Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Tanzania
26.4% of people in Tanzania lived below the national poverty line in 2018.
The latest value for Tanzania is for 2018. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Tanzania, 2018
26.4%
Change from 2011
−1.8percentage points
Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Tanzania over time
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Tanzania
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Tanzania |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 26.4% |
| 2011 | 28.2% |
| 2007 | 34.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 28.2% in 2011, a change of −1.8 percentage points.
- Since 1991, when it was 38.6%, the figure has changed by −12.2 percentage points.