Economy of Tanzania

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Economy of Tanzania
CurrencyTanzanian shilling (TSh)
1 July – 30 June
Trade organisations
AU, AfCFTA (signed), EAC, SADC, WTO
Country group
Statistics
PopulationIncrease 61,741,120 (2022)[3]
GDP
  • Increase $84.033 billion (nominal, 2023 est.)[4]
  • Increase $227.725 billion (PPP, 2023 est.)[5]
GDP rank
GDP growth
  • 5.4% (2018) 5.8% (2019e)
  • 2.5% (2020f) 5.5% (2021f)[6]
GDP per capita
  • Increase $1,327 (nominal, 2023 est.)[4]
  • Increase $3,595 (PPP, 2023 est.)[4]
GDP per capita rank
GDP by sector
3.9% (2020 est.)[8]
12% (2014)[9]
Population below poverty line
  • 26.4% (2018)[10]
  • 76.6% on less than $3.20/day (2017)[11]
40.5 medium (2017)[12]
Labour force
  • Increase 30,643,514 (2022)[15]
  • Increase 82.2% employment rate (2014)[16]
Labour force by occupation
Agriculture: 50%[17]: page 56 
Unemployment2.2% (2017)[18]
Main industries
agricultural processing (sugar, beer, cigarettes, sisal twine); mining (diamonds, gold, and iron), salt, soda ash; cement, oil refining, shoes, apparel, wood products, fertilizer[7]
External
ExportsIncrease $5.6685 billion (105th; October 2015)[19]
Export goods
gold, tobacco, cashews, sesame seeds, refined petroleum
Main export partners
 India 20%
 United Arab Emirates 13%
 China 8%
  Switzerland 7%
 Rwanda 6%
 Kenya 5%
 Vietnam 5% (2019)[20]
ImportsDecrease $10.441 billion (FOB; October 2015)[19]
Import goods
refined petroleum, palm oil, packaged medicines, cars, wheat
Main import partners
 China 34%
 India 15%
 United Arab Emirates 12% (2019)[20]
FDI stock
$12.715 billion (2013)[21]
–4.002 billion (October 2015)[19]
$15.4 billion (October 2015)[19]
Public finances
Positive decrease 37% of GDP (2017 est.)[7]
–1.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)[7]
Revenues$12.88 billion (2022 est.)
Expenses$14.91 billion (2022 est.)
Economic aid$490 million (recipient; 2014)[22]
n/a (TBD)
$4,383.6 million (4.5 months of imports; 2013)[19]
Main data source: CIA World Fact Book
All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars.

The economy of Tanzania is a lower-middle income economy[23][24] that is overwhelmingly dependent on agriculture.[25] Tanzania's economy has been transitioning from a planned economy to a market economy since 1985. Although total GDP has increased since these reforms began, GDP per capita dropped sharply at first, and only exceeded the pre-transition figure in around 2007.[26]

Following the rebasing of the economy in 2014, the GDP increased by a third to $41.33 billion.[27]

In 2020, the real GDP of Tanzania grew by 4.8% reaching US$64.4 billion versus US$60.8 billion in 2019. This growth made it the 2nd largest economy in East Africa after Kenya, and the 7th largest in Sub-Saharan Africa.[28]

It has sustained relatively high economic growth compared to global trends, as is characteristic of African nations. According to World Bank data, the last 5 years have seen the slowest growth since 2000. The medium-term outlook is so far positive, with growth projected at 6 percent in 2020/21, which is supported by large infrastructure spending.[29][30]

The World Bank (WB) expects the economic growth of Tanzania to slow to 2.5% in 2020[31] due to the COVID-19 pandemic which has affected the labor market, the production capacity, and productivity. Tourism has halted, and exports of manufacturing and agricultural goods slumped.

On 7 September 2021, the IMF approved US$567.25 million in emergency financial assistance to support Tanzania’s efforts in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic[32] by addressing the urgent health, humanitarian, and economic costs.

The IMF projects a GDP growth for Tanzania of +4.0% and +5.1% in 2021 and 2022,[33] and 6.0% in 2026.

According to the World Bank, the GDP of Tanzania expanded by 4.6% in 2022, up from 4.3% in 2021.

The value of Tanzania's GDP at current prices reached USD 75.5 billion in 2022.[34]

The World Bank projects Tanzania's GDP growth to reach 5.1% in 2023.

