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Services share of GDP — Tanzania

Services share of GDP in Tanzania in 2025 — 28.8%. Ranked 156 in the world out of 158. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 5.8 pp.

2025 28.8% −0.8 pp vs 2024
World rank 156of 158
Period maximum 49.1%2001
Period minimum 21.9%1991

Trend over time

1990–2025 · % of GDP

Services share of GDP — Tanzania, 1990–20252030405019901994199820022006201020142018202220251990: 22.9%1991: 21.9%1992: 23%1993: 23.3%1994: 25.4%1995: 24.5%1996: 23.8%1997: 24.4%1998: 48%1999: 48.8%2000: 49.1%2001: 49.1%2002: 47.6%2003: 46%2004: 45.1%2005: 45.1%2006: 45.6%2007: 45.5%2008: 43.7%2009: 44.6%2010: 43.3%2011: 41.4%2012: 40.6%2013: 40.3%2014: 41.3%2015: 40.4%2016: 39.4%2017: 38%2018: 37.2%2019: 36.8%2020: 34.2%2021: 32.6%2022: 30.6%2023: 28.7%2024: 29.6%2025: 28.8%
Change over the period: +5.8 pp Annual average: 0.17 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Tanzania

Tanzania 28.8%
World computed 59.9%
Sub-Saharan Africa 50.2%
Eastern Africa computed 44.7%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 50.3%
Services share of GDP — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 28.8 −0.8 pp
2024 29.6 +0.9 pp
2023 28.7 −1.9 pp
2022 30.6 −1.9 pp
2021 32.6 −1.7 pp
2020 34.2 −2.6 pp
2019 36.8 −0.4 pp
2018 37.2 −0.7 pp
2017 38 −1.5 pp
2016 39.4 −1 pp
2015 40.4 −0.9 pp
2014 41.3 +1 pp
2013 40.3 −0.3 pp
2012 40.6 −0.8 pp
2011 41.4 −1.9 pp
2010 43.3 −1.2 pp
2009 44.6 +0.8 pp
2008 43.7 −1.8 pp
2007 45.5 −0 pp
2006 45.6 +0.5 pp
2005 45.1 −0 pp
2004 45.1 −0.9 pp
2003 46 −1.6 pp
2002 47.6 −1.5 pp
2001 49.1 +0 pp
2000 49.1 +0.3 pp
1999 48.8 +0.7 pp
1998 48 +23.6 pp
1997 24.4 +0.6 pp
1996 23.8 −0.6 pp
1995 24.5 −0.9 pp
1994 25.4 +2.1 pp
1993 23.3 +0.3 pp
1992 23 +1 pp
1991 21.9 −1 pp
1990 22.9 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

DJ Djibouti 75.7 SC Seychelles 67.9 MU Mauritius 63.9 ZM Zambia 57 KE Kenya 55.1 RW Rwanda 52.3 MG Madagascar 48.8 KM Comoros 48.8 MW Malawi 48.7 ZW Zimbabwe 48.2 UG Uganda 42.1 BI Burundi 42.1 MZ Mozambique 42 ET Ethiopia 36.6 TZ Tanzania 28.8
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About the indicator

The share of value added by the service sector in GDP: wholesale and retail trade, transport, communications, finance, real estate, business and government services, education and health care. In most high-income countries it exceeds 70%; in small island states and tourism economies it reaches 80–90%.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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