Tanzania vs Zambia
Tanzania vs Zambia: Inflation
Inflation: 3.8% a year in Tanzania in 2023 and 13.9% a year in Zambia in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Zambia, by 7.1 percentage points, or 2.86 times that in Tanzania.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Zambia has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Tanzania.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Tanzania at 4% a year and Zambia at 7% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Tanzania | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.3 | 13.9 |
| 2024 | 3.1 | 15 |
| 2023 | 3.8 | 10.9 |
| 2022 | 4.4 | 11 |
| 2021 | 3.7 | 22 |
| 2020 | 3.3 | 15.7 |
| 2019 | 3.4 | 9.2 |
| 2018 | 3.5 | 7.5 |
| 2017 | 5.3 | 6.6 |
| 2016 | 5.2 | 17.9 |
| 2015 | 5.6 | 10.1 |
| 2014 | 6.1 | 7.8 |
| 2013 | 7.9 | 7 |
| 2012 | 16 | 6.6 |
| 2011 | 12.7 | 8.7 |
| 2010 | 7.2 | 8.5 |
| 2009 | 12.1 | 13.4 |
| 2008 | 10.3 | 12.5 |
| 2007 | 7 | 10.7 |
| 2006 | 7.3 | 9 |
| 2005 | 4.4 | 18.3 |
| 2004 | 4.1 | 18 |
| 2003 | 4.4 | 21.4 |
| 2002 | 4.6 | 22.2 |
| 2001 | 5.1 | 21.4 |
| 2000 | 6 | 24.1 |
| 1999 | 7.9 | 23.9 |
| 1998 | 12.8 | 22.7 |
| 1997 | 16.1 | 21.4 |
| 1996 | 21.1 | 38.6 |
| 1995 | 26.8 | 31.5 |
| 1994 | 37.9 | 46.1 |
| 1993 | 26.1 | 158.4 |
| 1992 | 20.7 | 146.7 |
| 1991 | 25.2 | 85.3 |
| 1990 | 36.4 | 93.9 |
| 1989 | 25.8 | 113.2 |
| 1988 | 31.2 | 45.8 |
| 1987 | 29.9 | 43 |
| 1986 | 32.4 | 48 |
| 1985 | 33.3 | 37.4 |
| 1984 | 36.1 | 20 |
| 1983 | 27.1 | 19.7 |
| 1982 | 28.9 | 12.5 |
| 1981 | 25.7 | 14 |
| 1980 | 30.2 | 11.7 |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Tanzania | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 8 |
| 2027 | 4.2 | 7.5 |
| 2028 | 4 | 7 |
| 2029 | 4 | 7 |
| 2030 | 4 | 7 |
| 2031 | 4 | 7 |
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
Tanzania vs Zambia
Health
- Life expectancyTanzania: 67 years in 2023Zambia: 66.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityTanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024Zambia: 4.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityTanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zambia: 38.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionTanzania: 3.69% in 2017Zambia: 3.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateTanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Zambia: 13.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationTanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023Zambia: 20.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthTanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023Zambia: 2.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateTanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023Zambia: 4.1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationTanzania: 36.9% in 2025Zambia: 45.9% in 2025
- Median ageTanzania: 17.2 years in 2023Zambia: 17.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overTanzania: 3% in 2023Zambia: 1.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateTanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Zambia: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingTanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025Zambia: 1.26% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsTanzania: $983M in 2025Zambia: $343M in 2025
- Military spending per personTanzania: $15 in 2025Zambia: $19 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingTanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025Zambia: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelTanzania: 28,000 people in 2020Zambia: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerTanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022Zambia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersTanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020Zambia: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsTanzania: 4 million TIV in 2025Zambia: 1 million TIV in 2024