History[edit]

Significant measures have been taken to liberalize the Tanzanian economy along market lines and encourage both foreign and domestic private investment. Beginning in 1986, the Government of Tanzania embarked on an adjustment program to dismantle the socialist (Ujamaa) economic controls and encourage more active participation of the private sector in the economy. The program included a comprehensive package of policies which reduced the budget deficit and improved monetary control, substantially depreciated the overvalued exchange rate, liberalized the trade regime, removed most price controls, eased restrictions on the marketing of food crops, freed interest rates, and initiated a restructuring of the financial sector.

Current GDP per capita of Tanzania grew more than 40 percent between 1998 and 2007.[35] In May 2009, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved an Exogenous Shock Facility for Tanzania to help the country cope with the global economic crisis[36] Tanzania is also engaged in a Policy Support Instrument (PSI) with the IMF, which commenced in February 2007 after Tanzania completed its second three-year Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF), the first having been completed in August 2003. The PRGF was the successor program to the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility, which Tanzania also participated in from 1996 to 1999. The IMF's PSI program provides policy support and signaling to participating low-income countries and is intended for countries that have usually achieved a reasonable growth performance, low underlying inflation, an adequate level of official international reserves, and have begun to establish external and net domestic debt sustainability.

Tanzania also embarked on a major restructuring of state-owned enterprises. The program has so far divested 335 out of some 425 parastatal entities. Overall, real economic growth has averaged about 4 percent a year, much better than the previous 20 years, but not enough to improve the lives of average Tanzanians. Also, the economy remains overwhelmingly donor-dependent. Moreover, Tanzania has an external debt of $7.9 billion. The servicing of this debt absorbs about 40 percent of total government expenditures. Tanzania has qualified for debt relief under the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. Debts worth over $6 billion were canceled following implementation of the Paris Club 7 Agreement.

Macro-economic trend[edit]

Historical development of real GDP per capita in Tanzania, since 1950

This is a chart of trend of gross domestic product of Tanzania at market prices estimated by the International Monetary Fund with figures in millions of shillings.[37][38]

Year Gross Domestic Product US Dollar Exchange
1980 45,749 8/21
1985 115,006 17/87
1990 830,693 195/04
1995 3,020,501 536/40
2000 7,267,133 800/43
2005 13,713,477 1,127/10
2010 1,515/10

Mean wages were $0.52 per man-hour in 2009.[citation needed] The economy saw continuous real GDP growth of at least 5% since 2007.

The following table shows the main economic indicators in 1980–2023. Inflation below 5% is in green.[39]

Year GDP
(in billion US$ PPP)
GDP per capita
(in US$ PPP)
GDP

(in billion US$ nominal)

