Central government expense in Tanzania

Central government expense in Tanzania was equal to 16.3% of GDP in 2024.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 2009 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Tanzania, 2024 16.3% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −0.7percentage points 2023: 17.0%
World, 2022 28.5% Official aggregate Not the same period as Tanzania (2024).

Central government expense in Tanzania over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Central government expense as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2000 to 2024
Period TanzaniaWorld
2024 16.3% –
2023 17.0% –
2022 16.8% 28.5%
2021 15.1% 31.7%
2020 14.3% 33.4%
2019 15.4% 26.7%
2018 14.6% 26.1%
2017 15.7% 26.3%
2016 13.4% 26.6%
2015 14.9% 26.8%
2014 16.1% 26.8%
2013 14.8% 27.1%
2012 14.0% 27.4%
2011 14.4% 27.5%
2010 13.2% 28.4%
2009 15.4% 28.4%
2008 – 25.9%
2007 – 24.8%
2006 – 24.9%
2005 – 25.1%
2004 – 24.8%
2003 – 25.2%
2002 – 24.9%
2001 – 24.7%
2000 – 23.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.7 percentage points from 17.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 16.1%, the figure has changed by +0.3 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2009 to 2024 for Tanzania
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics