Over ******* metric tons of sand were mined in Zanzibar as of 2021. The volume decreased from about ******* metric tons in 2020. The Tanzanian archipelago has been dealing with a sand shortage in 2020, which led authorities to impose restrictions on sand mining on the archipelago.
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Office of the Chief Government Statistician Zanzibar. (October 12, 2022). Production volume of sand mining in Zanzibar, Tanzania, from 2016 to 2021 (in metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 07, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1273871/production-volume-of-sand-mining-in-zanzibar/
Office of the Chief Government Statistician Zanzibar. "Production volume of sand mining in Zanzibar, Tanzania, from 2016 to 2021 (in metric tons)." Chart. October 12, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 07, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1273871/production-volume-of-sand-mining-in-zanzibar/
Office of the Chief Government Statistician Zanzibar. (2022). Production volume of sand mining in Zanzibar, Tanzania, from 2016 to 2021 (in metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 07, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1273871/production-volume-of-sand-mining-in-zanzibar/
Office of the Chief Government Statistician Zanzibar. "Production Volume of Sand Mining in Zanzibar, Tanzania, from 2016 to 2021 (in Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Oct 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1273871/production-volume-of-sand-mining-in-zanzibar/
Office of the Chief Government Statistician Zanzibar, Production volume of sand mining in Zanzibar, Tanzania, from 2016 to 2021 (in metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1273871/production-volume-of-sand-mining-in-zanzibar/ (last visited May 07, 2026)
Production volume of sand mining in Zanzibar, Tanzania, from 2016 to 2021 (in metric tons) [Graph], Office of the Chief Government Statistician Zanzibar, October 12, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1273871/production-volume-of-sand-mining-in-zanzibar/
