Tanzania
United Republic of Tanzania
- Capital
- Dodoma
- Region
- Eastern Africa
- Population, 2025
- 71 million
- Currency
- TZS
- Area
- 945,087 km²
Across Tanzania's 4 priced cities, one person needs about $1,032 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $280.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
43out of 100
- Purchasing power25%23
- Safety20%47
- Health care15%No data
- Climate10%No data
- Air quality10%82
- Connectivity10%16
- Cost10%72
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
29.2
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
11.7
New York = 100
Purchasing power
31.0
New York = 100
One person
$1,032
A month, rent included
Net salary
$280
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$594
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$1,319
2025
Growth
+5.9%
2025
Unemployment
1.6%
2025
Inflation
3.3%
2025
Life expectancy
67.2 years
2024
Internet users
31%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 30%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Lowest income tax rate
- 15%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 30%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 18%
- SourceTrading Economics
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 46.5
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 53.5
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2020
- 3.7
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #125 worldwide
- 41
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #94 worldwide
- 33
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +111%
Cities in Tanzania
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Singida | 65 | — | — | — | — | 232.5K | Low confidence |
| 2Kahama | 64 | — | — | — | — | 453.7K | Low confidence |
| 3Geita | 64 | — | — | — | — | 318K | Low confidence |
| 4Nzega | 64 | — | — | — | — | 125.2K | Low confidence |
| 5Bariadi | 64 | — | — | — | — | 260.9K | Low confidence |
| 6Shinyanga | 63 | — | — | — | — | 139.7K | Low confidence |
| 7Sengerema | 63 | — | — | — | — | 110K | Low confidence |
| 8Tabora | 63 | — | — | — | — | 308.7K | Low confidence |
| 9Bukoba | 62 | — | — | — | — | 144.9K | Low confidence |
| 10Dodoma | 62 | — | — | — | — | 765.2K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 11Arusha | 62 | — | $283 | — | — | 617.6K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 12Handeni | 62 | — | — | — | — | 109K | Low confidence |
| 13Bunda | 62 | — | — | — | — | 183K | Low confidence |
| 14Morogoro | 61 | 21.9 | $75.56 | $302 | 85.4 | 471.4K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 15Musoma | 61 | — | — | — | — | 164.2K | Low confidence |
| 16Sumbawanga | 60 | — | — | — | — | 304K | Low confidence |
| 17Moshi | 59 | — | — | $94.44 | — | 221.7K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 18Tunduma | 59 | — | — | — | — | 219.3K | Low confidence |
| 19Mpanda | 59 | — | — | — | — | 204.3K | Low confidence |
| 20Iringa | 59 | — | — | — | — | 202.5K | Low confidence |
| 21Tarime | 59 | — | — | — | — | 133K | Low confidence |
| 22Makumbako | 59 | — | — | — | — | 116.2K | Low confidence |
| 23Kasulu | 58 | — | — | — | — | 238.3K | Low confidence |
| 24Mwanza | 58 | — | — | $189 | — | 1.1M | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 25Ifakara | 58 | — | — | — | — | 205.8K | Low confidence |
| 26Kibaha | 58 | — | — | — | — | 265.4K | Low confidence |
| 27Mtwara | 58 | — | — | — | — | 140.8K | Low confidence |
| 28Katumba | 57 | — | — | — | — | 108.6K | Low confidence |
| 29Songea | 57 | — | — | — | — | 286.3K | Low confidence |
| 30Zanzibar | 57 | 28.4 | $150 | $315 | 62.4 | 709.8K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 31Tanga | 56 | — | — | — | — | 393.4K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 32Kigoma | 55 | — | — | — | — | 232.4K | Low confidence |
| 33Mbeya | 54 | 26.2 | $113 | $189 | 42.6 | 541.6K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 34Dar es Salaam | 44 | 29.2 | $594 | $280 | 31.0 | 5.4M | High confidence, 29 contributors |
| 35Buseresere | 42 | — | — | — | — | 52.9K | Low confidence |
| 36Babati-Manyara | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence |