Poverty & Inequality in Tanzania 91 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Tanzania. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys 2025 down 50.0% 103rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 63.1% 138th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 73.7% 107th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.61 live births per woman 2023 down 10.7% 13th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,961 kg per hectare 2023 up 38.3% 122nd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 20.1% 116th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 8.03 % change on previous year 2023 up 2.3% 34th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 11.48 2023 up 7.0% 151st Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 11.5% 2023 up 7.0% 151st Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 38.2% 125th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -4.73 % change on previous year 2023 down 270.8% 156th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Gender Inequality Index 0.504 2023 down 7.4% 37th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 7.3% 2023 down 9.3% 180th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1649 2023 down 17.0% 34th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1649 2023 down 17.0% 34th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1778 2023 down 14.7% 42nd Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 51.3% 2018 down 17.1% 8th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 16.7% 2018 down 31.6% 8th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 70.0% 2018 down 10.1% 8th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 91.5% 2018 down 3.4% 10th Prosperity gap 10.6 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2018 down 22.6% 9th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.411 2023 up 6.9% 32nd Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 29.6% 2018 down 21.5% 8th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 51.3% 2018 down 17.1% 8th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 56.4% 2018 down 10.5% 8th Population living in slums 70.1% 2022 up 25.6% 11th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.391 2023 up 9.5% 132nd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.391 2023 up 9.5% 132nd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.391 2023 up 9.5% 132nd Three metrics of inequality 61.25 2017 up 2.2% 21st Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.6125 2017 up 2.2% 21st Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 10.13 2023 down 3.3% 177th Income share held by second 20% 10.5% 2018 down 0.9% 96th Income share held by third 20% 14.2% 2018 down 3.4% 108th Income share held by fourth 20% 20.4% 2018 down 3.3% 114th Income share held by highest 20% 48.1% 2018 up 1.9% 20th Income share held by highest 10% 33.1% 2018 up 3.8% 19th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.9% 2018 up 16.0% 53rd Income share held by lowest 20% 6.9% 2018 up 9.5% 75th Gini index 40.5 2018 up 0.5% 25th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 9.7% 2018 down 26.5% 83rd Total shortfall from extreme poverty 10.50 billion international-$ in 2021 prices 2018 down 5.2% 7th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 16.7% 2018 down 31.5% 8th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.5938 2017 up 1.5% 18th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.5938 2017 up 1.5% 18th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.4% 2024 down 48.8% 54th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 2,763 2017 up 77.8% 131st Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 51.4% 2017 up 3.8% 20th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 18.1% 2017 up 12.6% 30th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 51.3% 2018 down 17.0% 8th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.4049 2018 up 0.5% 24th Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 29.42 million people 2018 up 14.7% 5th Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 51.3% 2018 down 17.0% 8th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 51.3% 2018 down 17.0% 8th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 51.3% 2018 down 17.0% 8th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 3.23 million people 2018 up 126.7% 77th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 51.3% 2018 down 17.0% 8th Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 51.3% 2018 down 17.0% 8th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 109,270 people 2018 up 181.6% 84th Page 1 of 2 Next →