GDP growth
(real)
Inflation rate
(in Percent)
Government debt
(in % of GDP)
1980 10.5 580 10.9 Increase3.3% Negative increase30.2% n/a
1981 Increase11.5 Increase619 Increase13.0 Increase0.5% Negative increase25.7% n/a
1982 Increase12.3 Increase641 Increase14.9 Increase0.6% Negative increase28.9% n/a
1983 Increase13.1 Increase661 Increase15.3 Increase2.4% Negative increase27.1% n/a
1984 Increase14.0 Increase687 Decrease13.9 Increase3.4% Negative increase36.1% n/a
1985 Increase15.1 Increase719 Decrease12.6 Increase4.6% Negative increase33.3% n/a
1986 Increase16.4 Increase759 Increase15.9 Increase6.6% Negative increase32.4% n/a
1987 Increase17.8 Increase799 Decrease7.8 Increase5.9% Negative increase29.9% n/a
1988 Increase19.3 Increase838 Decrease7.5 Increase4.4% Negative increase31.2% n/a
1989 Increase20.8 Increase877 Decrease6.4 Increase3.8% Negative increase25.8% n/a
1990 Increase23.1 Increase943 Decrease5.2 Increase7.0% Negative increase36.4% n/a
1991 Increase24.4 Increase962 Increase6.0 Increase2.1% Negative increase25.2% n/a
1992 Increase25.1 Decrease957 Decrease5.6 Increase0.6% Negative increase20.7% n/a
1993 Increase26.0 Increase958 Decrease5.2 Increase1.2% Negative increase26.1% n/a
1994 Increase27.0 Increase963 Increase5.5 Increase1.6% Negative increase37.9% n/a
1995 Increase28.5 Increase989 Increase6.4 Increase3.6% Negative increase26.8% n/a
1996 Increase30.3 Increase1,025 Increase7.9 Increase4.5% Negative increase21.0% n/a
1997 Increase32.0 Increase1,054 Increase9.3 Increase3.5% Negative increase16.1% n/a
1998 Increase33.5 Increase1,081 Increase11.5 Increase3.7% Negative increase12.8% n/a
1999 Increase35.6 Increase1,122 Increase11.8 Increase4.8% Negative increase7.9% n/a
2000 Increase38.2 Increase1,175 Increase12.4 Increase4.9% Negative increase6.0% n/a
2001 Increase41.4 Increase1,241 Increase12.6 Increase6.0% Negative increase5.1% 50.2%
2002 Increase45.1 Increase1,314 Increase13.1 Increase6.9% Increase4.6% Positive decrease47.0%
2003 Increase49.2 Increase1,393 Increase14.2 Increase6.4% Increase4.4% Positive decrease44.3%
2004 Increase54.4 Increase1,499 Increase15.6 Increase7.2% Increase4.1% Negative increase44.6%
2005 Increase60.3 Increase1,614 Increase17.2 Increase6.5% Increase4.4% Negative increase46.8%
2006 Increase65.0 Increase1,693 Increase18.9 Increase4.7% Negative increase7.3% Positive decrease32.8%
2007 Increase72.4 Increase1,833 Increase21.8 Increase8.5% Negative increase7.0% Positive decrease21.6%
2008 Increase77.9 Increase1,918 Increase27.8 Increase5.6% Negative increase10.3% Positive decrease21.5%
2009 Increase82.7 Increase1,977 Increase29.0 Increase5.4% Negative increase12.1% Negative increase24.4%
2010 Increase89.0 Increase2,067 Increase31.5 Increase6.4% Negative increase7.2% Negative increase27.3%
2011 Increase98.0 Increase2,210 Increase34.1 Increase7.9% Negative increase12.7% Negative increase27.8%
2012 Increase101.9 Increase2,216 Increase39.7 Increase5.1% Negative increase16.0% Negative increase29.2%
2013 Increase103.3 Increase2,224 Increase45.7 Increase7.2% Negative increase7.9% Negative increase30.9%
2014 Increase108.8 Increase2,243 Increase50.0 Increase7.0% Negative increase6.1% Negative increase33.8%
2015 Increase117.3 Increase2,348 Decrease47.4 Increase6.2% Negative increase5.6% Negative increase39.2%
2016 Increase127.6 Increase2,479 Increase49.8 Increase6.9% Negative increase5.2% Negative increase39.8%
2017 Increase134.1 Increase2,528 Increase53.2 Increase6.8% Negative increase5.3% Negative increase40.7%
2018 Increase146.9 Increase2,687 Increase54.7 Increase7.0% Increase3.5% Positive decrease40.5%
2019 Increase160.0 Increase2,841 Increase60.7 Increase7.0% Increase3.4% Positive decrease39.1%
2020 Increase169.9 Increase2,930 Increase65.5 Increase4.8% Increase3.3% Negative increase39.8%
2021 Increase186.3 Increase3,120 Increase69.9 Increase4.9% Increase3.7% Negative increase42.1%
2022 Increase208.8 Increase3,394 Increase77.1 Increase4.7% Increase4.4% Negative increase42.3%
2023 Increase227.7 Increase3,595 Increase84.0 Increase5.2% Increase4.0% Negative increase42.6%

Agriculture[edit]

Farmers clearing a rice field manually

The Tanzanian economy is heavily based on agriculture, which accounts for 28.7 percent of gross domestic product,[17]: page 37  provides 85 percent of exports,[40] and accounts for half of the employed workforce;[17]: page 56  The agricultural sector grew 4.3 percent in 2012, less than half of the Millennium Development Goal target of 10.8 percent.[41] 16.4 percent of the land is arable,[42] with 2.4 percent of the land planted with permanent crops.[43]

This strong dependence on agriculture, makes Tanzania's economy highly vulnerable to weather shocks and fluctuating commodity prices. 76% of Tanzania's population subsist thanks to agriculture and, due to the lack of knowledge and infrastructure to develop and implement some kind of agricultural technology, any droughts, floods, or temperature shocks can severely damage the living standards of those people and create huge increases in unemployment, hunger, and malnutrition rates, as well as, in really severe case, mortality rates due to starvation.[44]

