Social Development in Tanzania

146 indicators covering social development for Tanzania.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 2,777 2025 up 76.1% 91st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0 units per person 2025 up 29.9% 151st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 7.4% 113th
Political Rights Score 6 2025 down 77.8% 150th
Freedom Score 28 2025 down 53.3% 144th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 43,262 2025 up 1,912.2% 26th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0006 units per person 2025 up 1,383.8% 59th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 958.4% 26th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -28.79 % change on previous year 2025 down 158.4% 107th
Full democracy 0 2025 78th
States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 36th
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of Democracy Index 13 2018 up 44.4% 113th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 4.84 % change on previous year 2025 down 96.6% 65th
Equal Rights Protection Index 0.72 2025 up 4.5% 65th
Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.728 2025 down 9.8% 94th
Political Corruption Index 0.329 2025 down 23.3% 112th
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.329 2025 down 23.3% 112th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.7565 2024 up 7.0% 118th
Number of armed conflicts 1 conflicts 2025 19th
Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 19th
Countries where armed conflicts took place 1 2025 1st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0033 units per square kilometre 2023 up 190.5% 154th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0453 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9,763.1% 58th
LGBT+ Rights Index -1.5 2019 up 2.5% 176th
Forcibly displaced people 214,404 2025 up 0.2% 61st
Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 1st
Press freedom 1 2016 unchanged 61st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 unchanged 1st
Corruption Perceptions Index 41 2024 up 32.3% 81st
Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 38th
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 1.49 2024 up 1.5% 163rd
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 1.24 2024 up 2.1% 140th
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.264 2024 down 1.1% 138th
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.0044 2024 down 41.4% 111th
Self-reported life satisfaction 3.9 2025 up 6.4% 141st
Happiness vs. life satisfaction 3.9 2025 up 6.4% 141st
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 58.9% 2024 up 0.6% 43rd
Homicide rate 3.75 homicides per 100,000 population 2020 down 56.8% 76th
Homicides 2,286 homicides 2020 down 41.2% 23rd
Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 3.75 homicides per 100,000 population 2020 down 56.8% 76th
Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 3.75 homicides per 100,000 population 2020 down 56.8% 76th
States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 51st
Citizen support for democracy 0.2797 2020 down 31.3% 42nd
Citizen satisfaction with democracy 1.67 2020 up 6.9% 8th
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Homicides 5,097 deaths 2021 up 30.1% 20th
Homicide rate 8.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 5.1% 59th
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 8.27 2021 down 3.2% 55th
Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 1.68 million 2030 down 22.5% 62nd
States involved in wars 0 2011 5th
Alcohol, total  (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 10.3 2030 down 4.9% 31st
States involved in state based conflicts, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2021 31st
Freedom of Association Score 5 2025 down 16.7% 58th
Freedom of Expression Score 5 2025 down 16.7% 49th
Civil Rights Score 4 2025 down 33.3% 64th
Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%) 5.6% 2030 down 41.7% 156th
Number of current of tobacco users, estimate 2.13 million 2030 down 17.8% 56th
Alcohol, abstainers lifetime (%), age-standardized 57.6% 2020 up 1.6% 61st
Alcohol, abstainers past 12 months (%), age-standardized 69.2% 2020 up 1.4% 68th