Data & Statistics

The World Bank gathers and shares development data to improve understanding of the challenges facing each country. The following resources cover a range of social and economic measures of poverty and development.

Tanzania: Quick Facts
   

For a complete list of indicators, see Tanzania Country Data Profile. Refer to the Africa Quick Queryto customize and manage timeseries data on a wide range of topics.

World Bank Sources of Data

Summary Data                                
    Millennium Development Goals for Tanzania - targets for reducing poverty, improving health and education, and protecting the environment (more)    
      Tanzania Data at-a-Glance - key poverty indicators tracing the trends in Tanzania's social and economic development over the last thirty years. 

Data by Topic
   Doing Business Report - Investment Climate Snapshot, Indicators of the cost of doing business by identifying specific regulations that enhance or constrain the business investment, productivity, and growth.
   Information/ Communications/ Telecommunications, ICT infrastructure & access, Computers and the Internet, ICT expenditures, and ICT business & government environment. 
    Gender Statistics - country data sheets showing summary gender indicators, basic demographic data, population dynamics, labor force structure, and education and health statistics.
    Summary Gender Profile
    Health Nutrition Population Statisticsshowing summary indicators for health status, health determinants, and health finance.
    Education Statistics, a variety of national and international sources and provides information on key education topics.

Debt
    World Bank Debt Service - debt service repayments for World Bank loans and/or credits.  
    National External Debt - total external debt (joint OECD, Bank for International Settlements, IMF, World Bank) 

Poverty Data
      Africa Development Indicators 2005 - Drawn from the World Bank Africa Database, this publication provides the most detailed collection of development data on Africa in one volume. It presents data from 53 African countries and 5 regional country groups, arranged in separate tables or matrices for more than 500 indicators of development.
    World Development Indicators 2006 - Information and selected samples from the WDI 2006 publication, the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development.
     Main World Bank Data site

Other Sources of Data on Tanzania

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
    World Economic Outlook Databases - Source of the World Economic Outlook Reports. You can download macroeconomic data (GDP, Inflation, etc.) tables which list all countries, including Tanzania.

Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA)
 Research and Poverty Alleviation - non-profit, non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Tanzania.

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
    Human Development Indicators in Tanzania  - Shows Tanzania's ranking in the Human Development Reportas well as a broad range of indicators from poverty to demographic trends to women's political participation, etc.

World Health Organization (WHO)
     Selected Health Indicators