Extreme poverty rate — all countries

Extreme poverty rate — Tanzania

Extreme poverty rate in Tanzania in 2018 — 51.3%. Ranked 92 in the world out of 93. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 22.2 pp.

2018 51.3% −0.2 pp vs 2011
World rank 92of 93
Period maximum 86.9%2000
Period minimum 51.3%2018

Trend over time

1991–2018 · % of population

Extreme poverty rate — Tanzania, 1991–2018506070809019911994199720002003200620092012201520181991: 73.5%2000: 86.9%2007: 61.9%2011: 51.5%2018: 51.3%
Change over the period: −22.2 pp Annual average: -0.82 pp

Comparison, 2018

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

Tanzania 51.3%
World 11.1%
Extreme poverty rate — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2018 51.3
2011 51.5
2007 61.9
2000 86.9
1991 73.5

Eastern Africa, 2018

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

SC Seychelles 0.7 TZ Tanzania 51.3

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption or income falls below the international extreme poverty line — $2.15 a day in 2017 prices at purchasing power parity. This is the very indicator by which the first UN Sustainable Development Goal is tracked. The line is revised as the PPP conversion factors are updated, so historical values are recalculated retrospectively.

Important: The estimates are built on household surveys held once every few years; between surveys the values are interpolated.

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