Real GDP growth in Tanzania

Real GDP in Tanzania changed by 5.9% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2017.

Measure: Real GDP growth (World Bank) Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Tanzania, 2025 5.9% Annual % change
Change from 2024 +0.3percentage points 2024: 5.5%
World, 2025 2.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 33rd of 186 See the full ranking

Real GDP growth in Tanzania over time

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

Real GDP growth (World Bank) (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period TanzaniaWorld
2025 5.9% 2.9%
2024 5.5% 2.9%
2023 5.1% 2.9%
2022 4.6% 3.4%
2021 4.3% 6.5%
2020 2.0% -2.9%
2019 5.8% 2.7%
2018 5.5% 3.3%
2017 6.7% 3.4%
2016 6.9% 2.8%
2015 6.2% 3.1%
2014 6.7% 3.2%
2013 6.8% 2.9%
2012 4.5% 2.7%
2011 7.7% 3.3%
2010 6.3% 4.5%
2009 5.3% -1.3%
2008 5.7% 2.1%
2007 6.8% 4.4%
2006 6.5% 4.5%
2005 7.5% 4.1%
2004 7.5% 4.5%
2003 6.7% 3.1%
2002 7.1% 2.3%
2001 6.1% 2.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 5.5% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 6.2%, the figure has changed by −0.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 186 countries with data for 2025, Tanzania has the 33rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 2.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 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: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices