Tanzania: USD exchange rate

The currency chart for Tanzania shows historical data for the Tanzanian Shillings per USD exchange rate. These are monthly averages and not end-of-month currency values. An increase means depreciation against the USD as one can exchange more Tanzanian Shillings per USD. Depreciation implies that goods from Tanzania become cheaper to export and it becomes cheaper for foreigners to visit Tanzania.

The series for Tanzania are available from September 2004 to April 2025. For that period, the average exchange rate for Tanzania was 1852.6395 Tanzanian Shillings per USD with a minimum of 1041.423 Tanzanian Shillings per USD in December 2004 and a maximum of 2724.57 Tanzanian Shillings per USD in September 2024. The most recent available data point is 2680.6208 Tanzanian Shillings per USD, a change of 1.6% from the previous data point of 2638.4725 Tanzanian Shillings per USD and a change of 3.9% from a year ago when the level was 2579.8831 Tanzanian Shillings per USD.

Currency values in Tanzania and elsewhere have different driving forces over the short-run and the long-run. Countries may have fixed or floating exchange rate regimes or be part of monetary unions. They may experience currency crises. These and other issues are discussed in detail on our Exchange rate page.