| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $21.58 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
5.2% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $600 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 43.6%
industry: 16.5%
services: 40% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
36% (2002 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 30.1% (1993) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
4.4% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
18.56 million (2003) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 80%, industry and services 20% (2002 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $1.879 billion
expenditures: $1.873 billion, including capital expenditures of NA (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
agricultural processing (sugar, beer, cigarettes, sisal twine), diamond and gold mining, oil refining, shoes, cement, textiles, wood products, fertilizer, salt |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
8.4% (1999 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
2.906 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 18.9%
hydro: 81.1%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
2.752 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
50 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
coffee, sisal, tea, cotton, pyrethrum (insecticide made from chrysanthemums), cashew nuts, tobacco, cloves, corn, wheat, cassava (tapioca), bananas, fruits, vegetables; cattle, sheep, goats |
| Exports : |
$978 million f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
gold, coffee, cashew nuts, manufactures, cotton |
| Exports - Partners : |
Japan 9.9%, India 8.9%, Netherlands 8.5%, Germany 5.5%, UK 5.5%, Kenya 4.9%, Belgium 4.1% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$1.674 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
consumer goods, machinery and transportation equipment, industrial raw materials, crude oil |
| Imports - Partners : |
South Africa 10.7%, China 9.9%, India 6.1%, UAE 5.8%, Kenya 5.4%, UK 4.8%, Germany 4.3%, Bahrain 4%, Japan 4% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$6.549 billion (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$1.2 billion (2001) |
| Currency : |
Tanzanian shilling (TZS) |
| Currency Code : |
TZS |
| Exchange Rates : |
Tanzanian shillings per US dollar - NA (2003), 966.583 (2002), 876.412 (2001), 800.409 (2000), 744.759 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
1 July - 30 June |
