Goods and services expense in Tanzania
Tanzania: Goods and services expense was 15.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Goods and services expense in Tanzania, 2009–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
In 2024, goods and services expense in Tanzania stood at 15.8%.
That represents a change of up 17.3% on the previous year and down 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goods and services expense in Tanzania peaked at 23.0% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 9.1%, in 2020.
Tanzania ranks 69th of 154 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Goods and services expense in Tanzania, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 14.7% | — |
| 2010 | 14.7% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 23.0% | +56.5% |
| 2012 | 22.6% | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 17.8% | -21.0% |
| 2014 | 18.8% | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 16.9% | -10.1% |
| 2016 | 13.2% | -21.8% |
| 2017 | 11.9% | -10.2% |
| 2018 | 12.1% | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 11.1% | -8.2% |
| 2020 | 9.1% | -17.6% |
| 2021 | 10.2% | +11.0% |
| 2022 | 12.3% | +21.0% |
| 2023 | 13.4% | +9.5% |
| 2024 | 15.8% | +17.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.7% | 14.7% | 14.7% | 1 |
| 2010s | 16.2% | 11.1% | 23.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.2% | 9.1% | 15.8% | 5 |
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More public sector data for Tanzania
- Arms imports 52.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.8276 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0007 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 550 % change on previous year (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 52.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2021)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 13.43 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0116 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -2.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 920.85 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 58.7 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is goods and services expense in Tanzania?
- Goods and services expense in Tanzania was 15.8% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest goods and services expense recorded in Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 23.0% in 2011.
- What is the lowest goods and services expense recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.1% in 2020.
- How does Tanzania rank for goods and services expense?
- Tanzania ranks 69th out of 154 countries with data for 2024.
- Is goods and services expense rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tanzania data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Goods and services expense (% of expense). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Goods and services include all government payments in exchange for goods and services used for the production of market and nonmarket goods and services. Use of goods and services for own account capital formation is excluded. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.