TANZANIA

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INTRODUCING

TANZANIA

Official title:
United Republic of Tanzania

General information:
Capital: Dodoma
Population: 61,498,437 (July 2021 est.)
Total area: 947,300 km2
Currency: Tanzanian shilling (TZS)
National holiday: Union Day (Tanganyika and Zanzibar), 26th April (1964)
Official language: Swahili and English

Type of government:
Unitary presidential constitutional republic

Diplomatic and consular representative: H. E. Mr Mahmoud Thabit Kombo (Italy – Rome)

Economy:

  • GDP (PPP): $192,9 billion (2020 est.)
  • GDP (PPP) per capita: $3,124 (2020 est.)
  • GDP (official exchange rate): $60,96 billion (2020 est.)
  • GDP (real growth rate): 4,8% (2020 est.)


GDP per sector:

  • Agriculture 24,8%
  • Industry 28,3%
  • Services 47% (2020)


Agriculture products: coffee, sisal, tea, cotton, pyrethrum (insecticide made from chrysanthemums), cashew nuts, tobacco, cloves, corn, wheat, cassava (manioc, tapioca), bananas, fruits, vegetables, cattle, sheep, goats
Main industries: agricultural processing (sugar, beer, cigarettes, sisal twine); mining (diamonds, gold, and iron), salt, soda ash, cement, oil refining, shoes, apparel, wood products, fertilizer

Trade – Export
Exported commodities: gold, coffee, cashew nuts, manufactures, cotton

Main export partners:

  • India 16,1%
  • China 13,9%
  • South Africa 8,2%
  • Kenya 7,1%
  • United Arab Emirates 5,8%
  • Switzerland 5,3%
  • Belgium 4,8% (2014 est.)


Trade – Import

Imported commodities: consumer goods, machinery and transportation equipment, industrial raw materials, crude oil

Main import partners:

  • China 27,6%
  • India 24,5%
  • South Africa 8,6%
  • Switzerland 8,8%
  • United Arab Emirates 8,4% (2019 est.)

Sources:

African Economic Outlook. 2020. Tanzania. Available at: http://www.africaneconomicoutlook.org (February 11th 2020).

Central Intelligence Agency. 2015. The World Factbook: Tanzania. Available at: https://www.cia.gov (February 10th 2020).