Tanzania's central bank maintained its benchmark interest rate at 6% for the third consecutive policy meeting on January 8th, 2025, aiming to keep inflation below target. Over the four quarters leading to March 2025, the central bank kept the benchmark rate at 6%, up from 5.5% when the rate was introduced in January 2024. Inflation is forecast to stay within the range of 3.1% to 4% in the first quarter of 2025, according to Bank of Tanzania Governor Emmanuel Tutuba, who made the statement. Meanwhile, the economy is forecast to grow by 5.7% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025. Last November, the finance minister and central bank governor said GDP is expected to grow by about 6% in 2024, higher than the earlier estimate of 5.4%. source: Bank of Tanzania

Interest Rate in Tanzania averaged 11.26 percent from 1972 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 67.50 percent in December of 1994 and a record low of 3.70 percent in October of 2009. This page provides - Tanzania Interest Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Tanzania Interest Rate - values, historical data and charts - was last updated on January of 2025.

Interest Rate in Tanzania is expected to be 5.50 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Tanzania Interest Rate is projected to trend around 4.00 percent in 2026, according to our econometric models.




Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2024-04-04 06:30 AM
Interest Rate Decision
6% 5.5% 5.5%
2024-10-03 07:15 AM
Interest Rate Decision
6% 6% 6.0%
2025-01-08 08:10 AM
Interest Rate Decision
6% 6% 6.0%
2025-04-04 07:00 AM
Interest Rate Decision
6% 5.5%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Banks Balance Sheet 64524017.20 62066180.90 TZS Million Sep 2024
Central Bank Balance Sheet 33394943.00 30174248.70 TZS Million Sep 2024
Interest Rate 6.00 6.00 percent Mar 2025
Money Supply M0 11859.00 11765.80 TZS Billion Nov 2024
Money Supply M1 22817.10 22273.80 TZS Billion Nov 2024
Money Supply M2 37172.60 36498.00 TZS Billion Nov 2024
Money Supply M3 49510.70 49243.00 TZS Billion Nov 2024

Tanzania Interest Rate
In Tanzania, interest rates decisions are taken by the Bank of Tanzania. The Bank of Tanzania official interest rate is the discount rate.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
6.00 6.00 67.50 3.70 1972 - 2025 percent Daily