Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Tanzania
Tanzania: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 99.5% in 2018. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Tanzania, 1991–2018
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2018, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Tanzania stood at 99.5%. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Tanzania peaked at 100.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 99.5%, in 2018.
That places Tanzania 19th out of 120 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Tanzania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 100.0% | — |
| 2000 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 99.8% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 99.7% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 99.5% | -0.2% |
Tanzania compared with similar countries
- Tanzania's 99.5% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 99.1%, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Tanzania's 99.5% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 99.7%, 100% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 99.9% | 99.8% | 100.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 99.6% | 99.5% | 99.7% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Tanzania
More poverty & inequality data for Tanzania
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Tanzania?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Tanzania was 99.5% in 2018, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.5% in 2018.
- How does Tanzania rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Tanzania ranks 19th out of 120 countries with data for 2018.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.