Tanzania's changes in inventories (current LCU) was -3.52 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 5,268% from -65.64 billion in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | -3.52 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | -2.71 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | -65.64 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 2.95 trillion | 2014 |
| Lowest | -4.34 trillion | 2017 |
| Average since 2016 | -2.97 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 2.93 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Tanzania's changes in inventories (current LCU) fell 275.44 billion on 2024 (from -3.25 trillion to -3.52 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −108.42 billion and a typical year strayed about 1.29 trillion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 3.47 trillion in 2018 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.19 trillion in 2019. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 10% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Tanzania had the 109th highest value of the 109 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 2025 ranking
- Senegal — 105th of 109: -456.89 billion
- Equatorial Guinea — 106th of 109: -750 billion
- Guinea — 107th of 109: -2.63 trillion
- Uzbekistan — 109th of 109: -13.6 trillion
What this measures
Changes in inventories is the value of entries into inventories less the value of withdrawals and less the value of any recurrent losses of goods held in inventories during the accounting period.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 36 values
| Year | Changes in inventories (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -3,523,131,626,400 |
| 2024 | -3,247,688,434,100 |
| 2023 | -3,247,688,434,100 |
| 2022 | -3,057,441,032,700 |
| 2021 | -2,878,338,196,000 |
| 2020 | -2,709,727,082,800 |
| 2019 | -4,055,290,807,600 |
| 2018 | -867,506,823,500 |
| 2017 | -4,336,714,777,100 |
| 2016 | -1,732,887,000,000 |
Changes in inventories (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 15.59 billion (2024)
- Benin — 56.5 billion (2025)
- Botswana — 2.51 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 74.62 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 233.9 billion (2024)
- Central African Republic — -97.75 billion (2025)
- Chad — 495.84 billion (2025)
- Comoros — 7.91 billion (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 6.98 trillion (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — 28.87 billion (2025)
- Côte d'Ivoire
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)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Tanzania's changes in inventories (current LCU)?
- -3.52 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is down 120,549% from 2.93 billion in 1990. The highest value was 2.95 trillion in 2014 and the lowest -4.34 trillion in 2017.
- How does Tanzania rank?
- 109th highest of 109 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in changes in inventories (current LCU) unusual for Tanzania?
- In 2025, Tanzania's changes in inventories (current LCU) fell 275.44 billion on 2024 (from -3.25 trillion to -3.52 trillion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −108.42 billion and a typical year strayed about 1.29 trillion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.STKB.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) 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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