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Tanzania in open data

The country, in real numbers.

21 national indicators across the economy, people, living conditions, connectivity, education and the environment, every one a live World Bank series, refreshed automatically as new estimates publish.

Live from open data · refreshed 14 Oct 2026 · World Bank Open Data

Headline indicators

$1,319

GDP per capita

current US$ · 2025
+53% since 2012
5.9

GDP growth

annual % · 2025
+30% since 2012
70.5M

Population

total · 2025
67.2

Life expectancy

years at birth · 2024
+9% since 2011
52.4

Electricity access

% of population · 2024
+269% since 2011

Economy

5.9
▲ 30%

GDP growth

annual % · 2025
World Bank · national accounts
$1,319
▲ 53%

GDP per capita

current US$ · 2025
World Bank
$90bn
▲ 127%

GDP

current US$ · 2025
World Bank
3.3
▲ 79%

Inflation

annual % · 2025
World Bank · IMF
22.9

Agriculture

% of GDP · 2025
World Bank
12.3
▲ 25%

Tax revenue

% of GDP · 2024
World Bank · IMF

People

70.5M

Population

total · 2025
World Bank · UN
2.9

Population growth

annual % · 2025
World Bank
36.9

Urban population

% of total · 2025
World Bank
4.5

Fertility rate

births per woman · 2024
World Bank
67.2
▲ 9%

Life expectancy

years at birth · 2024
World Bank · UN

Living conditions

52.4
▲ 269%

Electricity access

% of population · 2024
World Bank · IEA
64.6
▲ 45%

Basic drinking water

% of population · 2024
WHO/UNICEF JMP · World Bank
37.2
▲ 104%

Basic sanitation

% of population · 2024
WHO/UNICEF JMP · World Bank

Connectivity

31.2
▲ 874%

Internet users

% of population · 2024
ITU · World Bank
127
▲ 127%

Mobile subscriptions

per 100 people · 2024
ITU · World Bank

Education

28.2
▼ 11%

Secondary enrolment

gross % · 2021
UNESCO UIS · World Bank
77.3
▼ 23%

Primary completion

% of age group · 2024
UNESCO UIS · World Bank
3.2
▼ 31%

Education spending

% of GDP · 2024
UNESCO UIS · World Bank

Environment

49.6
▼ 12%

Forest area

% of land · 2024
FAO · World Bank
78.3
▼ 13%

Renewable energy

% of final use · 2021
IEA · World Bank

All indicators are national annual estimates from the World Bank Open Data API, which compiles the UN Population Division, UNESCO Institute for Statistics, the ITU, the IEA, the FAO and the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme. Fetched server-side and cached with a daily refresh. Where a live value is momentarily unavailable a World-Bank-consistent baseline is shown; indicators returning no data are omitted. © 2026 Laetoli (T) Limited.

STRUCTURAL VIEW

The structure beneath the numbers

How the pieces connect, and the gaps Laetoli exists to close: a sub-national readiness index (illustrative until our systems generate district data) and primary-sourced domain snapshots across government, health and education.

From fragments to one system

Laetoli builds the sovereign, offline-first layer that connects scattered public records into one, across government, health and education. The flow is live.
Land recordsHospital EHRsSchool registersPayment railsID systemsPublic assetsSOVEREIGNLAYEROne systemof record

Public & Government

digital government · financial rails · public-asset governance
Land governance gap
Land with formal documentation (est., World Bank LGAF)
16%documented
of land carries formal documentation: the vast majority is undocumented and hard to govern or protect
The rails already exist
Formal financial inclusion (FinScope 2023)
76%
of adults are financially included
72%
use mobile money
Digital government: ready, not yet connected
World Bank GovTech & UN e-Government
Group AWorld Bank GovTech Maturity: the top tier (2022)
153/193UN e-Government rank (2024): the connection gap to close
Innovation & scale
WIPO Global Innovation Index 2025 · 2022 Census
121/139
WIPO innovation rank: room to climb
61.7M
people, growing 3.2% a year

Health

workforce · financing · burden · mental health · maternity
A workforce below the UHC floor
~1.75 doctors per 10,000; WHO minimum is 44.5
15%of minimum
of the WHO workforce density required for universal health coverage
Who pays for care
Current health expenditure, 2023 · ~15% insured
Donor39%
Government32%
Out-of-pocket28%
The hypertension cascade
Adults 18–69 with raised blood pressure (STEPS 2023)
Have hypertension23% prev.
Undiagnosed74%
On treatment~6%
Controlled~2%
The mental-health gap
WHO Mental Health Atlas · GBD 2021
85%
treatment gap: most receive no adequate care
~1
psychiatrist per million people (sub-Saharan Africa)
Maternal & newborn
Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey 2022
104
maternal deaths per 100,000 live births
24
neonatal deaths per 1,000 births

Education

a young nation · the enrollment cliff · scarce teachers · out of school
Literacy: a strong base
2022 Population & Housing Census
83%
adult literacy (15+)
88%
youth literacy (15–24)
The enrollment cliff
Net enrollment by level (2022 Census)
Primary82%
Lower secondary44%
Upper secondary8%
Scarce teachers, a young nation
BEST 2023 · 2022 Census
1:57
pupils per teacher in primary school
42.3%
of the population is under 15 (median age 18.5)
Left behind
UNICEF · World Bank / UNESCO
3.2M
children out of school (ages 7–17)
89%
learning poverty in sub-Saharan Africa

Sources: Public: World Bank GovTech Maturity Index 2022; UN DESA E-Government Survey 2024; WIPO Global Innovation Index 2025; FinScope Tanzania 2023; World Bank LGAF; NBS 2022 Census. Health: WHO GHO & GHED (2022–2023); Tanzania National STEPS 2023; WHO Mental Health Atlas & GBD 2021; Tanzania DHS 2022; Stanifer et al., Lancet Global Health. Education: NBS 2022 Census; Basic Education Statistics (BEST) 2023; UNICEF; World Bank/UNESCO. District geometry: geoBoundaries (ODbL 1.0). National figures are primary-sourced; district-level index values are illustrative and labelled. Compiled 2026.