Work & Labour in Tanzania 89 indicators covering work & labour for Tanzania. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 69.4% 2025 down 1.0% 8th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 72.1% 2025 down 2.8% 8th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 83.7% 2025 down 0.3% 4th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 87.3% 2025 down 0.7% 7th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 92.0% 2025 up 0.9% 17th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 70.7% 2025 down 1.9% 7th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 82.0% 2025 up 0.4% 8th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 88.1% 2025 down 0.8% 10th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 85.0% 2025 down 0.1% 8th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 80.3% 2025 up 0.2% 4th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 19.6% 2025 up 12.0% 178th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 25.7% 2025 up 7.5% 177th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 29.0% 2025 up 5.2% 170th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 9.4% 2025 up 21.2% 177th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 8.1% 2025 up 3.0% 172nd Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 14.7% 2025 up 14.8% 180th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 38.6% 2025 down 9.0% 12th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 19.4% 2025 down 0.2% 14th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 28.8% 2025 down 6.2% 11th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 4.2% 2025 down 9.8% 169th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 11.8% 2025 up 8.0% 171st Employment in services (% of total employment) 27.3% 2025 up 6.3% 178th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 85.3% 2025 down 2.2% 7th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 80.4% 2025 down 2.6% 9th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 90.6% 2025 down 1.8% 10th Employers, total (% of total employment) 1.7% 2025 up 4.3% 145th Employers, male (% of male employment) 2.3% 2025 down 2.8% 146th Employers, female (% of female employment) 1.1% 2025 up 23.7% 135th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 3.2% 2025 down 24.4% 174th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 1.6% 2025 down 40.7% 183rd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 2.4% 2025 down 30.8% 180th GDP per person employed 7,791 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 17.7% 163rd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 2.4% 2024 up 14.4% 160th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 1.5% 2024 down 4.8% 165th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 3.4% 2024 up 25.0% 142nd Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 81.7% 2024 up 1.9% 1st Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 89.2% 2024 up 1.3% 3rd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 85.3% 2024 up 1.6% 2nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 69.0% 2024 down 2.0% 5th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 77.4% 2024 up 4.0% 4th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 91.5% 2024 up 0.7% 21st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 73.1% 2024 up 1.0% 3rd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 4.7% 2024 up 21.5% 141st Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 3.2% 2024 up 1.7% 145th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 6.4% 2024 up 37.2% 132nd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 14.9% 2025 down 19.9% 130th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 7.3% 2025 down 29.1% 166th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 11.1% 2025 down 23.2% 143rd Productivity: output per hour worked 4.28 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 25.7% 119th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 78.1% 2025 down 2.5% 6th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 67.1% 2025 up 0.1% 7th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 71.0% 2025 down 1.7% 6th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 69.1% 2025 down 0.8% 6th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 83.7% 2025 down 2.3% 8th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 78.5% 2025 up 0.6% 4th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 86.5% 2025 down 0.2% 5th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 82.4% 2025 up 0.2% 4th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 89.5% 2025 down 2.0% 10th Unemployment with basic education 1.7% 2024 down 32.5% 115th Unemployment with basic education, male 1.0% 2024 down 44.7% 123rd Page 1 of 2 Next →