Productivity: output per hour worked in Tanzania
Tanzania: Productivity: output per hour worked was 4.28 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in 2023. ▲ Rising
Productivity: output per hour worked in Tanzania, 2005–2023
Source: Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in international-$ in 2021 prices per hour.
Analysis
The most recent figure for productivity: output per hour worked in Tanzania is 4.28 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 25.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, productivity: output per hour worked in Tanzania peaked at 4.28 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2.46 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour, in 2005.
Tanzania ranks 119th of 130 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.67 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 2.46 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 2.92 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 5 |
| 2010s | 3.49 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 3.23 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 3.9 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.16 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 4.02 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 4.28 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tanzania
- 116 Rwanda 4.48 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour compare
- 117 Ethiopia 4.46 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour compare
- 118 Senegal 4.3 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour compare
- 120 Zimbabwe 3.97 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour compare
- 121 Chad 3.96 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour compare
- 122 Mali 3.75 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour compare
More work & labour data for Tanzania
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 80.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 87.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 83.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 69.4% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 72.1% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 70.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 88.1% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 85.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 82.0% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 92.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is productivity: output per hour worked in Tanzania?
- Productivity: output per hour worked in Tanzania was 4.28 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in 2023, according to Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest productivity: output per hour worked recorded in Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 4.28 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in 2023.
- What is the lowest productivity: output per hour worked recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.46 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour in 2005.
- How does Tanzania rank for productivity: output per hour worked?
- Tanzania ranks 119th out of 130 countries with data for 2023.
- Is productivity: output per hour worked rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tanzania data come from?
- The figures come from Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Productivity: output per hour worked. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 19 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Productivity is calculated as GDP divided by the total number of hours worked in the economy. This data is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.