Political rights rating fh, gaps filled in Tanzania
Tanzania: Political rights rating fh, gaps filled was 6 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Political rights rating fh, gaps filled in Tanzania, 1972–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
In 2025, political rights rating fh, gaps filled in Tanzania stood at 6. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
That represents a change of up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political rights rating fh, gaps filled in Tanzania peaked at 6 in 1972 and was at its lowest, 3, in 2010.
Tanzania ranks 44th of 199 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 54 years of available data.
Political rights rating fh, gaps filled in Tanzania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 6 | — |
| 1973 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 5 | -16.7% |
| 1996 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 4 | -20.0% |
| 2000 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3 | -25.0% |
| 2011 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 4 | +33.3% |
| 2018 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 5 | +25.0% |
| 2020 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 6 | +20.0% |
| 2025 | 6 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| 1980s | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.4 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2000s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.4 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.33 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Tanzania
- 44 Angola 6 compare
- 44 Brunei 6 compare
- 44 Cameroon 6 compare
- 44 Algeria 6 compare
- 44 Egypt 6 compare
- 44 Ethiopia 6 compare
- 44 Guinea 6 compare
- 44 Guinea-Bissau 6 compare
- 44 Hong Kong 6 compare
- 44 Kuwait 6 compare
- 44 Oman 6 compare
- 44 Palestine 6 compare
- 44 Qatar 6 compare
- 44 Rwanda 6 compare
- 44 Togo 6 compare
- 44 Thailand 6 compare
- 44 Tunisia 6 compare
- 44 Uganda 6 compare
- 44 Zimbabwe 6 compare
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 fh 6 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (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)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of -3.23 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political rights rating fh, gaps filled in Tanzania?
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled in Tanzania was 6 in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest political rights rating fh, gaps filled recorded in Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 6 in 1972.
- What is the lowest political rights rating fh, gaps filled recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 in 2010.
- How does Tanzania rank for political rights rating fh, gaps filled?
- Tanzania ranks 44th out of 199 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political rights rating fh, gaps filled rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tanzania data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Political rights rating fh, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Political rights rating fh with 183 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
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- Political rights rating fh Our World in Data
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About this data
Political rights rating fh with 183 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.