwa - 5,760 sq km" } }, "Major rivers (by length in km)": { "text": "Nile (shared with Rwanda [s], Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt [m]) - 6,650 km
note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth" }, "Major watersheds (area sq km)": { "text": "Atlantic Ocean drainage: Congo (3,730,881 sq km), (Mediterranean Sea) Nile (3,254,853 sq km)
Indian Ocean drainage: Zambezi (1,332,412 sq km)" }, "Total water withdrawal": { "municipal": { "text": "530 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "industrial": { "text": "30 million cubic meters (2020 est.)" }, "agricultural": { "text": "4.63 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)" } }, "Total renewable water resources": { "text": "96.3 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)" }, "Geoparks": { "total global geoparks and regional networks": { "text": "1" }, "global geoparks and regional networks": { "text": "Ngorongoro Lengai (2023)" } } }, "Government": { "Country name": { "conventional long form": { "text": "United Republic of Tanzania" }, "conventional short form": { "text": "Tanzania" }, "local long form": { "text": "Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania" }, "local short form": { "text": "Tanzania" }, "former": { "text": "German East Africa, Trust Territory of Tanganyika, Republic of Tanganyika, People's Republic of Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar" }, "etymology": { "text": "the country's name is a combination of the first letters of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, the two states that merged to form Tanzania in 1964" } }, "Government type": { "text": "presidential republic" }, "Capital": { "name": { "text": "Dodoma; note - Dodoma was designated the national capital in 1996; Dar es Salaam, the original national capital, is the country's largest city and commercial center " }, "geographic coordinates": { "text": "6 48 S, 39 17 E" }, "time difference": { "text": "UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)" }, "etymology": { "text": "Dodoma, in the native Gogo language, means \"it has sunk\"; supposedly, one day during the rainy season, an elephant drowned in the area; the villagers in that place were so struck by what had occurred, that ever since the locale has been referred to as the place where \"it (the elephant) sunk\"" } }, "Administrative divisions": { "text": "31 regions; Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, Geita, Iringa, Kagera, Kaskazini Pemba (Pemba North), Kaskazini Unguja (Zanzibar North), Katavi, Kigoma, Kilimanjaro, Kusini Pemba (Pemba South), Kusini Unguja (Zanzibar Central/South), Lindi, Manyara, Mara, Mbeya, Mjini Magharibi (Zanzibar Urban/West), Morogoro, Mtwara, Mwanza, Njombe, Pwani (Coast), Rukwa, Ruvuma, Shinyanga, Simiyu, Singida, Songwe, Tabora, Tanga" }, "Independence": { "text": "26 April 1964 (Tanganyika united with Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar); 29 October 1964 (renamed United Republic of Tanzania); notable earlier dates: 9 December 1961 (Tanganyika became independent from UK-administered UN trusteeship); 10 December 1963 (Zanzibar became independent from UK)" }, "National holiday": { "text": "Union Day (Tanganyika and Zanzibar), 26 April (1964)" }, "Legal system": { "text": "English common law; judicial review of legislative acts limited to matters of interpretation" }, "Constitution": { "history": { "text": "several previous; latest adopted 25 April 1977" }, "amendment process": { "text": "proposed by the National Assembly; passage of amendments to constitutional articles including those on sovereignty of the United Republic, the authorities and powers of the government, the president, the Assembly, and the High Court requires two-thirds majority vote of the mainland Assembly membership and of the Zanzibar House of Representatives membership; House of Representatives approval of other amendments is not required" } }, "International law organization participation": { "text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction" }, "Citizenship": { "citizenship by birth": { "text": "no" }, "citizenship by descent only": { "text": "at least one parent must be a citizen of Tanzania; if a child is born abroad, the father must be a citizen of Tanzania" }, "dual citizenship recognized": { "text": "no" }, "residency requirement for naturalization": { "text": "5 years" } }, "Suffrage": { "text": "18 years of age; universal" }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { "text": "President Samia Suluhu HASSAN (since 19 March 2021)" }, "head of government": { "text": "President Samia Suluhu HASSAN (since 19 March 2021)" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet appointed by the president from among members of the National Assembly" }, "elections/appointments": { "text": "president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by simple majority popular vote for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 28 October 2020 (next to be held in October 2025); prime minister appointed by the president" }, "election results": { "text": "2020: John MAGUFULI reelected president; percent of vote - John MAGUFULI (CCM) 84.4%, Tundu LISSU (CHADEMA) 13%, other 2.6%; note - President MAGUFULI died on 17 March 2021 and his Vice President, Samia Suluhu HASSAN, assumed the office of the president on 19 March 2021

