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Annex 1 - Facts On Tanzania

Key Data on Tanzania

 

 

Key economic data

 

 

Unit

 

 

 

 

 

Source

 

 

Area

 

 

km2

 

 

885.800

 

 

WDR

 

 

Population (2011)

 

 

Million

 

 

46.22

 

 

WDR

 

 

GDP (2011)

 

 

Billion USD

 

 

23.87

 

 

WDR

 

 

Annual economic growth (GDP) (2011)

 

 

%

 

 

6.45

 

 

WDR

 

 

GNI per capita (2011)

 

 

USD

 

 

540

 

 

WDR

 

 

Growth in GNI per capita (2011)

 

 

%

 

 

3.53

 

 

WDR

 

 

Ease of doing business (2012)

 

 

Rank

 

 

134

 

 

DB

 

 

Economic sectors: Value added

 

 

 

(% of GDP) (2011)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WDR

 

 

Agriculture

 

 

%

 

 

27.68

 

 

 

 

 

Industry

 

 

%

 

 

25.07

 

 

 

 

 

Manufacturing

 

 

%

 

 

10.23

 

 

 

 

 

Services, etc.

 

 

%

 

 

47.25

 

 

 

 

 

Government expenditures (% of GDP) (2010/2011)

 

 

%

 

 

27.0

 

 

IMF

 

 

Tax revenue (excluding grants, % of GDP) (2010/2011)

 

 

%

 

 

15.2

 

 

IMF

 

 

Net official development assistance per capita (2010)

 

 

Current USD

 

 

65.97

 

 

WDR

 

 

Net official development assistance (% of GNI) (2010)

 

 

%

 

 

13.08

 

 

WDR

 

 

Debt service (ratio to exports - TDS/XGS) (2011)

 

 

Ratio

 

 

1.97

 

 

WDF

 

 

Key social data

 

 

Unit

 

 

 

 

 

Source

 

 

Population growth (annual average) (2000-2010)

 

 

%

 

 

2.8

 

 

UGS

 

 

Life expectancy (2011)

 

 

Years

 

 

58.15

 

 

WDR

 

 

Infant mortality (number of deaths per 1000 births during the first year of life) (2011)

 

 

 

 

 

45.4

 

 

WDR

 

 

Population with permanent access to an improved water source (2010)

 

 

%

 

 

54.5

 

 

NBS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Access to health facilities (percentage without access)(year)

 

 

%

 

 

N/A

 

 

HDR

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of doctors (per 100,000 inhabitants) (year)

 

 

 

 

N/A

 

 

HDR

 

 

People btw. 15-49 years living with HIV (2011)

 

 

%

 

 

5.8

 

 

UNAIDS

 

 

Adult literacy rate (2010)

 

 

%

 

 

73.2

 

 

WDR

 

 

Primary education(percentage of school-age children attending school) (2007)**

 

 

%

 

 

83.6

 

 

NBS

 

 

Girls in primary education ( percentage of girls of school age attending school)(2007)**

 

 

%

 

 

86.1

 

 

NBS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social sectors (percentage of public expenditure) (year)

 

 

%

 

 

N/A

 

 

WDR

 

 

Military expenditures (percentage of GDP)

 

 

%

 

 

1.08

 

 

WDR

 

 

Distribution of income (percentage of national income) (2007)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WDR

 

 

Richest 10% of population

 

 

%

 

 

29.61

 

 

 

 

 

Poorest 10 % of population

 

 

%

 

 

2.82

 

 

 

 

 

Key environmental data

 

 

Unit

 

 

 

 

 

Source

 

 

Ratio of land area protected to maintain biological diversity to total surface area

 

 

%

 

 

N/A

 

 

CBD/IUCN

 

 

Carbon dioxide emissions per person and consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs (ODP tons)

 

 

ODP tons

 

 

N/A

 

 

UNFCCC

 

 

Key Human Rights data

 

 

Unit

 

 

 

 

 

Source

 

 

Ratification of main international human rights instruments (12 in total)

 

 

No.

 

 

N/A

 

 

OHCHR

 

 

Compliance with main international human rights instruments

 

 

No.

 

 

N/A

 

 

OHCHR

 

 

NOTE: Numbers in this table may differ slightly from the numbers used in the policy paper due to the use of international sources. Where available, the policy paper has used newer national calculations.