Tanzania |
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Selected EarthTrends Data: |
| Variable | Value |
| Gini Index{1} | 35 |
| Population living on less than $1/day{2} | 58% |
| Population living on less than $2/day{3} | 90% |
| Poverty Gap $1/day{4} | 21% |
| Poverty Gap $2/day{5} | 49% |
| Access to improved sanitation | 47% |
| Access to an improved water source | 62% |
| Literacy rate, all adults | 69% |
| Life expectancy, both sexes | 47 years |
| Definitions and Sources |
| {1} Economic data cover mainland Tanzania only. Survey year: 2000-2001. Based on expenditure. {2} Economic data cover mainland Tanzania only. Survey year: 2000-2001. Based on expenditure. {3} Economic data cover mainland Tanzania only. Survey year: 2000-2001. Based on expenditure. {4} Economic data cover mainland Tanzania only. Survey year: 2000-2001. Based on expenditure. {5} Economic data cover mainland Tanzania only. Survey year: 2000-2001. Based on expenditure. |
Poverty resources:
- Tanzania - Country assistance strategy (Document)
- USAID Tanzania Country Office (Project)
- Voices of the poor - poverty and social capital in Tanzania (Document)
- World Bank Tanzania Program (Project)
Poverty datasets:
- None
Citations from the World Resources Report:
- Community Management of Forests in Tanzania - A Status Report at the Beginning of the 21rst Century
- Forest Management and Democracy in East and Southern Africa: Lessons from Tanzania
- Interrogating Tanzania's Gold Boom: A 3-Year Inquiry into the Economics, Politics, Environment and Governance in Tanzania's Goldfields
- Partitioned Nature, Priveleged Knowledge: Community-based Conservation in Tanzania
- Safeguarding the Commons: Conflict over Natural Resource Use and Poverty Alleviation Strategies in Rural Tanzania
- The Role of Forestry in Poverty Alleviation: Tanzania
- Use and Impact of Savings Among the Poor in Tanzania
EarthTrends Country Profiles: (opens pdf in a new window)
World Bank PovertyNet Library: (opens in a new window)
Development Gateway: (opens in a new window)
