Tanzania Poverty Rate

Tanzania poverty rate for 2018 was 91.50%, a 1.4% decline from 2011.
  • Tanzania poverty rate for 2011 was 92.90%, a 1.8% decline from 2007.
  • Tanzania poverty rate for 2007 was 94.70%, a 4.7% decline from 2000.
  • Tanzania poverty rate for 2000 was 99.40%, a 1.4% increase from 1991.
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Tanzania Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1991 - 2018.