<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Tanzania<nl>Economy</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Overview:</hi> Tanzania is one of the poorest countries in the world. The economy is heavily dependent on agriculture, which accounts for about 58% of GDP, provides 85% of exports, and employs 90% of the work force. Industry accounts for 8% of GDP and is mainly limited to processing agricultural products and light consumer goods. The economic recovery program announced in mid-1986 has generated notable increases in agricultural production and financial support for the program by bilateral donors. The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and bilateral donors have provided funds to rehabilitate Tanzania's deteriorated economic infrastructure. Growth in 1991-93 featured a pickup in industrial production and a substantial increase in output of minerals led by gold.
<item><hi format=bold>National product:</hi> GDP—purchasing power equivalent—$16.7 billion (1993 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>National product real growth rate:</hi> 3.2% (1993 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>National product per capita:</hi> $600 (1993 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Agriculture:</hi> accounts for over 58% of GDP; topography and climatic conditions limit cultivated crops to only 5% of land area; cash crops—coffee, sisal, tea, cotton, pyrethrum (insecticide made from chrysanthemums), cashews, tobacco, cloves (Zanzibar); food crops—corn, wheat, cassava, bananas, fruits, vegetables; small numbers of cattle, sheep, and goats; not self-sufficient in food grain production
<item><hi format=bold>Illicit drugs:</hi> growing role in transshipment of Southwest Asian heroin destined for US and European markets
<item><hi format=bold>Economic aid:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>recipient:</hi> US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $400 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $9.8 billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $44 million; Communist countries (1970-89), $614 million