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Jakaya Kikwete

Jakaya Kikwete

Legacy

🇹🇿Tanzania

Rank #72
Score: 67
About Jakaya Kikwete

Jakaya Kikwete served as President of Tanzania from 2005 to 2015. His decade in office saw sustained GDP growth, debt management efforts, and strengthened regional ties; his leadership focused on macroeconomic stability and development projects while managing political continuity under CCM.

Scoring Breakdown
Detailed analysis of the politician's score.

HDI
National HDI context covering Kikwete tenure (2005–2015)7/10
Source: UNDP Human Development Report — Tanzania (2015)
GDP per capita
Sustained growth in his presidency years; World Bank series for trend context6/10
Source: World Bank — GDP per capita (Tanzania) (2014)
Gini coefficient
Gini ~37–41 (survey-based estimates)4/10
Source: World Bank poverty & inequality reports (TZA) (2012)
Employment rate
Employment-to-population ratio (ILO / modeled est.)4/5
Source: ILOSTAT — Tanzania profile (2014)
Freedom index
Mixed record; managed pluralism under CCM during Kikwete era3/10
Source: Freedom House — Tanzania historical reports (2015)
Corruption index
CPI context (perception) — mixed record3/5
Source: Transparency International — Tanzania country page (2015)

Derived Criminal Score
No public criminal convictions recorded20/20
Source: Public / press record (2025)