Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Tanzania
Tanzania: Citizen satisfaction with democracy was 1.67 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Tanzania, 2001–2020
Source: Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for citizen satisfaction with democracy in Tanzania is 1.67, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citizen satisfaction with democracy in Tanzania peaked at 1.67 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.6047, in 2005.
Tanzania ranks 8th of 131 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Tanzania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.9435 | — |
| 2002 | 0.9354 | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.9318 | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.7686 | -17.5% |
| 2005 | 0.6047 | -21.3% |
| 2006 | 0.9874 | +63.3% |
| 2007 | 1.37 | +38.9% |
| 2008 | 1.49 | +9.0% |
| 2009 | 1.53 | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 1.56 | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 1.6 | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 1.64 | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 1.5 | -8.1% |
| 2014 | 1.37 | -8.8% |
| 2015 | 1.47 | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 1.57 | +6.8% |
| 2017 | 1.67 | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 1.67 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1.67 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 1.67 | +0.1% |
Tanzania compared with similar countries
- Tanzania's 1.67 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is -0.2275. (31 countries reporting)
- Tanzania's 1.67 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is -0.1972. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Tanzania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +63.3% | 0.6047 | 0.9874 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.06 | 0.6047 | 1.53 | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.57 | 1.37 | 1.67 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.67 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Tanzania
More social development data for Tanzania
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 171,142 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 1,592 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 6 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 6 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 1,592 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0024 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is citizen satisfaction with democracy in Tanzania?
- Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Tanzania was 1.67 in 2020, according to Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest citizen satisfaction with democracy recorded in Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.67 in 2020.
- What is the lowest citizen satisfaction with democracy recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6047 in 2005.
- How does Tanzania rank for citizen satisfaction with democracy?
- Tanzania ranks 8th out of 131 countries with data for 2020.
- Is citizen satisfaction with democracy rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tanzania data come from?
- The figures come from Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Citizen satisfaction with democracy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Central estimate of the average extent to which citizens are satisfied with democracy in their own country. It combines responses across more than one thousand nationally-representative surveys on how citizens' satisfaction with democracy.