Poverty and living standards in Kaskazini Pemba, Tanzania: official figures
In the 2019/20 Zanzibar Household Budget Survey, 42.5% of people in Wete district and 48.1% of people in Micheweni district lived below Zanzibar's basic-needs poverty line (Zanzibar: 25.7%). Together these districts held 30.6% of Zanzibar's poor.
Is poverty falling in Kaskazini Pemba?
Between 2014/15 and 2019/20 basic-needs poverty went from 47.7% to 42.5% in Wete and 69% to 48.1% in Micheweni.
Source: Office of the Chief Government Statistician, Zanzibar · saved copyHow many homes in Kaskazini Pemba have a proper toilet?
66.8% of households in Kaskazini Pemba had an improved toilet at the 2022 census and 30.9% had no toilet at all (Tanzania: 60.2% and 5.6%); the improved share is 12th highest of Tanzania's 31 regions.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics and Office of the Chief Government Statistician, Zanzibar · saved copyDo households in Kaskazini Pemba have clean water?
81.5% of households in Kaskazini Pemba drew their drinking water from an improved source such as a tap, borehole or protected well in 2022 (Tanzania: 70.1%), 8th highest of Tanzania's 31 regions.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics and Office of the Chief Government Statistician, Zanzibar · saved copyWhat fuel do households in Kaskazini Pemba cook with?
91.9% of households in Kaskazini Pemba cooked mainly with firewood or charcoal in 2022 and 1.2% with gas (Tanzania: 81.6% and 9.2%).
Source: National Bureau of Statistics and Office of the Chief Government Statistician, Zanzibar · saved copyMore figures
- Food poverty (too poor to afford the minimum food basket) stood at 17.1% in Wete and 18.7% in Micheweni in 2019/20 (Zanzibar: 9.3%). Source: Office of the Chief Government Statistician, Zanzibar · saved copy
- 74.2% of households in Kaskazini Pemba lived in houses built of modern materials (the census measure of an improved house) in 2022 (Tanzania: 77.9%), joint 10th lowest of Tanzania's 31 regions. Source: National Bureau of Statistics and Office of the Chief Government Statistician, Zanzibar · saved copy
How Kaskazini Pemba compares with other regions
Households with an improved toilet (2022)
Kaskazini Pemba ranks 12 of 31, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Households with an improved toilet |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Mbeya | 70.4% |
| 10 | Arusha | 68.9% |
| 11 | Pwani | 67.5% |
| 12 | Kaskazini Pemba | 66.8% |
| 13 | Mwanza | 66.2% |
| 14 | Morogoro | 61.9% |
| 15 | Tanga | 61.2% |
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Sources
- National Bureau of Statistics and Office of the Chief Government Statistician, Zanzibar: 2022 Population and Housing Census: Basic Demographic and Socio-Economic Profile, United Republic of Tanzania (regional tables), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 20ed491aac53…)
- Office of the Chief Government Statistician, Zanzibar: Zanzibar Household Budget Survey 2019/2020: Tables 7.3 and 7.4 (poverty by district) and Tables 3.10b and 3.12b (enrolment by region), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 99e322f888d2…)
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