2015: John MAGUFULI elected president; percent of vote - John MAGUFULI (CCM) 58.5%, Edward LOWASSA (CHADEMA) 40%, other 1.5%" }, "note": "note 1: Zanzibar elects a president as head of government for internal matters; election held on 28 October 2020; Hussein MWINYI (CCM) 76.3%, Maalim Seif SHARIF (ACT-Wazalendo) 19.9%, other 3.8%

note 2: the president is both chief of state and head of government

note 3: following the death of President John MAGUFULI in March 2021, then Vice President Samia Suluhu HASSAN assumed the presidency" }, "Legislative branch": { "legislature name": { "text": "National Assembly (Bunge)" }, "legislative structure": { "text": "unicameral" }, "number of seats": { "text": "393 (264 directly elected; 118 indirectly elected; 10 appointed)" }, "electoral system": { "text": "plurality/majority" }, "scope of elections": { "text": "full renewal" }, "term in office": { "text": "5 years" }, "most recent election date": { "text": "10/28/2020" }, "parties elected and seats per party": { "text": "Revolutionary Party of Tanzania (CCM) (350); Chadema (Party for Democracy and Development) (20); Other (7)" }, "percentage of women in chamber": { "text": "37.8%" }, "expected date of next election": { "text": "October 2025" } }, "Judicial branch": { "highest court(s)": { "text": "Court of Appeal of the United Republic of Tanzania (consists of the chief justice and 14 justices); High Court of the United Republic for Mainland Tanzania (consists of the principal judge and 30 judges organized into commercial, land, and labor courts); High Court of Zanzibar (consists of the chief justice and 10 justices)" }, "judge selection and term of office": { "text": "Court of Appeal and High Court justices appointed by the national president after consultation with the Judicial Service Commission for Tanzania, a judicial body of high-level judges and 2 members appointed by the national president; Court of Appeal and High Court judges serve until mandatory retirement at age 60, but terms can be extended; High Court of Zanzibar judges appointed by the national president after consultation with the Judicial Commission of Zanzibar; judges can serve until mandatory retirement at age 65" }, "subordinate courts": { "text": "Resident Magistrates Courts; Kadhi courts (for Islamic family matters); district and primary courts" } }, "Political parties": { "text": "Alliance for Change and Transparency (Wazalendo) or ACT-Wazalendo
Civic United Front (Chama Cha Wananchi) or CUF
Party of Democracy and Development (Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo) or CHADEMA
Revolutionary Party of Tanzania (Chama Cha Mapinduzi) or CCM" }, "International organization participation": { "text": "ACP, AfDB, AU, C, CD, EAC, EADB, EITI, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, OPCW, SADC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNMISS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO" }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { "text": "Ambassador Elsie Sia KANZA (since 1 December 2021)" }, "chancery": { "text": "1232 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC 20037" }, "telephone": { "text": "[1] (202) 884-1080" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 797-7408" }, "email address and website": { "text": "
ubalozi@tanzaniaembassy-us.org

https://us.tzembassy.go.tz/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { "chief of mission": { "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d’Affaires Andrew LENTZ (since January 2025)" }, "embassy": { "text": "686 Old Bagamoyo Road, Msasani, P.O. Box 9123, Dar es Salaam" }, "mailing address": { "text": "2140 Dar es Salaam Place, Washington, DC  20521-2140" }, "telephone": { "text": "[255] (22) 229-4000" }, "FAX": { "text": "[255] (22) 229-4721" }, "email address and website": { "text": "
DRSACS@state.gov

https://tz.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { "text": "divided diagonally by a yellow-edged black band from the lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle (hoist side) is green and the lower triangle is blue; the banner combines colors found on the flags of Tanganyika and Zanzibar; green represents the natural vegetation of the country, gold its rich mineral deposits, black the native Swahili people, and blue the country's many lakes and rivers, as well as the Indian Ocean" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "Uhuru (Freedom) torch, giraffe; national colors: green, yellow, blue, black" }, "National anthem": { "name": { "text": "\"Mungu ibariki Afrika\" (God Bless Africa)" }, "lyrics/music": { "text": "collective/Enoch