Canada vs Tanzania
Canada vs Tanzania: GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $45,420 in Canada and $1,153 in Tanzania, by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by $44,267, or 39 times that in Tanzania.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Canada has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- In 2025, Canada ranked 17 and Tanzania ranked 163 of 186 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: $12,130 in 2025.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Canada | Tanzania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $45,420 | $1,153 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $45,060 | $1,121 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $45,500 | $1,093 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $45,880 | $1,071 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $44,640 | $1,054 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $42,370 | $1,041 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $45,100 | $1,052 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $44,910 | $1,024 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $44,340 | $1,002 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $43,550 | $970 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $43,590 | $939 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $43,640 | $914 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $42,850 | $883 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $42,320 | $852 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $42,040 | $839 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $41,160 | $801 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $40,380 | $773 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $42,070 | $753 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $42,110 | $732 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $41,660 | $705 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $41,010 | $680 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $40,110 | $651 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $39,270 | $622 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $38,920 | $598 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $38,200 | $573 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $37,910 | $555 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $36,390 | $547 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $34,890 | $535 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $33,870 | $530 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $32,800 | $522 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $32,600 | $509 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $32,070 | $507 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $31,030 | $519 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $30,560 | $529 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $30,650 | $539 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $31,700 | $542 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $32,120 | $519 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $31,950 | $514 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $31,000 | $494 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $30,180 | $487 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $29,850 | $477 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $28,760 | $487 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $27,420 | $480 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $27,000 | $498 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $28,220 | $516 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $27,620 | $537 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $27,380 | $539 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $26,660 | $544 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $25,960 | $552 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $25,370 | $572 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $24,280 | $575 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $24,260 | $573 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $23,800 | $582 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $22,570 | $568 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $21,640 | $550 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $21,430 | $548 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $21,110 | $1,058 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $20,370 | $1,060 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $19,720 | $1,030 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $19,480 | $1,007 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $18,590 | $930 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $17,800 | $919 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $17,010 | $897 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $16,460 | $869 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $15,610 | $820 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $15,430 | $835 | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Canada vs Tanzania
Health
- Life expectancyCanada: 82.6 years in 2023Tanzania: 67 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCanada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Tanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCanada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCanada: 99% in 2022Tanzania: 11.3% in 2022
- DepressionCanada: 3.99% in 2017Tanzania: 3.69% in 2017
- Suicide rateCanada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Tanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCanada: 39.3 million people in 2023Tanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthCanada: 1.22% a year in 2023Tanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCanada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Tanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCanada: 82.9% in 2025Tanzania: 36.9% in 2025
- Median ageCanada: 40.3 years in 2023Tanzania: 17.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCanada: 19.4% in 2023Tanzania: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateCanada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023Tanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCanada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025Tanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCanada: $37.5B in 2025Tanzania: $983M in 2025
- Military spending per personCanada: $939 in 2025Tanzania: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCanada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Tanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCanada: 72,000 people in 2020Tanzania: 28,000 people in 2020
- National powerCanada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022Tanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCanada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020Tanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCanada: 83 million TIV in 2025Tanzania: 4 million TIV in 2025