Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Tanzania
Tanzania: Poverty share on less than 30 per day was 99.53 in 2018. ▬ Flat
Latest (2018)
99.53
World rank
19th
of 120 countries
All-time high
99.99
in 2000
All-time low
99.53
in 2018
Years of data
5
1991–2018
Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Tanzania, 1991–2018
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2018, poverty share on less than 30 per day in Tanzania stood at 99.53. 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 on less than 30 per day in Tanzania peaked at 99.99 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 99.53, in 2018.
That places Tanzania 19th out of 120 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.99 | 99.99 | 99.99 | 1 |
| 2000s | 99.88 | 99.77 | 99.99 | 2 |
| 2010s | 99.62 | 99.53 | 99.71 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Tanzania
More poverty & inequality data for Tanzania
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 1 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 4.61 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 1,961 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 11.48 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.504 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 7.3 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.1649 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.1649 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.1778 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.411 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty share on less than 30 per day in Tanzania?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Tanzania was 99.53 in 2018, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 99.99 in 2000.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.53 in 2018.
- How does Tanzania rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day?
- Tanzania ranks 19th out of 120 countries with data for 2018.
- Is poverty share on less than 30 per 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 Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty share on less than 30 per day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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