Political Rights Score in Tanzania
Tanzania: Political Rights Score was 6 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Political Rights Score in Tanzania, 2002–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for political rights score in Tanzania is 6, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 45.5% on the previous year and down 77.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political rights score in Tanzania peaked at 29 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 6, in 2025.
Tanzania ranks 150th of 197 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Political Rights Score in Tanzania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 22 | — |
| 2003 | 22 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 22 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 22 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 22 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 22 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 22 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 21 | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 28 | +33.3% |
| 2011 | 28 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 28 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 29 | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 28 | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 27 | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 25 | -7.4% |
| 2017 | 22 | -12.0% |
| 2018 | 20 | -9.1% |
| 2019 | 17 | -15.0% |
| 2020 | 12 | -29.4% |
| 2021 | 12 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 12 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 12 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 11 | -8.3% |
| 2025 | 6 | -45.5% |
Tanzania compared with similar countries
- Tanzania's 6 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15, 40% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Tanzania's 6 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10.5, 57% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Political Rights Score 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -45.5% | 11 | 6 |
| 2010 | +33.3% | 21 | 28 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 21.88 | 21 | 22 | 8 |
| 2010s | 25.2 | 17 | 29 | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.83 | 6 | 12 | 6 |
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 political rights score in Tanzania?
- Political rights score in Tanzania was 6 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest political rights score recorded in Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 29 in 2013.
- What is the lowest political rights score recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 in 2025.
- How does Tanzania rank for political rights score?
- Tanzania ranks 150th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political rights score rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 77.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tanzania data come from?
- The figures come from Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Political Rights Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Identifies the fine-grained extent of free and fair elections, political pluralism and participation, and a functioning government. Higher scores indicate more rights.