Poverty & Inequality in Tanzania 91 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Tanzania. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day 99.5% 2018 down 0.2% 19th Share of population living in extreme poverty 51.3% 2018 down 17.0% 8th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 91.5% 2018 down 3.4% 10th Number of people living in extreme poverty 27.88 million people 2018 up 76.5% 36th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 29.42 million people 2018 up 14.7% 5th Number of people living in extreme poverty 29.42 million people 2018 up 14.7% 5th Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption 91.5% 2018 down 3.4% 10th The share and number of people living in extreme poverty 51.3% 2018 down 17.0% 8th Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 3.9% 2018 down 44.5% 88th Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median 9.7% 2018 down 26.1% 78th Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median 17.7% 2018 down 14.2% 67th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day 99.8% 2018 down 0.1% 20th Extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time 51.3% 2018 down 17.0% 8th Share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty 70.0% 2018 down 10.2% 8th Share of global population living in extreme poverty including and excluding China 51.3% 2018 down 17.0% 8th Share of the population in poverty vs. Electoral Democracy Index 94.4% 2018 down 2.3% 11th Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data 29.42 million people 2018 up 14.7% 5th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 109,270 people 2018 up 181.6% 84th Gini coefficient 0.4049 2018 up 0.5% 24th Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty 11.4% 2022 down 19.1% 42nd Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate 51.3% 2018 down 17.0% 8th Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 26.4% 2018 down 23.3% 15th Share of population living below national poverty lines 26.4% 2018 down 23.3% 15th Distribution of population between different poverty lines (2011 prices) 1.25 million people 2018 up 123.3% 88th Share of population living in extreme poverty (2011 prices) 49.4% 2018 down 18.1% 7th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) 99.8% 2018 down 0.1% 15th Share of population living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 49.4% 2018 down 18.1% 7th Number of people living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 28.60 million people 2018 up 13.8% 4th Share of population living on less than the lower-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 76.8% 2018 down 8.3% 8th Share of population living on less than the upper-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 91.8% 2018 down 3.3% 10th Share of population living in extreme poverty (2017 prices) 44.9% 2018 down 20.1% 8th ← Previous Page 2 of 2