Agricultural production in Tanzania
According to FAOSTAT, Tanzania produced 15.5 million t of cereals, 3.0 million t of vegetables, 5.6 million t of fruit, 1.1 million t of meat and 4.4 million t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were cassava (10.5 million t), maize (10.1 million t) and rice (4.1 million t).
- Products recorded
- 116
- World #1
- 1
- products
- World top 10
- 25
- products
- Year
- 2024
Tanzania is the world’s largest producer of pyrethrum, dried flowers, and ranks second or third for 3 other products.
Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in cassava (+111%), followed by rice (+55%).
Livestock numbers: 39.1 million cattle, 539,088 pigs, 9.5 million sheep and 28.6 million goats.
Totals by group
| Group | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All cereals | 15,468,111 | 31 | 0.49% | +42% |
| All roots and tubers | 13,332,040 | 16 | 1.41% | +30% |
| All fruit | 5,647,733 | 35 | 0.59% | +5.9% |
| All milk | 4,399,141 | 33 | 0.45% | +96% |
| All sugar crops | 3,343,955 | 49 | 0.15% | +19% |
| All vegetables | 2,960,944 | 39 | 0.25% | +11% |
| All pulses | 1,988,690 | 12 | 2.05% | +7.1% |
| All meat | 1,079,368 | 47 | 0.29% | +91% |
| All tree nuts | 557,764 | 8 | 3.03% | +252% |
| All citrus fruit | 452,074 | 37 | 0.27% | +2.1% |
| All eggs | 321,616 | 33 | 0.32% | +214% |
All products by volume, 2024
| Product | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cassava | 10,532,000 | 10 | 3.08% | +111% |
| Maize | 10,084,000 | 15 | 0.83% | +50% |
| Cow milk | 4,130,285 | 31 | 0.52% | +102% |
| Rice (paddy) | 4,052,141 | 20 | 0.49% | +55% |
| Sugar cane | 3,343,955 | 35 | 0.17% | +19% |
| Bananas | 3,269,970 | 9 | 2.35% | +2.4% |
| Sweet potatoes | 2,227,515 | 4 | 2.45% | −36% |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | 1,952,868 | 12 | 0.69% | +4.6% |
| Beans, dry | 1,463,819 | 4 | 4.83% | +31% |
| Skim milk of cows | 1,322,943 | 25 | 0.93% | +87% |
| Sunflower seed | 1,200,000 | 11 | 2.3% | +50% |
| Sorghum | 800,000 | 17 | 1.24% | −9.4% |
| Groundnuts (peanuts) | 760,000 | 11 | 1.32% | −54% |
| Beef (cattle meat) | 666,227 | 20 | 0.96% | +115% |
| Plantains | 581,006 | 14 | 1.3% | +0.3% |
| Tomatoes | 561,093 | 41 | 0.3% | +23% |
| Potatoes | 560,929 | 59 | 0.14% | −68% |
| Cashew nuts, in shell | 528,262 | 3 | 12.46% | +306% |
| Coconuts, in shell | 513,879 | 14 | 0.78% | −22% |
| Beer | 499,000 | 46 | 0.27% | +25% |
| Mangoes and guavas | 493,552 | 19 | 0.79% | +12% |
| Pineapples | 469,291 | 18 | 1.6% | +29% |
| Oranges | 393,584 | 26 | 0.59% | +2.0% |
| Raw sugar | 385,000 | 48 | 0.21% | +29% |
| Sunflower-seed oil, crude | 326,900 | 11 | 1.44% | +49% |
| Millet | 325,000 | 12 | 1.05% | −10% |
| Hen eggs | 319,766 | 33 | 0.34% | +218% |
| Seed cotton | 282,510 | 20 | 0.39% | +15% |
| Sesame seed | 272,670 | 10 | 4.08% | −50% |
| Goat milk | 268,856 | 19 | 1.32% | +37% |
| Pigeon peas, dry | 224,587 | 4 | 4.82% | −9.4% |
| Cow peas, dry | 221,423 | 7 | 2.19% | +16% |
| Onions, dry | 218,982 | 55 | 0.2% | +33% |
| Other fruits, n.e.c. | 202,246 | 27 | 0.52% | +0.2% |
| Chicken meat | 147,450 | 72 | 0.11% | +55% |
| Tea leaves | 128,783 | 15 | 0.39% | −12% |
| Raw hides and skins of cattle | 128,121 | 11 | 1.46% | +115% |
| Goat meat | 127,100 | 8 | 1.64% | +51% |
| Wheat | 119,000 | 78 | 0.01% | −29% |
| Tobacco, unmanufactured | 117,464 | 9 | 1.94% | +46% |
| Cotton seed | 106,900 | 25 | 0.26% | −52% |
| Watermelons | 102,931 | 61 | 0.1% | +130% |
| Molasses | 101,240 | 50 | 0.14% | +29% |
| Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen | 99,934 | 16 | 1.03% | +115% |
| Cabbages | 86,157 | 54 | 0.11% | −6.1% |
| Oil palm fruit | 78,693 | 37 | 0.02% | +8.3% |
| Coffee, green | 77,417 | 16 | 0.69% | +58% |
| Sisal | 61,216 | 2 | 26.17% | +64% |
