🇹🇿 Tanzania
Public Sector Debt · 2026
Total Debt
52.1%
of GDP
Global Rank
#118
of 192
SOE Debt
+3.8%
2 categories
Where the Debt Sits
Central Government
Central Government: 48.3%Energy SOEs: 2.4%Infrastructure: 1.4%
Full Debt Breakdown
Central Government48.3% of GDP
Central GovernmentIMF WEO — General Government Debt
48.3%Energy SOEs2.4% of GDP
TANESCO (electricity)IMF 2024 DSAPeriodic bailouts ~TZS 400B
1.9%TPDC (petroleum)IMF Tanzania DSA 2024Linked to TANESCO arrears
0.5%Infrastructure SOEs1.4% of GDP
TRL / SGR (railways)Tanzania Budget / World BankSGR construction flagship project
1.0%ATCL (Air Tanzania)Tanzania Budget 2024/25Fleet revamp priority
0.4%Total Corporate Debt8.6% of GDP
NF corporate debt (est.)WB WDI 2020
8.6%Household Debt4.6% of GDP
Household debt (est.)WB WDI 2020
4.6%All Layers Total65.3%
Credit Ratings
Moody's
B2
Data Sources
IMF WEO — General Government Debtgeneral_government · Updated semi_annual
Dec 202648.3% GDP
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