NationMaster - Tanzanian Economy statistics

Agriculture > products coffee, sisal, tea, cotton, pyrethrum (insecticide made from chrysanthemums), cashew nuts, tobacco, cloves, corn, wheat, cassava, bananas, fruits, vegetables; cattle, sheep, goats
Debt service	72	[72nd of 128]
Economic freedom	110	[110th of 156]
Exchange rates Tanzanian shillings per US dollar - 1,089.33 (2004), 1,038.42 (2003), 966.58 (2002), 876.41 (2001), 800.41 (2000)
Exports to US	$142.00	[142nd of 224]
GDP > PPP	$95.00	[95th of 163]
GDP per capita in 1950	$53.00	[53rd of 52]
GDP per capita in 1973	$52.00	[52nd of 52]
Growth competitiveness score	80	[80th of 102]
Income category	Low income
Inflation > Duration 2000-2003	5.1
Informal economy	7%	[7th of 104]
Poverty > Share of all poor people	18 % of world's poor	[18th of 80]
Technological achievement	65	[65th of 68]
Trade balance with US	$60.00	[60th of 224]
Trade with US > US exports of glassware, chinaware	91	[91st of 169]
Trade with US > US exports of metalworking machine tools	104	[104th of 197]
Trade with US > US exports of textile, sewing machines	103	[103rd of 183]
Trade with US > US imports of other parts and accessories	105	[105th of 167]
Transnational corporations > Affiliates	109	[109th of 162]

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SOURCES: ; Total debt service (% of exports of goods and services). Total debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in foreign currency, goods, or services on long-term debt, interest paid on short-term debt, and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF. Exports of goods and services includes income and workers' remittances.; Index of 'economic freedom', according to the American organisation 'The Heritage Foundation'. It is worth noting that such indices are based on highly culturally contingent factors. This data makes a number of assumptions about 'freedom' and the role of the government that are not accepted by much of the world's population. A broad discussion of The Heritage Foundation's definition and methodology can be found at http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/ChapterPDFs/chapter5.HTML.; The official value of a country's monetary unit at a given date or over a given period of time, as expressed in units of local currency per US dollar and as determined by international market forces or official fiat.; in US dollars. Jan 2003 - March 2003; Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) in Millions of International Dollars, 2004.; The GCI, or the Growth competitiveness index, is composed of three pillars, all of which are widely accepted as being critical to economic growth: the quality of the macroeconomic environment, the state of a country's public institutions, and, given the increasing importance of technology in the development process, a country's technological readiness. The GCI aims specifically to gauge the ability of the world's economies to achieve sustained economic growth over the medium to long term.; World Bank income categories are used; Approximate average inflation rate 200-2003.; The easiest definition of the informal economy is: Street traders and street vendors; Itinerant or seasonal or temporary job workers on building sites or road work; and those in between the streets and home,(e.g. waste collectors); The percentage of the world's total poor who live in each nation. 'Poor' here is defined as lving below the global poverty line of US$1 per day.; Technology Achievement Index
Units: Score; In US dollars. Jan 2003 - March 2003; US exports of glassware, chinaware, USD Thousands, 2004; US exports of metalworking machine tools, USD Thousands, 2004; US exports of textile, sewing machines, USD Thousands, 2004; US imports of other parts and accessories, USD Thousands, 2004; Number of foreign affiliates to transnational corporations

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Tanzania, United Republic of Tanzania, united rep. of tanzania, Tanzania, U. Rep. of

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