| Pork (pig meat) | 58,775 | 66 | 0.05% | +306% |
| Cereals n.e.c. | 58,218 | 9 | 0.73% | −19% |
| Sheep meat | 54,500 | 37 | 0.47% | +51% |
| Cotton lint | 54,000 | 25 | 0.22% | −54% |
| Green maize | 52,419 | 19 | 0.55% | +8.0% |
| Other tropical fruits, n.e.c. | 50,648 | 25 | 0.21% | +0.2% |
| Other oil seeds, n.e.c. | 49,565 | 9 | 2.05% | +8.2% |
| Other citrus fruit, n.e.c. | 48,006 | 18 | 0.36% | +7.6% |
| Okra | 43,910 | 19 | 0.33% | — |
| Soybeans | 42,738 | 53 | 0.01% | +609% |
| Oil of maize | 42,310 | 14 | 1.37% | +75% |
| Butter of cow milk | 40,617 | 29 | 0.68% | +87% |
| Other pulses n.e.c. | 37,289 | 25 | 0.84% | −69% |
| Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen | 33,046 | 7 | 2.24% | +51% |
| Honey | 31,902 | 14 | 1.61% | +5.7% |
| Other nuts | 29,502 | 10 | 2.71% | +4.3% |
| Raw hides and skins of goats or kids | 25,420 | 9 | 1.67% | +51% |
| Cheese from whole cow milk | 25,144 | 56 | 0.11% | +87% |
| Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen | 24,000 | 21 | 1.17% | 0.0% |
| Tea, packed | 23,775 | 20 | 0.33% | −30% |
| Chick peas, dry | 23,342 | 18 | 0.14% | −73% |
| Buckwheat | 22,208 | 9 | 1.13% | +11% |
| Ghee from cow milk | 20,308 | 5 | 3.1% | +87% |
| Cottonseed oil | 19,800 | 21 | 0.47% | −18% |
| Peas, dry | 18,229 | 39 | 0.13% | −82% |
| Cattle fat, unrendered | 16,656 | 23 | 0.49% | +115% |
| Grapes | 16,640 | 73 | 0.02% | +155% |
| Chillies and peppers, green | 15,855 | 77 | 0.04% | +7.1% |
| Cocoa beans | 15,000 | 23 | 0.29% | +30% |
| Coconut oil | 14,500 | 13 | 0.46% | +9.8% |
| Safflower seed | 14,361 | 8 | 2.07% | +6.5% |
| Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen | 14,170 | 27 | 0.71% | +51% |
| Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs | 13,080 | 27 | 0.6% | +51% |
| Lemons and limes | 10,484 | 54 | 0.05% | −16% |
| Peas, green | 9,720 | 38 | 0.04% | +2.5% |
| Yams | 9,375 | 39 | 0.01% | −6.4% |
| Cloves (whole stems) | 8,575 | 3 | 4.31% | −1.8% |
| Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. | 8,032 | 7 | 1.22% | −12% |
| Wool, greasy | 7,570 | 34 | 0.45% | +11% |
| Barley | 7,544 | 87 | 0.01% | −34% |
| Palm kernels | 7,141 | 36 | 0.04% | −35% |
| Margarine and shortening | 6,945 | 68 | 0.05% | +56% |
| Broad beans and horse beans, green | 6,884 | 30 | 0.47% | +10% |
| Chillies and peppers, dry | 6,777 | 31 | 0.12% | −10% |
| Buttermilk, dry | 6,487 | 24 | 0.99% | — |
| Green garlic | 6,201 | 56 | 0.02% | −12% |
| Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen | 5,878 | 40 | 0.07% | +306% |
| Palm oil | 5,616 | 38 | 0.01% | −35% |
| Other beans, green | 5,458 | 57 | 0.02% | −5.0% |
| Pears | 5,192 | 61 | 0.02% | +7.3% |
| Oil of sesame seed | 5,115 | 27 | 0.43% | −81% |
| Goat fat, unrendered | 4,321 | 9 | 1.38% | +51% |
| Ginger | 4,191 | 22 | 0.09% | +27% |
| Plums | 4,183 | 61 | 0.03% | +5.2% |
| Oil of palm kernel | 3,545 | 31 | 0.04% | −36% |
| Sheep fat, unrendered | 3,161 | 31 | 0.49% | +51% |
| Castor oil seeds | 3,000 | 15 | 0.17% | 0.0% |
| Pyrethrum, dried flowers | 2,866 | 1 | 39.29% | −59% |
| Other starchy roots and tubers | 2,221 | 47 | 0.02% | +24% |
| Groundnut oil | 2,043 | 57 | 0.03% | −86% |
| Beeswax | 1,908 | 8 | 2.96% | +1.6% |
| Eggs from other birds in shell, fresh, n.e.c. | 1,850 | 21 | 0.03% | +5.1% |
| Fat of pigs | 1,507 | 61 | 0.01% | +306% |
| Carrots and turnips | 1,396 | 109 | 0% | — |
| Anise, coriander, cumin and fennel | 1,359 | 20 | 0.05% | +3.8% |
| Duck meat | 1,316 | 40 | 0.02% | −0.6% |
| Nutmeg, mace and cardamom | 819 | 8 | 0.42% | +10% |
| Pepper (black, white) | 437 | 30 | 0.05% | +9.8% |
Live animals, 2024
Tanzania among the world’s producers, 2024
Share of world production by country for the largest crops of Tanzania, which is outlined on the map.
