dress: P. O. Box 9123, Dar es Salaam
telephone: [255] (51) 66010 through 66015
FAX: [255] (51) 66701

Flag: divided diagonally by a yellow-edged black band from the
lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle (hoist side) is green
and the lower triangle is blue

Economy
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Economic overview: Tanzania is one of the poorest countries in the
world. The economy is heavily dependent on agriculture, which
accounts for 58% of GDP, provides 85% of exports, and employs 90% of
the work force. Topography and climatic conditions, however, limit
cultivated crops to only 5% of the land area. Industry accounts for
8% of GDP and is mainly limited to processing agricultural products
and light consumer goods. The economic recovery program announced in
mid-1986 has generated notable increases in agricultural production
and financial support for the program by bilateral donors. The World
Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and bilateral donors have
provided funds to rehabilitate Tanzania's deteriorated economic
infrastructure. Growth in 1991-94 has featured a pickup in
industrial production and a substantial increase in output of
minerals, led by gold. Recent banking reforms have helped increase
private sector growth and investment.

GDP: purchasing power parity - $23.1 billion (1995 est.)

GDP real growth rate: 2.7% (1995 est.)

GDP per capita: $800 (1995 est.)

GDP composition by sector:
agriculture: 58%
industry: 8%
services: 34% (1995 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 25% (1994 est.)

Labor force: 13.495 million
by occupation: agriculture 90%, industry and commerce 10% (1986 est.)

Unemployment rate: NA%

Budget:
revenues: $495 million
expenditures: $631 million, including capital expenditures of $118
million (1990 est.)

Industries: primarily agricultural processing (sugar, beer,
cigarettes, sisal twine), diamond and gold mining, oil refining,
shoes, cement, textiles, wood products, fertilizer

Industrial production growth rate: 9.3% (1990)

Electricity:
capacity: 440,000 kW
production: 880 million kWh
consumption per capita: 30 kWh (1993)

Agriculture: coffee, sisal, tea, cotton, pyrethrum (insecticide
made from chrysanthemums), cashews, tobacco, cloves (Zanzibar),
corn, wheat, cassava (tapioca), bananas, fruits, vegetables; cattle,
sheep, goats

Illicit drugs: growing role in transshipment of Southwest Asian
heroin