| Governance variable | Ilala | Zanzibar | Mwanza | Mbeya | Tanga | Kinondoni | Arusha | Temeke |
| Fiscal independence of local authorities (%) | 27 | 45 | 24 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 49 | 24 |
| Partnership in service provision (Number of CSOs subcontracted) | 39 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 198 | 17 |
| Promoting bottom-up approaches (Projects conceived versus implemented at ward level in %) | 88 | 82 | 67 | 89 | 78 | 85 | 73 | 79 |
| Improving efficiency through modernisation of municipal administration (% use of ICT) | 75 | 45 | 96 | 50 | 77 | 84 | 83 | 60 |
| Skills availability (% skills available) | 63 | 30 | 87 | 63 | 68 | 95 | 64 | ND |
| Financing of prioritized projects (allocative efficiency %) | 100 | 0 | 100 | 79 | 71 | 76 | 67 | 84 |
| Making land available for urban development (funds spent in Billion TZS) | 0.5 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 7.4 |
| Municipal debt (as % age of revenue) | 19.5 | 66.1 | 24.5 | 4.7 | 31.9 | 6.9 | 10.2 | 44.7 |
| Democratic processes in urban councils (meetings conducted versus required in %) | 200 | 75 | 63 | 100 | 71 | 175 | 140 | 86 |
| Number of By-Laws enacted and approved in 2011 (Number) | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
| Civic engagement (% age voters versus those registered) | 31 | 99 | 35 | 65 | 40 | 34 | 73 | 31 |
| Transparency and accountability (% age of Sub-ward Meetings conducted versus those required) | 120 | 75 | 91 | 80 | 40 |
| 145 | 93 |
| Peoples awareness on development projects at Sub-ward level (%) | 86 | 44 | 17 | 61 | 23 | 67 | 9 | 68 |
| TOTAL | 849 | 584.1 | 623.3 | 621.3 | 526 | 678.4 | 919.6 | 598.1 |
| RANKING | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 6 |