Current expenditure, total in Tanzania
Tanzania: Current expenditure, total was 6.69 trillion current LCU in 2011. ◆ Volatile
Current expenditure, total in Tanzania, 1981–2011
Source: World Bank country economists. Measured in current LCU.
Analysis
Tanzania recorded 6.69 trillion current LCU for current expenditure, total in 2011. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is up 17.4% on the previous year and up 578.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current expenditure, total in Tanzania peaked at 6.69 trillion current LCU in 2011 and was at its lowest, 10.27 billion current LCU, in 1981.
That places Tanzania 3rd out of 51 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 29.95 billion current LCU | 10.27 billion current LCU | 78.12 billion current LCU | 9 |
| 1990s | 355.58 billion current LCU | 103.87 billion current LCU | 657.30 billion current LCU | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.29 trillion current LCU | 807.61 billion current LCU | 4.68 trillion current LCU | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.20 trillion current LCU | 5.70 trillion current LCU | 6.69 trillion current LCU | 2 |
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- Scientific and technical journal articles 1,453 (2023)
- Mobile phone subscriptions 86.77 million (2024)
- Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people 126.56 per 100 people (2024)
- Mobile and landline phone subscriptions per 100 people 126.56 per 100 people (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents 1 (2015)
- Share of the population using the Internet 31.2% (2024)
- Number of people using the Internet 14.37 million users (2021)
- Landline Internet subscriptions per 100 people 0.2464 per 100 people (2024)
- Landline Internet subscriptions 168,955 (2024)
- Landline Internet subscriptions per 100 people, by download speed 2.5 per 100 population (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is current expenditure, total in Tanzania?
- Current expenditure, total in Tanzania was 6.69 trillion current LCU in 2011, according to World Bank country economists.
- What is the highest current expenditure, total recorded in Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 6.69 trillion current LCU in 2011.
- What is the lowest current expenditure, total recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.27 billion current LCU in 1981.
- How does Tanzania rank for current expenditure, total?
- Tanzania ranks 3rd out of 51 countries with data for 2011.
- Is current expenditure, total rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 578.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Tanzania data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank country economists, published as part of Current expenditure, total (current LCU). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total current expenditure includes requited payments other than for capital assets or for goods or services to be used in the production of capital assets, and unrequited payments for purposes other than permitting the recipients to acquire capital assets, compensating the recipients for damage or destruction of capital assets, or increasing the financial capital of the recipients. Data are shown for central government only. Data are in current local currency.