Mankayi SONTONGA" }, "note": "note: adopted 1961; the anthem, which is also a popular song in Africa, shares the same melody with that of Zambia but has different lyrics; the melody is also incorporated into South Africa's anthem" }, "National heritage": { "total World Heritage Sites": { "text": "7 (3 cultural, 3 natural, 1 mixed)" }, "selected World Heritage Site locales": { "text": "Ngorongoro Conservation Area (m); Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara (c); Serengeti National Park (n); Selous Game Reserve (n); Kilimanjaro National Park (n); Stone Town of Zanzibar (c); Kondoa Rock-Art Sites (c)" } } }, "Economy": { "Economic overview": { "text": "emerging lower middle-income East African economy; resource-rich and growing tourism; strong post-pandemic recovery from hospitality, electricity, mining, and transit sectors; declining poverty; stable inflation; gender-based violence economic and labor force disruptions" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity)": { "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023": { "text": "$233.786 billion (2023 est.)" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022": { "text": "$222.506 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021": { "text": "$212.79 billion (2021 est.)" }, "note": "note: data in 2021 dollars" }, "Real GDP growth rate": { "Real GDP growth rate 2023": { "text": "5.07% (2023 est.)" }, "Real GDP growth rate 2022": { "text": "4.57% (2022 est.)" }, "Real GDP growth rate 2021": { "text": "4.32% (2021 est.)" }, "note": "note: annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency" }, "Real GDP per capita": { "Real GDP per capita 2023": { "text": "$3,600 (2023 est.)" }, "Real GDP per capita 2022": { "text": "$3,500 (2022 est.)" }, "Real GDP per capita 2021": { "text": "$3,500 (2021 est.)" }, "note": "note: data in 2021 dollars" }, "GDP (official exchange rate)": { "text": "$79.062 billion (2023 est.)", "note": "note: data in current dollars at official exchange rate" }, "Inflation rate (consumer prices)": { "Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023": { "text": "3.8% (2023 est.)" }, "Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022": { "text": "4.35% (2022 est.)" }, "Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2021": { "text": "3.69% (2021 est.)" }, "note": "note: annual % change based on consumer prices" }, "Credit ratings": { "Moody's rating": { "text": "B2 (2020)" }, "note": "note: The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained." }, "GDP - composition, by sector of origin": { "agriculture": { "text": "23.7% (2023 est.)" }, "industry": { "text": "28% (2023 est.)" }, "services": { "text": "28.7% (2023 est.)" }, "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to non-allocated consumption not captured in sector-reported data" }, "GDP - composition, by end use": { "household consumption": { "text": "54.1% (2023 est.)" }, "government consumption": { "text": "8.8% (2023 est.)" }, "investment in fixed capital": { "text": "42.7% (2023 est.)" }, "investment in inventories": { "text": "-1.7% (2023 est.)" }, "exports of goods and services": { "text": "17.2% (2023 est.)" }, "imports of goods and services": { "text": "-21% (2023 est.)" }, "note": "note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection" }, "Agricultural products": { "text": "maize, cassava, sweet potatoes, bananas, milk, sugarcane, rice, vegetables, beans, sunflower seeds (2023)", "note": "note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage" }, "Industries": { "text": "agricultural processing (sugar, beer, cigarettes, sisal twine); mining (diamonds, gold, and iron), salt, soda ash; cement, oil refining, shoes, apparel, wood products, fertilizer" }, "Industrial production growth rate": { "text": "4.8% (2023 est.)", "note": "note: annual % change in industrial value added based on constant local currency" }, "Labor force": { "text": "31.054 million (2023 est.)", "note": "note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work" }, "Unemployment rate": { "Unemployment rate 2023": { "text": "2.61% (2023 est.)" }, "Unemployment rate 2022": { "text": "2.61% (2022 est.)" }, "Unemployment rate 2021": { "text": "2.81% (2021 est.)" }, "note": "note: % of labor force seeking employment" }, "Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)": { "total": { "text": "3.5% (2023 est.)" }, "male": { "text": "2.6% (2023 est.)" }, "female": { "text": "4.4% (2023 est.)" }, "note": "note: % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment" }, "Population below poverty line": { "text": "26.4% (2018 est.)", "note": "note: % of population with income below national poverty line" }, "Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income": { "Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2018": { "text": "40.5 (2018 est.)" }, "note": "note: index (0-100) of income distribution; higher values represent greater inequality" }, "Average household expenditures": { "on