Services, value added in Tanzania
Tanzania: Services, value added was 5.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Tanzania, 1991–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
Tanzania recorded 5.8% for services, value added in 2025.
The figure is down 14.2% on the previous year and down 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Tanzania peaked at 9.3% in 2014 and was at its lowest, -1.3%, in 1993.
That places Tanzania 36th out of 195 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.6% | -1.3% | 4.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 6.7% | 4.4% | 7.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.3% | 3.8% | 9.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.0% | 0.9% | 6.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Tanzania
More economy & growth data for Tanzania
- External balance on goods and services as a percent of GDP -1.0% (2025)
- Inflation of consumer prices 3.3% (2025)
- GDP per capita 1,153 constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Share of manufacturing in gross domestic product (GDP) 8.4% (2023)
- Gross domestic product (GDP) 78.82 billion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- GDP per capita in international and market dollars 1,153 constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- DEC alternative conversion factor 2,541 LCU per US$ (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 788.01 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) 310.12 million current US$ (2025)
- Taxes less subsidies on products 42.48 trillion current LCU (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Tanzania?
- Services, value added in Tanzania was 5.8% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 9.3% in 2014.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.3% in 1993.
- How does Tanzania rank for services, value added?
- Tanzania ranks 36th out of 195 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tanzania data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (annual % growth). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.