Tanzania produced in 2018:

  • 5.9 million tons of maize;
  • 5 million tons of cassava (12th largest producer in the world);
  • 3.8 million tons of sweet potato (4th largest producer in the world, second only to China, Malawi and Nigeria);
  • 3.4 million tons of banana (10th largest producer in the world, 13th adding plantain production);
  • 3 million tons of rice;
  • 3 million tons of sugarcane;
  • 1.7 million tons of potato;
  • 1.2 million tons of beans (6th largest producer in the world);
  • 940 thousand tons of peanut (7th largest producer in the world);
  • 930 thousand tons of sunflower seed (12th largest producer in the world);
  • 808 thousand tons of sorghum;
  • 561 thousand tons of sesame seed (5th largest producer in the world, losing only to Sudan, Myanmar, India and Nigeria);
  • 546 thousand tons of coconut (11th largest producer in the world);
  • 454 thousand tons of mango (including mangosteen and guava);
  • 389 thousand tons of pineapple;
  • 373 thousand tons of orange;
  • 356 thousand tons of tomato;
  • 238 thousand tons of cotton;
  • 171 thousand tons of cashew nuts (6th largest producer in the world);

In addition to smaller productions of other agricultural products, like tobacco (107 thousand tons, 8th largest producer in the world), coffee (55 thousand tons), tea (36 thousand tons) and sisal (33 thousand tons).[45]

Industry[edit]

Industries are a major and growing component of the Tanzanian economy, contributing 22.2 percent of GDP in 2013.[17]: page 37  This component includes mining and quarrying, manufacturing, electricity and natural gas, water supply, and construction.[17]: page 37 

Mining[edit]

Mining contributed 3.3 percent of GDP in 2013.[17]: page 33  The vast majority of the country's mineral export revenue comes from gold, accounting for 89 percent of the value of those exports in 2013.[17]: page 71  It also exports sizable quantities of gemstones, including diamonds and tanzanite.[46]: page 1250  All of Tanzania's coal production, which totalled 106,000 short tons in 2012, is used domestically.[47]

Minerals[edit]

Other minerals exploited in Tanzania include;

  1. Pozzolana
  2. Salt
  3. Gypsum
  4. Kaolinite
  5. Silver ore
  6. Copper
  7. Phosphate
  8. Tanzanite
  9. Tin
  10. Graphite
  11. Bauxite.[17]: pages 70–71 

Modern gold mining in Tanzania started in the German colonial period, beginning with gold discoveries near Lake Victoria in 1894. The first gold mine in what was then Tanganyika, the Sekenke Gold Mine, began operation in 1909, and gold mining in Tanzania experienced a boom between 1930 and World War II. By 1967, gold production in the country had dropped to insignificance but was revived in the mid-1970s, when the gold price rose once more. In the late 1990s, foreign mining companies started investing in the exploration and development of gold deposits in Tanzania, leading to the opening of a number of new mines, like the Golden Pride mine, which opened in 1999 as the first modern gold mine in the country, or the Buzwagi mine, which opened in 2009.[48][49]

Buzwagi Gold Mine

Nickel reserves amounting to 290,000 tonnes were discovered in October 2012 by Ngwena Company Limited, a subsidiary of the Australian mining company IMX Resources. An initial investment of around USD $38 million has been made since exploration began in 2006, and nickel should start being mined at the end of 2015.[50]

Chinese firms have been showing major interest in Tanzania's mineral deposits; an announcement was made in late 2011 of a plan by the Sichuan Hongda Group, to invest about US$3 billion to develop the Mchuchuma coal and Liganga iron ore projects in the south of the country.[51] It was also announced in August 2012 that China National Gold Corp are in talks to purchase mining assets in Tanzania from African Barrick Gold, in a deal that could be worth more than £2 billion stg.[51]

In November 2012, the Tanzanian government announced investigations into allegations that mining investors in the country were harassing and on some occasions, killing residents around mining sites.[52]

Electricity[edit]

