How Tanzania’s economy bucked the trend in 2025

Containers stacked at the Dar es Salaam Port represent a growing throughput, fuelled by strategic investments in Tanzania’s transport and logistics sectors. PHOTO/FILE 

Dar es Salaam. As 2025 draws to a close, Tanzania’s economy continued to demonstrate resilience and steady growth during the year, outperforming many global and regional peers despite persistent global economic uncertainties that have constrained growth across both advanced and developing economies.

Economic analysts and policymakers said the country entered the year on a strong footing, supported by stable macroeconomic fundamentals, improving external balances and sustained growth in key sectors.