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Statistics

• Total population (2006): 39,5 million
• Gross national income per capita (2006-PPP international $): 980
• Income share held by lowest 20% (2000): 7,3%
• Life expectancy at birth m/f (years): 40/41 (2003)
• Rural population (% of total population) (2006): 75,4%
• Agriculture, value added (% of GDP) (2006): 45,3%
• Probability of dying under five (per 1 000 live births): 118 (2006)
• Total expenditure on health as % of GDP (2006): 5,5%
• Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$ million): 474,5 (2006)

(Source: WHO, IFAD, World Bank)

Information from HLTF agencies

IMF

• Use IMF data mapper to get an insight into Tanzania’s economic outlook, including key facts on demography, economy and balance of payments. Read more at: http://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/index.php
• To know more about most recent Tanzania’s transactions with the IMF, read: http://www.imf.org/external/np/fin/tad/extrans1.aspx?memberKey1=930&endD...
• And read more on IMF supporting Tanzania via the External Shock Facility to face food/financial crisis and increase productivity in agriculture at: http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2009/pr09190.htm

UN

• See how UN Country Team is organized by Theme Groups in Tanzania and what these groups have focussed on recently: http://www.undg.org/unct.cfm?module=ThemeGroup
• Tanzania is one of the “UN delivering as one” pilot countries. Read more at: http://www.undg.org/index.cfm?P=181

OECD

• Aid by sector at a glance in Tanzania. Read more at: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/24/21/1882894.gif
• And read also country chapter on aid for trade at glance (jointly published WTO-OECD): http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/22/39/43195804.pdf
• Donor coordination in Tanzania: read more of the OECD 2006 survey to monitor Paris declaration. Tanzania country chapter at: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/44/32/38949627.pdf
• And 2008 update at: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/25/34/42056812.pdf
• Gender in Tanzania: http://genderindex.org/country/tanzania

DESA

• Population ageing statistics from DESA: http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/worldageing19502050/pdf/20...
• See wall chart on Rural Population, Development and the Environment that displays country-based information on various aspects of population, including changes in rural populations and their relationship with development and the environment http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/2007_PopDevt/Rural_2007.pdf
• Tanzania and gender: women carry the bucket of food security … http://www.unifem.org/progress/2008/media/POWW08_fig_chapter3.pdf

WHO

• More statistics on health, child mortality, water access and sanitation at WHO: http://www.who.int/countries/tza/tza/en/

UNDP

• Tanzania MDGs progress report (2006) at: http://www.tz.undp.org/docs/MDGprogressreport.pdf
• Latest Human Development Fact Sheet for Tanzania by UNDP at: http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/2008/countries/country_fact_sheets/cty_fs_TZ...
• Read more on UNDP in Tanzania at: http://www.tz.undp.org/index.html

UN special adviser on MDGs

• MDG Monitor tracks Tanzania’s performance on achieving the MDGs. Read more at: http://www.mdgmonitor.org/factsheets_00.cfm?c=TZA&cd=

UNOHRLLS

• Country profile at http://www.unohrlls.org/en/orphan/150/

UNCTAD

• UNCTAD country fact sheets contain the most relevant indicators about FDI in Tanzania. Read 2008 update at http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=3198&lang=1
• Commodity price statistics provide monthly free-market prices and price indices starting in January 1960 for selected commodities that concern commodity-dependent countries. Restricted area at: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=1889&lang=1

WTO

• Tanzania and WTO at: http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/countries_e/tanzania_e.htm
• See also Tanzania tariffs as at 2008: http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/tariffs_e/tariff_profiles_2008_e/tza...

IFAD

• Country profile on rural poverty and food insecurity in Tanzania. Who are the rural poor in Tanzania and why are they poor? Read more at: http://www.ruralpovertyportal.org/web/guest/country/home/tags/tanzania
• IFAD’s work in support of smallholder agriculture and livestock in Tanzania: http://operations.ifad.org/web/ifad/operations/country/home/tags/tanzania

WB

• Get more agriculture-related data and statistics on Tanzania at www.worldbank.org/tz
• And to know more about The World Bank work in the country, read the country brief at: http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/AFRICAEXT/TANZANIAEXT...
• To look at Bank’s response to the Food Security Crisis in Tanzania, read about the bank’s support to the Accelerated Food Security Programme at: http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:22208877~pag...
• Or use the following to get an update on project status in Tanzania: http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=64283627&piPK=732...

FAO

• See FAO country profile at: http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index.asp?lang=en&ISO3=TZA
• FAO food outlooks provide both an analyses of the latest developments of food markets and their prices around the world per commodity line. Read more at: http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/ai482e/ai482e00.htm and browse FAO data and analysis tool by country at http://www.fao.org/giews/pricetool/

WFP

• To have a quick glimpse at hunger hotspots in the country and WFP response to food and humanitarian emergencies, have a look at Tanzania country page http://www.wfp.org/countries/tanzania-united-republic
• Read the latest bulletin on informal cross border food trade in the region at: http://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/ena/wfp205805.pdf
• Read 2008 WFP report on the impact of food price hikes in the region at: http://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/ena/wfp197247.pdf

UNHCR

• Refugees, asylum-seeking people and IDPs in Tanzania. Have a look at the most recent statistical yearbook from UNCHR at: http://www.unhcr.org/4a375c426.html
• For more info on Tanzania needs assessment and follow-up strategy by UNCHR pls visit: http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/page?page=49e45c736

OCHCR

• See more on OCHCR in Tanzania at: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/countries/AfricaRegion/Pages/TZIndex.aspx

OCHA

• See how CERF rapid response and under-funded emergencies fund is being used by various UN agencies to help face current nutritional and food emergencies in the country by sustaining agriculture. For 2009, see: http://ochaonline.un.org/CERFaroundtheWorld/Tanzania2009/tabid/5485/lang...
• And for 2008, please visit: http://ochaonline.un.org/cerf/CERFaroundtheWorld/Tanzania2009/Tanzania20...

UNICEF

• Nutritional facts and basic statistics on Tanzania with a focus on issues facing children in the country http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/tanzania_1254.html
• Use UNICEF dataset for statistics and monitoring to generate your own charts on variables of your interest in child malnutrition in Tanzania (in context) by using: http://www.unicef.org/statistics/index_step2.php?
• More news on UNICEF work in the country at: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/tanzania_26395.html

ILO

• Use NATLEX –an ILO database- to know more on different aspects of national labour, social security and human rights legislation in Niger: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex_browse.country?p_lang=en&p_country=TZA
• Browse the Global Job Crisis Observatory promoted by ILO to see what stimulus package is being proposed in Tanzania to overcome economic downturn and save jobs. More at: http://www.ilo.org/pls/apex/f?p=109:32:4252823856142371::NO:32:P32_REGIO...

UNEP

• Consult UNEP indigenous knowledge portal and see country profile at: http://www.unep.org/IK/Pages.asp?id=Tanzania
• Africa Atlas on “Our changing environment” and see how UNEP is tracking MDG 7 on environmental sustainability at: http://www.unep.org/dewa/Africa/AfricaAtlas/
• And see environmental hot spots info (by using quick country search at the bottom of the page) at: http://na.unep.net/AfricaAtlas/index.php