Income per Person (GDP per capita, PPP) in Tanzania: 1800 to Today (and Tomorrow)

Income per person in Tanzania, measured as average yearly economic output per person adjusted for purchasing power in 2017 international dollars, tells the statistical story of the lives actually lived there. Behind these figures is the reality of daily survival, labor, consumption, and economic capacity across generations. Every data point represents the material conditions of human existence in the region, capturing the shifting boundaries of what individuals could earn, spend, and invest in their futures over the span of three centuries.

The historical arc shows a gradual, measured transformation across the decades. In the 1800s estimate, income per person stood at 600 intl-$, slowly rising through the 1810s estimate (620 intl-$), the 1820s estimate (640 intl-$), and the 1830s estimate (660 intl-$). This incremental upward movement continued through the 1840s estimate (680 intl-$), 1850s estimate (700 intl-$), 1860s estimate (720 intl-$), 1870s estimate (740 intl-$), 1880s estimate (760 intl-$), and 1890s estimate (780 intl-$). By 1900 it was 800 intl-$, continuing upward through the 1910s estimate (940 intl-$), 1920s estimate (1,080 intl-$), 1930s estimate (1,220 intl-$), and 1940s estimate (1,360 intl-$). Growth persisted in the 1950s (1,500 intl-$), 1960s (1,867 intl-$), 1970s (2,233 intl-$), and 1980s (2,600 intl-$), followed by a slight dip in the 1990s (2,550 intl-$) and 2000s (2,500 intl-$), before climbing again in the 2010s (3,150 intl-$).

In the 2020s, income per person stands at 3,800 intl-$ — ranking #152 of 157 countries. Looking forward, projections anticipate continued growth into the 2030s projection (4,370 intl-$), 2040s projection (5,026 intl-$), 2050s projection (5,779 intl-$), 2060s projection (6,646 intl-$), 2070s projection (7,643 intl-$), 2080s projection (8,790 intl-$), 2090s projection (10,108 intl-$), and 2100s projection (11,624 intl-$). Where do YOU rank among everyone ever born? →