Tanzania: Adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2021, Tanzania's adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$) rose 8.5% on 2020 (from US$2.33 billion to US$2.52 billion).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was +12.4% and a typical year strayed about 13.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 60.9% in 1998 and the biggest yearly fall was 30.5% in 1989. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2012 to 2021 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$107.39 million a year. A straight line explains 94% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about US$2.82 billion for 2024. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2019 to 2021 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was US$74.79 million, against US$289.1 million for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2021, Tanzania had the 73rd highest value of the 179 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Tanzania in the 2021 ranking

• Tunisia — 70th of 179: US$2.66 billion
• Guatemala — 71st of 179: US$2.58 billion
• Croatia — 72nd of 179: US$2.53 billion
• Uruguay — 74th of 179: US$2.52 billion
• Lithuania — 75th of 179: US$2.48 billion
• Bolivia — 76th of 179: US$2.39 billion

What this measures

Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

All 34 values

Adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$) in nearby economies

• Angola — US$2.22 billion (2021)
• Benin — US$516.23 million (2021)
• Botswana — US$1.58 billion (2021)
• Burkina Faso — US$806.74 million (2021)
• Burundi — US$144.29 million (2021)
• Cabo Verde — US$98.98 million (2021)
• Cameroon — US$1.19 billion (2021)
• Central African Republic — US$30.91 million (2021)
• Chad — US$200.95 million (2021)

More economic policy & debt data for Tanzania

• GDP (current US$) — US$90.14 billion (2025)
• GDP (current LCU) — 229.06 trillion (2025)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$78.82 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant LCU) — 156.85 trillion (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$1,319 (2025)
• GDP per capita (current LCU) — 3.35 million (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$1,153 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 2.29 million (2025)
• GNI (current US$) — US$88.07 billion (2025)
• GNI (current LCU) — 223.78 trillion (2025)
• GNI per capita (current LCU) — 3.27 million (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Tanzania's adjusted savings, education expenditure (current US$)?

US$2.52 billion in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1988?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.ADJ.AEDU.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Statistical Yearbook, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistics Division; Online database, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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