food": { "text": "26.2% of household expenditures (2023 est.)" }, "on alcohol and tobacco": { "text": "1.3% of household expenditures (2023 est.)" } }, "Household income or consumption by percentage share": { "lowest 10%": { "text": "2.9% (2018 est.)" }, "highest 10%": { "text": "33.1% (2018 est.)" }, "note": "note: % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population" }, "Remittances": { "Remittances 2023": { "text": "0.96% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Remittances 2022": { "text": "0.93% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Remittances 2021": { "text": "0.79% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "note": "note: personal transfers and compensation between resident and non-resident individuals/households/entities" }, "Budget": { "revenues": { "text": "$9.114 billion (2014 est.)" }, "expenditures": { "text": "$8.926 billion (2014 est.)" }, "note": "note: central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenses converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated" }, "Public debt": { "Public debt 2017": { "text": "37% of GDP (2017 est.)" } }, "Taxes and other revenues": { "text": "11.49% (of GDP) (2023 est.)", "note": "note: central government tax revenue as a % of GDP" }, "Current account balance": { "Current account balance 2023": { "text": "-$2.958 billion (2023 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2022": { "text": "-$5.482 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Current account balance 2021": { "text": "-$2.374 billion (2021 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars" }, "Exports": { "Exports 2023": { "text": "$13.98 billion (2023 est.)" }, "Exports 2022": { "text": "$11.986 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Exports 2021": { "text": "$9.874 billion (2021 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars" }, "Exports - partners": { "text": "India 15%, UAE 14%, Uganda 12%, South Africa 10%, China 6% (2023)", "note": "note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports" }, "Exports - commodities": { "text": "gold, refined petroleum, dried legumes, refined copper, coal (2023)", "note": "note: top five export commodities based on value in dollars" }, "Imports": { "Imports 2023": { "text": "$16.059 billion (2023 est.)" }, "Imports 2022": { "text": "$16.674 billion (2022 est.)" }, "Imports 2021": { "text": "$11.61 billion (2021 est.)" }, "note": "note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars" }, "Imports - partners": { "text": "China 32%, India 13%, UAE 9%, Saudi Arabia 5%, Japan 4% (2023)", "note": "note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports" }, "Imports - commodities": { "text": "refined petroleum, plastics, garments, fertilizers, wheat (2023)", "note": "note: top five import commodities based on value in dollars" }, "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": { "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2018": { "text": "$5.05 billion (2018 est.)" }, "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2017": { "text": "$5.888 billion (2017 est.)" }, "Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2016": { "text": "$4.351 billion (2016 est.)" }, "note": "note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars" }, "Debt - external": { "Debt - external 2023": { "text": "$19.178 billion (2023 est.)" }, "note": "note: present value of external debt in current US dollars" }, "Exchange rates": { "Currency": { "text": "Tanzanian shillings (TZS) per US dollar -" }, "Exchange rates 2021": { "text": "2,297.764 (2021 est.)" }, "Exchange rates 2020": { "text": "2,294.146 (2020 est.)" }, "Exchange rates 2019": { "text": "2,288.207 (2019 est.)" }, "Exchange rates 2018": { "text": "2,263.782 (2018 est.)" }, "Exchange rates 2017": { "text": "2,228.857 (2017 est.)" } } }, "Energy": { "Electricity access": { "electrification - total population": { "text": "45.8% (2022 est.)" }, "electrification - urban areas": { "text": "74.7%" }, "electrification - rural areas": { "text": "36%" } }, "Electricity": { "installed generating capacity": { "text": "1.818 million kW (2023 est.)" }, "consumption": { "text": "9.109 billion kWh (2023 est.)" }, "imports": { "text": "157.688 million kWh (2023 est.)" }, "transmission/distribution losses": { "text": "2.039 billion kWh (2023 est.)" } }, "Electricity generation sources": { "fossil fuels": { "text": "74.5% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)" }, "solar": { "text": "0.3% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)" }, "hydroelectricity": { "text": "24.6% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)" }, "biomass and waste": { "text": "0.7% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)" } }, "Coal": { "production": { "text": "2.341 million metric tons (2023 est.)" }, "consumption": { "text": "740,000 metric tons (2023 est.)" }, "exports": { "text": "1.602 million metric tons (2023 est.)" }, "imports": { "text": "21 metric