
Tanzania
Navigating riches and challenges on a foreign-led growth horizon
C3
SENSITIVE RISK for enterprise
-
Economic risk
-
Business environment risk
-
Political risk
-
Commercial risk
-
Financing risk
-
Economic risk
-
Business environment risk
-
Political risk
-
Commercial risk
-
Financing risk
Last updated in August 2023.
Swipe to view more
GDP |
|
|
Population |
|
|
Form of state |
Presidential Republic |
|
Head of state |
Samia Suluhu Hassan (President) |
|
Next elections | 2025 (presidential and legislative) |

- Large endowment of mineral (gold, copper, nickel, natural gas) and vegetal (tobacco, coffee, cotton, cashew) natural resources in a relatively stable and secure environment.
- Demographic potential with good literacy rates and growing development of infrastructure networks connecting landlocked producers in the region with logistics hubs at sea.
- Strong inward investment flows and positive relations with all major donors and international multilateral bodies.

- Growing foreign debt and imports of capital goods, not sufficiently balanced by an increase in non-commodity related domestic production.
- Despite poverty-reduction efforts, half the population still lives on less than USD2 a day (2011 at purchasing power parity) and nearly 60% in moderate to severe food insecurity.
- Although revenues are increasing, about a third of it is spent on debt servicing, leaving limited room for measures to support the neediest and new debt, which is capped at levels agreed with the IMF.
Trade structure by destination/origin
(% of total, 2021)
Exports | Rank | Imports |
---|---|---|
India
18.6%
![]() |
1 |
![]() |
United Arab Emirates
15.3%
![]() |
2 |
![]() |
South Africa
8.0%
![]() |
3 |
![]() |
Switzerland
7.1%
![]() |
4 |
![]() |
Uganda
6.1%
![]() |
5 |
![]() |
Trade structure by product
(% of total, 2021)
Exports | Rank | Imports |
---|---|---|
Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold ores and concentrates)
37.0%
|
1 |
14.9%
Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials
|
Non-ferrous metals
8.7%
|
2 |
7.7%
Road vehicles
|
Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices, and manufactures thereof
8.0%
|
3 |
6.1%
Iron and steel
|
Vegetables and fruits
7.7%
|
4 |
4.7%
Plastics in primary forms
|
Cereals and cereal preparations
7.3%
|
5 |
4.3%
Specialised machinery
|
Contacts
Read our latest reports
-
Americas
-
Europe
-
Asia Pacific
-
Middle East
-
Africa