Official title:
United Republic of Tanzania
General information:
Capital: Dodoma
Population: 61,498,437 (July 2021 est.)
Total area: 947,300 km2
Currency: Tanzanian shilling (TZS)
National holiday: Union Day (Tanganyika and Zanzibar), 26th April (1964)
Official language: Swahili and English
Type of government:
Unitary presidential constitutional republic
Diplomatic and consular representative: H. E. Mr Mahmoud Thabit Kombo (Italy – Rome)
Economy:
- GDP (PPP): $192,9 billion (2020 est.)
- GDP (PPP) per capita: $3,124 (2020 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate): $60,96 billion (2020 est.)
- GDP (real growth rate): 4,8% (2020 est.)
GDP per sector:
- Agriculture 24,8%
- Industry 28,3%
- Services 47% (2020)
Agriculture products: coffee, sisal, tea, cotton, pyrethrum (insecticide made from chrysanthemums), cashew nuts, tobacco, cloves, corn, wheat, cassava (manioc, tapioca), bananas, fruits, vegetables, cattle, sheep, goats
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
Trade – Export
Exported commodities: gold, coffee, cashew nuts, manufactures, cotton
Main export partners:
- India 16,1%
- China 13,9%
- South Africa 8,2%
- Kenya 7,1%
- United Arab Emirates 5,8%
- Switzerland 5,3%
- Belgium 4,8% (2014 est.)
Trade – Import
Imported commodities: consumer goods, machinery and transportation equipment, industrial raw materials, crude oil
Main import partners:
- China 27,6%
- India 24,5%
- South Africa 8,6%
- Switzerland 8,8%
- United Arab Emirates 8,4% (2019 est.)