tons (2023 est.)" }, "proven reserves": { "text": "1.41 billion metric tons (2023 est.)" } }, "Petroleum": { "refined petroleum consumption": { "text": "85,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)" } }, "Natural gas": { "production": { "text": "2.016 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)" }, "consumption": { "text": "2.016 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)" }, "proven reserves": { "text": "6.513 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)" } }, "Carbon dioxide emissions": { "total emissions": { "text": "17.707 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)" }, "from coal and metallurgical coke": { "text": "1.687 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)" }, "from petroleum and other liquids": { "text": "12.066 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)" }, "from consumed natural gas": { "text": "3.954 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)" } }, "Energy consumption per capita": { "Total energy consumption per capita 2023": { "text": "4.091 million Btu/person (2023 est.)" } } }, "Communications": { "Telephones - fixed lines": { "total subscriptions": { "text": "76,000 (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "(2023 est.) less than 1" } }, "Telephones - mobile cellular": { "total subscriptions": { "text": "70.2 million (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "92 (2022 est.)" } }, "Telecommunication systems": { "general assessment": { "text": "

Tanzania’s telecom sector enjoys effective competition, particularly in the mobile segment; the government has encouraged foreign participation to promote economic growth and social development, and policy reforms have led to the country having one of the most liberal telecom sectors in Africa; the government has sought to increase broadband penetration by a range of measures, including the reduction in VAT charged on the sale of smartphones and other devices, and reductions in the cost of data; the MNOs became the leading ISPs following the launch of mobile broadband services based on 3G and LTE technologies; operators are hoping for revenue growth in the mobile data services market, given that the voice market is almost entirely prepaid; the MNOs have invested in network upgrades, which in turn has supported m-mobile data use, as well as m-money transfer services and banking services. Together, these have become a fast-developing source of revenue; the landing of the first international submarine cables in the country some years ago revolutionized the telecom market, which up to that point had entirely depended on expensive satellite connections; following the signing of infrastructure investment agreements with mobile network operators, the government plans to extend its national ICT broadband backbone to 99 or 185 districts by 2024 and to all districts by 2030

(2022)" }, "domestic": { "text": "fixed-line telephone network is 2 connections per 100 persons; mobile-cellular service is 92 telephones per 100 persons (2022)" }, "international": { "text": "country code - 255; landing points for the EASSy, SEACOM/Tata TGN-Eurasia, and SEAS fiber-optic submarine cable system linking East Africa with the Middle East; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean, 1 Atlantic Ocean) (2019)" } }, "Broadcast media": { "text": "according to statistics from the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA), Tanzania had 45 television stations as of 2020; 13 of those stations provided national content services (commercially broadcasting free-to-air television); there are 196 radio stations, most operating at the district level, but also including 5 independent nationally broadcasting stations and 1 state-owned national radio station; international broadcasting is available through satellite television which is becoming increasingly widespread; there are 3 major satellite TV providers (2020)" }, "Internet country code": { "text": ".tz" }, "Internet users": { "percent of population": { "text": "32% (2022 est.)" } }, "Broadband - fixed subscriptions": { "total": { "text": "1.66 million (2023 est.)" }, "subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": { "text": "2 (2023 est.)" } } }, "Transportation": { "National air transport system": { "number of registered air carriers": { "text": "11 (2020)" }, "inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": { "text": "91" }, "annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": { "text": "1,481,557 (2018)" }, "annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": { "text": "390,000 (2018) mt-km" } }, "Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": { "text": "5H" }, "Airports": { "text": "206 (2025)" }, "Pipelines": { "text": "311 km gas, 891 km oil, 8 km refined products (2013)" }, "Railways": { "total": { "text": "4,097 km (2022)" }, "standard gauge": { "text": "421 km (2022)" }, "narrow gauge": { "text": "969 km (2022) 1.067 m gauge" }, "broad