Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) vs Tanzania: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Tanzania
How they compare
Tanzania currently reports 85.3% against 77.7% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 7.6%.
That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.1 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Tanzania has been ahead every year.
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 5th and Tanzania ranks 7th of 47 groups.
Tanzania has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 81.0% | 92.1% | 11.1% | Tanzania |
| 2000s | 80.0% | 90.3% | 10.3% | Tanzania |
| 2010s | 78.0% | 87.4% | 9.4% | Tanzania |
| 2020s | 77.9% | 85.9% | 8.0% | Tanzania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) or Tanzania?
- Tanzania, at 85.3% against 77.7% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Tanzania?
- 7.6%, with Tanzania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Tanzania?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Tanzania rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 5th and Tanzania ranks 7th of 47 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include sub-categories of employers, own-account workers and members of producers' cooperatives and contributing family workers.