The government-owned Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO) dominates the electric supply industry in Tanzania.[53] The country generated 6.013 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity in 2013, a 4.2 percent increase over the 5.771 billion kWh generated in 2012.[54]: page 4  Generation increased by 63 percent between 2005 and 2012;[55][56] however, only 15 percent of Tanzanians had access to electric power in 2011.[57] Almost 18 percent of the electricity generated in 2012 was lost because of theft and transmission and distribution problems.[55] The electrical supply varies, particularly when droughts disrupt hydropower electric generation; rolling blackouts are implemented as necessary.[46]: page 1251 [53] The unreliability of the electrical supply has hindered the development of Tanzanian industry.[46]: page 1251  In 2013, 49.7 percent of Tanzania's electricity generation came from natural gas, 28.9 percent from hydroelectric sources, 20.4 percent from thermal sources, and 1.0 percent from outside the country.[54]: page 5  The government is building a 532 kilometres (331 mi) gas pipeline from Mnazi Bay to Dar es Salaam, with a scheduled completion in 2015.[58] This pipeline is expected to allow the country to double its electricity generation capacity to 3,000 megawatts by 2016.[59] The government's goal is to increase capacity to at least 10,000 megawatts by 2025.[60]

Natural gas[edit]

Songo Songo Gas Plant

According to PFC Energy, 25 to 30 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas resources have been discovered in Tanzania since 2010.[47] The value of natural gas actually produced in 2013 was US$52.2 million, a 42.7 percent increase over 2012.[17]: page 73 

Commercial production of gas from the Songo Songo Island field in the Indian Ocean commenced in 2004, thirty years after it was discovered there.[61][62] Over 35 billion cubic feet of gas was produced from this field in 2013,[17]: page 72  with proven, probable, and possible reserves totalling 1.1 trillion cubic feet.[62] The gas is transported by pipeline to Dar es Salaam.[61] As of 27 August 2014, TANESCO owed the operator of this field, Orca Exploration Group Inc., US$50.4 million, down from US$63.8 million two months earlier.[63]

A newer natural gas field in Mnazi Bay in 2013 produced about one-seventh of the amount produced near Songo Songo Island[17]: page 73  but has proven, probable, and possible reserves of 2.2 trillion cubic feet.[62] Virtually all of that gas is being used for electricity generation in Mtwara.[61]

The Indian Ocean, off the coast of Mozambique and Tanzania, is proving to be a rich hunting ground for natural gas exploration. According to US Geological Survey estimates, the combined gas reserves of Mozambique and Tanzania could be as high as 250 trillion cubic feet. In Mozambique alone, proven gas reserves have increased dramatically from a mere 4.6 trillion cubic feet in 2013 to 98.8 trillion cubic feet as of mid-2015. Given continued offshore discoveries and the size of discoveries to date, continued growth in proven gas reserves is likely to continue into the foreseeable future.[64][65]

New exploration on more frontier blocks, however, will likely be slowed as oil and gas prices fall[66] and companies apply increasing caution to investing in frontier markets with nascent industries, poor infrastructure and long lead times.[67]

External trade and investment[edit]

Tanzanian exports in 2006

Tanzania's history of political stability has encouraged foreign direct investment. The government has committed itself to improve the investment climate including redrawing tax codes, floating the exchange rate, licensing foreign banks, and creating an investment promotion centre to cut red tape. Its economy is currently being managed according to the Tanzania Mini-Tiger Plan. Tanzania has mineral resources and a largely untapped tourism sector, which might make it a viable market for foreign investment.

The stock market capitalisation of listed companies in Tanzania was valued at $588 million in 2005 by the World Bank.[68]

Zanzibar[edit]

Zanzibar's economy is based primarily on the production of cloves (90% grown on the island of Pemba), the principal foreign exchange earner. Exports have suffered from the downturn in the clove market.

The Government of Zanzibar has been more aggressive than its mainland counterpart in instituting economic reforms and has legalized foreign exchange bureaus on the islands. This has loosened up the economy and dramatically increased the availability of consumer commodities. Furthermore, with external funding, the government plans to make the port of Zanzibar a free port. Rehabilitation of current port facilities and plans to extend these facilities will be the precursor to the free port. The island's manufacturing sector is limited mainly to import substitution industries, such as cigarettes, shoes, and process agricultural products. In 1992, the government designated two export-producing zones and encouraged the development of offshore financial services. Zanzibar still imports much of its staple requirements, petroleum products, and manufactured articles.

Literature[edit]

  • Paul Collier: Labour and Poverty in Rural Tanzania. Ujamaa and Rural Development in the United Republic of Tanzania. Oxford University Press, New York 1991, ISBN 0-19-828315-6.

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