Although Tanzania's poverty rate fell from 60 percent in 2007 to an estimated 47 percent in 2016, nearly 12 million Tanzanians still live in extreme poverty. 
Ingawa kiwango cha umaskini Tanzania ni asilimia 60 mwaka 2007 na inakadiriwa mwaka 2016 ilikuwa asilimia 47, karibia watanzania milioni 12 bado wanaishi katika umaskini uliokithiri.