Small island states are not drawn at this scale.
Production per person, 2024
Tanzania had 68.6 million inhabitants in 2024 (FAOSTAT estimate). Production of its largest products per inhabitant, compared with the world average:
| Product | kg per person | World, kg per person | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cassava | 154 | 41.9 | 3.7× |
| Maize | 147 | 149 | 1.0× |
| Cow milk | 60.2 | 97.7 | 0.6× |
| Rice (paddy) | 59.1 | 100 | 0.6× |
| Sugar cane | 48.8 | 238 | 0.2× |
| Bananas | 47.7 | 17.1 | 2.8× |
| Sweet potatoes | 32.5 | 11.1 | 2.9× |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | 28.5 | 34.5 | 0.8× |
| Beans, dry | 21.4 | 3.71 | 5.8× |
| Skim milk of cows | 19.3 | 17.5 | 1.1× |
| Sunflower seed | 17.5 | 6.40 | 2.7× |
| Sorghum | 11.7 | 7.87 | 1.5× |
Production divided by population; it is not consumption, because crops are traded and used for feed, processing and industry.
Trade in agricultural products, 2024
Tanzania reported exports of 104 and imports of 127 of the products covered here; it was the world’s largest exporter of pigeon peas, dry.
Largest exports by value
| Product | Tonnes | Value | USD/kg | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cashew nuts, in shell | 428,295 | USD 542 m | 1.26 | 3 of 54 |
| Unmanufactured tobacco | 108,498 | USD 509 m | 4.70 | 7 of 101 |
| Coffee, green | 82,171 | USD 293 m | 3.56 | 15 of 131 |
| Sesame seed | 196,742 | USD 268 m | 1.36 | 5 of 124 |
| Pigeon peas, dry | 341,126 | USD 235 m | 0.69 | 1 of 43 |
| Cocoa beans | 14,167 | USD 103 m | 7.30 | 21 of 93 |
| Chick peas, dry | 147,382 | USD 102 m | 0.70 | 6 of 99 |
| Maize (corn) | 372,031 | USD 82.4 m | 0.22 | 24 of 137 |
| Cotton lint, ginned | 48,313 | USD 61.9 m | 1.28 | 18 of 105 |
| Avocados | 32,954 | USD 49.8 m | 1.51 | 14 of 94 |
Largest imports by value
| Product | Tonnes | Value | USD/kg | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat | 1,344,974 | USD 393 m | 0.29 | 38 of 176 |
| Palm oil | 314,127 | USD 175 m | 0.56 | 29 of 191 |
| Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) | 44,659 | USD 32.6 m | 0.73 | 58 of 183 |
| Maize (corn) | 21,630 | USD 26.4 m | 1.22 | 121 of 190 |
| Unmanufactured tobacco | 2,974 | USD 16.5 m | 5.56 | 64 of 139 |
| Wine | 8,218 | USD 13.1 m | 1.60 | 72 of 192 |
| Beer of barley, malted | 14,437 | USD 11.9 m | 0.83 | 89 of 192 |
| Margarine and shortening | 5,144 | USD 10.9 m | 2.11 | 52 of 189 |
| Apples | 7,033 | USD 9.0 m | 1.28 | 98 of 190 |
| Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled | 8,824 | USD 4.7 m | 0.53 | 116 of 189 |
FAOSTAT detailed trade data, release of 23 July 2026: quantities in tonnes and values in current US dollars as reported; exports include re-exports. Only the FAO trade items that match Husfarm production pages are included: meat covers fresh or chilled meat only (frozen meat is a separate item), and processed goods such as milled rice or flour are not listed.
Questions and answers
What are the main crops produced in Tanzania?
By volume, the largest products of Tanzania in 2024 were cassava (10.5 million t), maize (10.1 million t), cow milk (4.1 million t), according to FAOSTAT.
Is Tanzania the world’s largest producer of anything?
Yes. In 2024 Tanzania was the world’s largest producer of 1 product: pyrethrum, dried flowers.
How much cassava does Tanzania produce per person?
About 154 kg per inhabitant in 2024, compared with a world average of 41.9 kg (production divided by population, FAOSTAT).
What does Tanzania export most?
By value, its largest agricultural exports in 2024 among the products covered here were cashew nuts, in shell (USD 542 m), unmanufactured tobacco (USD 509 m), coffee, green (USD 293 m), according to FAOSTAT.
What does Tanzania import most?
By value, its largest agricultural imports in 2024 among the products covered here were wheat (USD 393 m), palm oil (USD 175 m), raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) (USD 32.6 m).
Where does this data come from?
Production, trade and population figures are from FAOSTAT, the statistics database of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rankings, shares and per-person figures are calculated by Husfarm.
Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.