Relationship dossier
Tanzania
United States
Relationship assessment
Substantial development and health cooperation, alongside disagreements over governance and human rights
Tanzania toward United States
+30The Tanzanian government engaged in bilateral development cooperation through Millennium Challenge Corporation compacts and has participated in U.S.-supported health and security programs. This cooperation has not prevented disagreements over governance and the conditions attached to U.S. assistance.
United States toward Tanzania
+40The U.S. government has provided substantial development and public-health assistance to Tanzania, including through programs such as PEPFAR, and supported major infrastructure and development projects through Millennium Challenge Corporation compacts. It has also raised governance and human-rights concerns; those concerns contributed to the suspension of a second compact.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship has a durable cooperative foundation in development, health, and security, including major U.S.-Tanzania development compacts and sustained assistance. It is not an unqualified partnership: disagreements over governance and human rights have affected U.S. assistance and complicated cooperation.
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
Tanzania and the United States have maintained substantial cooperation in development, public health, and security. Tanzania entered major Millennium Challenge Corporation agreements, while U.S. assistance has supported health and development programs. Cooperation has coexisted with U.S. concerns about governance and human rights, including concerns that led to the suspension of a second Millennium Challenge compact.
Areas of tension
- U.S. concerns about governance and human rights, including issues associated with the suspension of a second Millennium Challenge compact.
Key developments
Tanzania and the United States implemented a Millennium Challenge Corporation compact focused on infrastructure and development.
A second Millennium Challenge Corporation compact was signed, but the United States later suspended it amid concerns about governance and human rights.
Major uncertainties
- The scale and implementation of current bilateral programs are unclear.
- The extent of recent security cooperation is unclear.