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title: "Tanzania: Politics & Democracy | Model Diplomat"
description: "Tanzania politics: ranks #97 of 179 on the V-Dem liberal democracy index in 2025 (score 29.7/100). Current leaders, democracy trend since 1946, and upcoming elections."
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# 🇹🇿 Tanzania: Politics & Democracy

By V-Dem's measure, no — Tanzania scores 29.7 on the 0–100 liberal democracy index, which places it firmly in the autocratic range.

Liberal democracy rank (2025)

\#97 of 179

Score (0–100)

29.7

10-year change

−9.4

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## Current leaders

Samia Suluhu Hassan

Head of State · Party of the Revolution

since 2021-03-19

## Democracy trend

Tanzania — V-Dem liberal democracy index, 1915–2025 (0–100 scale). Latest: 29.7 in 2025.

## Voting alignment

Tanzania's closest UN General Assembly voting partners since 1946:

[Seychelles · 95.1%](https://modeldiplomat.com/politics/alignment/syc-vs-tza)[São Tomé & Príncipe · 94.9%](https://modeldiplomat.com/politics/alignment/stp-vs-tza)[Zambia · 94.5%](https://modeldiplomat.com/politics/alignment/tza-vs-zmb)[All friends & foes →](https://modeldiplomat.com/politics/alignment/tanzania)

## Frequently asked questions

Is Tanzania a democracy?

By V-Dem's measure, no — Tanzania scores 29.7 on the 0–100 liberal democracy index, which places it firmly in the autocratic range. It ranks #97 of 179 countries in 2025.

Is democracy in Tanzania improving or declining?

Tanzania's V-Dem liberal democracy score fell by 9.4 points over the past decade (a decline on this index), standing at 29.7 in 2025 (1-year change: −6.0).

Who leads Tanzania?

Samia Suluhu Hassan is Tanzania's head of state (Party of the Revolution).

## More on Tanzania

[Full country profile](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/tanzania)[Blocs & alliances](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/tanzania/blocs-alliances)[Treaties](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/tanzania/treaties)[Background](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/tanzania/background)[Politics & democracy](https://modeldiplomat.com/politics/tanzania)

- [Tanzania's UN voting friends & foes](https://modeldiplomat.com/politics/alignment/tanzania)
- [Where Tanzania ranks on the global democracy index](https://modeldiplomat.com/politics/democracy-index)
- [Upcoming elections worldwide](https://modeldiplomat.com/politics/elections)
- [UN General Assembly voting by topic](https://modeldiplomat.com/politics/un)

Data source: Coppedge, Michael et al. 'V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v16', Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project, https\://www\.v-dem.net, CC BY 4.0.