Mining beats 10 percent GDP target a year earlier

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Minerals minister Anthony Mavunde addresses a news conference in Dodoma on April 23, 2025. PHOTO | COURTESY 

Dodoma/Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s mining sector has surpassed expectations, contributing 10.1 percent to national gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024—one year ahead of the government’s target set in the Mineral Policy of 2009 and the current Five-Year Development Plan.

Speaking in Dodoma on Thursday, Minerals minister Anthony Mavunde attributed the growth to sweeping reforms, strong institutional oversight and the strategic leadership of President Samia Suluhu Hassan.