Tanzania's taxes less subsidies on products (current US$) was US$16.72 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 323.03% from US$3.95 billion in 2015 (15.51% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$16.72 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$8.87 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$3.95 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | US$16.72 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | US$290.6 million | 1993 |
| Average since 2016 | US$9.76 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$362.39 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Tanzania's taxes less subsidies on products (current US$) rose 13.8% on 2024 (from US$14.7 billion to US$16.72 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +14.4% and a typical year strayed about 16.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 83.9% in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 28.5% in 1992. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$1.62 billion 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.
How it compares
In 2025, Tanzania had the 44th highest value of the 150 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
- Kazakhstan — 40th of 150: US$19.01 billion
- Croatia — 41st of 150: US$18.16 billion
- Bulgaria — 42nd of 150: US$17 billion
- Slovak Republic — 44th of 150: US$16.22 billion
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 45th of 150: US$14.89 billion
- Serbia — 46th of 150: US$14.66 billion
What this measures
Taxes less subsidies on products are taxes payable per unit of a good or service. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
All 36 values
| Year | Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 16,718,986,301 |
| 2024 | 14,696,081,290 |
| 2023 | 15,475,422,589 |
| 2022 | 13,192,336,306 |
| 2021 | 10,855,132,134 |
| 2020 | 8,868,522,340 |
| 2019 | 4,821,935,870 |
| 2018 | 4,492,369,206 |
| 2017 | 4,391,363,573 |
| 2016 | 4,105,826,093 |
Taxes less subsidies on products (current US$) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$1.05 billion (2025)
- Benin — US$2.34 billion (2025)
- Botswana — US$1.14 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — US$2.34 billion (2025)
- Burundi — US$305.7 million (2025)
- Cabo Verde — US$498.83 million (2025)
- Cameroon — US$4.19 billion (2025)
- Central African Republic — US$359.35 million (2025)
- Chad — US$653.09 million (2025)
- Comoros
More economic policy & debt data for Tanzania
- GDP (current US$) — 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$88.07 billion (2025)
- GNI (current LCU) — 223.78 trillion (2025)
- GNI per capita (current LCU) — 3.27 million (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Tanzania's taxes less subsidies on products (current US$)?
- US$16.72 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is up 4,513% from US$362.39 million in 1990 (11.57% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$16.72 billion in 2025 and the lowest US$290.6 million in 1993.
- How does Tanzania rank?
- 44th highest of 150 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in taxes less subsidies on products (current US$) unusual for Tanzania?
- In 2025, Tanzania's taxes less subsidies on products (current US$) rose 13.8% on 2024 (from US$14.7 billion to US$16.72 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +14.4% and a typical year strayed about 16.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 NY.TAX.NIND.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); 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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