Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Tanzania
Tanzania: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.4049 in 2018. ▲ Rising
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Tanzania, 1991–2018
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Tanzania recorded 0.4049 for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in 2018. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Tanzania peaked at 0.4049 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.3528, in 1991.
That places Tanzania 23rd out of 120 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Tanzania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.3528 | — |
| 2000 | 0.3728 | +5.7% |
| 2007 | 0.4028 | +8.0% |
| 2011 | 0.3778 | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 0.4049 | +7.2% |
Tanzania compared with similar countries
- Tanzania's 0.4049 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3528, 1.1× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Tanzania's 0.4049 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3766, 1.1× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3528 | 0.3528 | 0.3528 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.3878 | 0.3728 | 0.4028 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.3914 | 0.3778 | 0.4049 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Tanzania
More poverty & inequality data for Tanzania
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.61 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,961 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 8.03 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 11.48 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 11.5% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Tanzania?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Tanzania was 0.4049 in 2018, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4049 in 2018.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3528 in 1991.
- How does Tanzania rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Tanzania ranks 23rd out of 120 countries with data for 2018.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tanzania data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.