The following are social problems, which Tanzania faced since independence.
- Famine and shortage of health services as the government adopted the Structural Adjustment Policies of IMF.
- Poverty and a general drop in living standards as production dropped due to socialism.
- Lack of social amenities, like clean water in rural areas.
- High illiteracy level.
- Unemployment. In Tanzania, industries closed after the Arusha declaration.
- Population explosion which outstripped the country’s resource
- terrorism. Tanzania was under terrorist attacks in 1997 targeting the American embassy.
- Environmental pollution.
- Over-crowding in urban areas.
