Tanzania

Shortly after achieving independence from Britain in the early 1960s, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the nation of Tanzania in 1964. One-party rule came to an end in 1995 with the first democratic elections held in the country since the 1970s. Zanzibar's semi-autonomous status and popular opposition have led to two contentious elections since 1995, which the ruling party won despite international observers' claims of voting irregularities.
==Economical characteristics==
* Currency: Tanzanian shilling (ISO code: TZS)
* Central bank discount rate: 3.7% (31 December 2009)
* Commercial banks lending rate: 15.03% (31 December 2009 )
* Stock of money (M1): $2.464 billion (31 December 2008)
* Quasi money (with M1 makes M2): $3.362 billion (31 December 2008)
===Statistics===
Statistic / Year 	1999 	2000 	2001 	2002 	2003 	2004 	2005 	2006 	2007 	2008
GDP (million USD)World Bank. "Tanzania: GDP", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-10-05. 	8 638	9 079	9 441	9 758	10 283	11 351	14 142	14 331	16 826	20 490
Govt. debt (% of GDP)World Bank. "Tanzania: government debt", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-10-05. 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Govt. revenue (% of GDP)World Bank. "Tanzania: government revenue", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-10-05. 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Govt. expenses (% of GDP)World Bank. "Tanzania: government expenses", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-10-05.	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Debt to revenue (years) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==References==
Note: statistical data was rounded. Different sources may use different methodologies for their estimates. Debt to revenue is calculated by dividing the two variables from their original ('unrounded') values. It represents how long it would a government take to repay its entire debt if it used its whole revenue for this purpose.
==External links==
* Tanzania on Wikipedia
* Central bank of Tanzania
* Country profile (pdf) from the Enterprise Studies page (part of the The World Bank Group)
* BBC country profile
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