Australia vs Tanzania
Australia vs Tanzania: Inflation
Inflation: 2.8% a year in Australia in 2025 and 3.8% a year in Tanzania in 2023, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Australia, by 1.8 percentage points, or 1.47 times that in Tanzania.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Australia has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Tanzania.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Australia at 2.5% a year and Tanzania at 4% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Australia | Tanzania |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
| 2024 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 2023 | 5.6 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 6.6 | 4.4 |
| 2021 | 2.8 | 3.7 |
| 2020 | 0.9 | 3.3 |
| 2019 | 1.6 | 3.4 |
| 2018 | 1.9 | 3.5 |
| 2017 | 2 | 5.3 |
| 2016 | 1.3 | 5.2 |
| 2015 | 1.5 | 5.6 |
| 2014 | 2.5 | 6.1 |
| 2013 | 2.5 | 7.9 |
| 2012 | 1.7 | 16 |
| 2011 | 3.4 | 12.7 |
| 2010 | 2.9 | 7.2 |
| 2009 | 1.8 | 12.1 |
| 2008 | 4.3 | 10.3 |
| 2007 | 2.4 | 7 |
| 2006 | 3.6 | 7.3 |
| 2005 | 2.7 | 4.4 |
| 2004 | 2.3 | 4.1 |
| 2003 | 2.7 | 4.4 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4.6 |
| 2001 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
| 2000 | 4.5 | 6 |
| 1999 | 1.4 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 0.9 | 12.8 |
| 1997 | 0.2 | 16.1 |
| 1996 | 2.7 | 21.1 |
| 1995 | 4.6 | 26.8 |
| 1994 | 1.9 | 37.9 |
| 1993 | 1.8 | 26.1 |
| 1992 | 1 | 20.7 |
| 1991 | 3.3 | 25.2 |
| 1990 | 7.2 | 36.4 |
| 1989 | 7.6 | 25.8 |
| 1988 | 7.3 | 31.2 |
| 1987 | 8.5 | 29.9 |
| 1986 | 9.1 | 32.4 |
| 1985 | 6.7 | 33.3 |
| 1984 | 4 | 36.1 |
| 1983 | 10 | 27.1 |
| 1982 | 11.4 | 28.9 |
| 1981 | 9.5 | 25.7 |
| 1980 | 10.1 | 30.2 |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Australia | Tanzania |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.9 | 4 |
| 2027 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
| 2028 | 2.5 | 4 |
| 2029 | 2.5 | 4 |
| 2030 | 2.5 | 4 |
| 2031 | 2.5 | 4 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Australia vs Tanzania
Health
- Life expectancyAustralia: 83.9 years in 2023Tanzania: 67 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustralia: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Tanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustralia: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAustralia: 4.62% in 2017Tanzania: 3.69% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustralia: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Tanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustralia: 26.5 million people in 2023Tanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustralia: 0.99% a year in 2023Tanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustralia: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Tanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustralia: 87.7% in 2025Tanzania: 36.9% in 2025
- Median ageAustralia: 37.8 years in 2023Tanzania: 17.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustralia: 17.4% in 2023Tanzania: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustralia: 5.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Tanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustralia: 1.92% of GDP in 2025Tanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustralia: $35.3B in 2025Tanzania: $983M in 2025
- Military spending per personAustralia: $1,316 in 2025Tanzania: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustralia: 4.9% of government spending in 2025Tanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustralia: 60,000 people in 2020Tanzania: 28,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustralia: 0.6% of world capability in 2022Tanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustralia: 0.44% of the labour force in 2020Tanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustralia: 826 million TIV in 2025Tanzania: 4 million TIV in 2025