gauge": { "text": "2,707 km (2022) 1.000 m guage" } }, "Roadways": { "total": { "text": "145,203 km" }, "paved": { "text": "11,201 km" }, "unpaved": { "text": "134,002 km (2022)" } }, "Waterways": { "text": "1,594 km (2022) (Lake Tanganyika 673 km, Lake Victoria 337 km, and Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) 584 km are the principal avenues of commerce with neighboring countries; the rivers are not navigable)" }, "Merchant marine": { "total": { "text": "381 (2023)" }, "by type": { "text": "bulk carrier 4, container ship 17, general cargo 170, oil tanker 58, other 132" } }, "Ports": { "total ports": { "text": "8 (2024)" }, "large": { "text": "0" }, "medium": { "text": "1" }, "small": { "text": "3" }, "very small": { "text": "4" }, "ports with oil terminals": { "text": "4" }, "key ports": { "text": "Chake Chake, Dar Es Salaam, Tanga, Zanzibar" } } }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { "text": "Tanzania People's Defense Forces (TPDF or Jeshi la Wananchi la Tanzania, JWTZ): Land Forces, Naval Forces, Air Force, National Building Army (Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa, JKT), People's Militia (Reserves)

Ministry of Home Affairs: Tanzania Police Force (2024)", "note": "note 1: the National Building Army (aka National Services) is a paramilitary organization under the Defense Forces that provides six months of military and vocational training to individuals as part of their two years of public service; after completion of training, some graduates join the regular Defense Forces while the remainder become part of the People's (or Citizen's) Militia

note 2: the Tanzania Police Force includes the Police Field Force (aka Field Force Unit), a special police division with the responsibility for controlling unlawful demonstrations and riots" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2023": { "text": "1.3% of GDP (2023 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2022": { "text": "1.2% of GDP (2022 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2021": { "text": "1.1% of GDP (2021 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2020": { "text": "1.2% of GDP (2020 est.)" }, "Military Expenditures 2019": { "text": "1.1% of GDP (2019 est.)" } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { "text": "approximately 25,000 active-duty personnel (21,000 Land Forces; 1,000 Naval Forces; 3,000 Air Force) (2023)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the TPDF's inventory includes mostly Chinese and Russian/Soviet-era weapons and equipment (2024)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "18-25 years of age for voluntary military service for men and women; 6-year commitment (2-year contracts afterwards); selective conscription for 2 years of public service (2024)" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "520 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 850 Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO); 125 Lebanon (UNIFIL); approximately 300 Mozambique (under bi-lateral agreement to assist with combatting an insurgency) (2024)" }, "Military - note": { "text": "the TDPF’s primary concerns are maritime piracy and smuggling, border security, terrorism, animal poaching, and spillover from instability in neighboring countries, particularly Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC); it participates in multinational training exercises, regional peacekeeping deployments, and has ties with a variety of foreign militaries, including those of China, India, and the US; it has contributed troops to the UN’s Force Intervention Brigade in the DRC; the TPDF also participated in the former Southern African Development Community intervention force in Mozambique, which assisted the Mozambique military in combating fighters affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); the regional force withdrew in 2024, but the TPDF continues to maintain troops in Mozambique as part of a separate bilateral security agreement; since 2020, the TPDF has reinforced the border with Mozambique following several cross-border attacks by ISIS fighters (2024)" } }, "Terrorism": { "Terrorist group(s)": { "text": "al-Shabaab; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)", "note": "note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in the Terrorism reference guide" } }, "Transnational Issues": { "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { "text": "89,163 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 112,779 (Burundi) (2024)" } }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "significant transit country for illicit drugs in East Africa; international drug trafficking organizations and courier networks transit illicit drugs through mainland Tanzania to markets in within Africa, Europe and North America; cultivates cannabis and khat for domestic consumption and regional and international distribution; domestic drug use continues increasing including methamphetamine heroin use (2023)" } } }