Services, value added in Tanzania
Tanzania: Services, value added was 28.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Tanzania, 1990–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for services, value added in Tanzania is 28.8%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 28.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Tanzania peaked at 49.1% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 21.9%, in 1991.
That places Tanzania 202nd out of 205 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28.6% | 21.9% | 48.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 46.1% | 43.7% | 49.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 39.9% | 36.8% | 43.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.7% | 28.7% | 34.2% | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Tanzania
- DEC alternative conversion factor 2,541 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 788.01 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 310.12 million current US$ (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 42.48 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 16.72 billion current US$ (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -5.27 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Net primary income (Net income from abroad) -2.07 billion current US$ (2025)
- GNI per capita 3.27 million current LCU (2025)
- GNI per capita, Atlas method 1,270 current US$ (2025)
- GNI 223.78 trillion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Tanzania?
- Services, value added in Tanzania was 28.8% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 49.1% in 2001.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.9% in 1991.
- How does Tanzania rank for services, value added?
- Tanzania ranks 202nd out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tanzania data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.