Current account balance in Tanzania

The current account balance of Tanzania was -3.0% of GDP in 2024.

Measure: Current account balance (World Bank) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1976 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Tanzania, 2024 -3.0% % of GDP
Change from 2023 +0.7percentage points 2023: -3.7%
Position in 2024 105th of 168 See the full ranking

Current account balance 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.

Current account balance (World Bank) (% of GDP), 2001 to 2024
Period Tanzania
2024 -3.0%
2023 -3.7%
2022 -7.2%
2021 -3.4%
2020 -2.2%
2019 -2.2%
2018 -4.1%
2017 -2.8%
2016 -2.4%
2015 -5.5%
2014 -10.0%
2013 -10.9%
2012 -9.5%
2011 -12.6%
2010 -6.9%
2009 -6.2%
2008 -9.2%
2007 -7.8%
2006 -5.9%
2005 -5.9%
2004 -2.9%
2003 -1.1%
2002 -0.3%
2001 -4.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from -3.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was -10.0%, the figure has changed by +7.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 168 countries with data for 2024, Tanzania has the 105th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1976 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, Balance of Payments Statistics