Tanzania vs Zambia: Overall budget balance, including grants (current LCU)
Tanzania
-3.70 trillion current LCU
in 2011
Zambia
-2.75 trillion current LCU
in 2011
Tanzania rank
50th
Zambia rank
49th
Overall budget balance, including grants (current LCU) over time
- Tanzania
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports -2.75 trillion current LCU against -3.70 trillion current LCU in Tanzania, a difference of 950.46 billion current LCU.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Zambia ahead.
Tanzania ranks 50th and Zambia ranks 49th of 51 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Tanzania averaged higher in 1 and Zambia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Tanzania | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | -17.55 billion current LCU | -2.50 billion current LCU | 15.05 billion current LCU | Zambia |
| 1990s | -106.14 billion current LCU | -303.01 billion current LCU | 196.86 billion current LCU | Tanzania |
| 2000s | -1.21 trillion current LCU | -1.09 trillion current LCU | 122.86 billion current LCU | Zambia |
| 2010s | -3.61 trillion current LCU | -2.61 trillion current LCU | 996.70 billion current LCU | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher overall budget balance, including grants, Tanzania or Zambia?
- Zambia, at -2.75 trillion current LCU against -3.70 trillion current LCU in Tanzania as of 2011.
- What is the difference in overall budget balance, including grants between Tanzania and Zambia?
- 950.46 billion current LCU, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Tanzania and Zambia?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2011.
- How do Tanzania and Zambia rank globally for overall budget balance, including grants?
- Tanzania ranks 50th and Zambia ranks 49th of 51 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Bank country economists, published as Overall budget balance, including grants (current LCU). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Overall budget deficit is current and capital revenue and official grants received, less total expenditure and lending minus repayments. Data are shown for central government only, and are in current local currency.