The Venture Capital & Private Equity
Country Attractiveness Index
Alexander Groh, Heinrich Liechtenstein, Karsten Lieser and Markus Biesinger

Tanzania  
Rank: 79 · Score: 39.7  

Basic facts        
Population (millions) 65.5   IPOs and pulic issues (quartile) Bottom
GDP (US$ billions) 78.1   M&A volume (quartile) Bottom
GDP per capita (US$) 1,192.9   Venture capital investments (quartile) 2nd
GDP growth (per cent) 5.2   Private equity investments (quartile) 2nd
 
 
 
Performance Overview
Indicator   Rank / 125 Rank Trend Score
VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index 79 44, 43, 43, 49, 46 39.7
1 Economic Activity 49 77, 86, 70, 67, 76 76.5
2 Depth of Capital Market 71 48, 48, 48, 57, 54 31.5
3 Taxation 116 7, 6, 9, 9, 9 55.1
4 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance 97 29, 30, 30, 28, 28 48.3
5 Human and Social Environment 70 49, 54, 55, 58, 55 30.2
6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 95 38, 35, 39, 38, 30 34.9


 
Historic performance, 2019-2023   Key driver performance, 2023
 

   
VC/PE Rank  
VC Rank  
PE Rank
Tanzania  
Africa
 
 
 
Peer Group Comparison
 
Regional Peers Economic Activity Depth of Capital Market Taxation Investor Protection and
Corporate Governance
Human and Social
Environment
Entrepreneurial
Opportunites
Nigeria 76.1 41.7 57.5 60.2 20.5 40.2
Mauritius 55.4 31.8 114.4 90.7 17.1 40.9
Ghana 72.4 29.3 79.2 49.9 28.7 39.1
Tanzania 76.5 31.5 55.1 48.3 30.2 34.9
Rwanda 48.3 24.1 73.9 73.4 34.6 33.4
Namibia 41.2 26.2 55.7 75.8 32.5 32.8
Ivory Coast 76.7 25.7 84.3 39.0 28.4 24.4
Last updated: 4 Nov 2023