Relationship dossier
India
Tanzania
Relationship assessment
India and Tanzania maintain a sustained partnership in development, defense and diplomacy.
India toward Tanzania
+55India has extended lines of credit for Tanzanian development projects, including water infrastructure, and has provided technical training and capacity-building support. During President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s 2023 visit to India, the two governments established a strategic partnership and signed agreements in fields including defense and maritime cooperation.
Tanzania toward India
+45Tanzania’s government elevated relations with India to a strategic partnership during President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s 2023 visit and concluded bilateral agreements covering areas including defense and maritime cooperation. These steps reflect concrete Tanzanian government engagement with India.
Overall relationship
+50The relationship has a durable cooperative structure, combining Indian development and capacity-building assistance with regular high-level engagement and bilateral agreements. The 2023 strategic partnership and accords in defense and maritime cooperation broadened that framework. No specific bilateral disputes are identified in this assessment.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
India and Tanzania maintain a sustained partnership spanning development assistance, technical training, defense and diplomacy. India has provided credit for development projects and capacity-building support. In 2023, the countries elevated ties to a strategic partnership and signed agreements covering areas including defense, maritime cooperation and digital technology. The relationship is broadly cooperative, with no specific bilateral disagreement identified in this assessment.
Key developments
During President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s state visit, India and Tanzania elevated bilateral ties to a strategic partnership and signed agreements in several areas, including defense and maritime cooperation.
Major uncertainties
- The implementation and longer-term outcomes of agreements announced in 2023 are unclear.
- The scale and continuity of development and defense cooperation are not fully clear.