Annual working hours per worker in Tanzania
Tanzania: Annual working hours per worker was 2,129 hours per worker in 2023. ▲ Rising
Annual working hours per worker in Tanzania, 2005–2023
Source: Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025); Huberman and Minns (2005) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hours per worker.
Analysis
The most recent figure for annual working hours per worker in Tanzania is 2,129 hours per worker, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual working hours per worker in Tanzania peaked at 2,129 hours per worker in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,669 hours per worker, in 2012.
Tanzania ranks 42nd of 130 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,748 hours per worker | 1,714 hours per worker | 1,776 hours per worker | 5 |
| 2010s | 1,904 hours per worker | 1,669 hours per worker | 2,078 hours per worker | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,097 hours per worker | 2,034 hours per worker | 2,129 hours per worker | 4 |
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More work & labour data for Tanzania
- Legislation on sexual harassment in employment 1 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Criminal sanctions or compensation for workplace sexual harassment 1 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Women can take the same jobs as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) (2023)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 83.7% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 87.3% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 92.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 80.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 85.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 88.1% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 82.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual working hours per worker in Tanzania?
- Annual working hours per worker in Tanzania was 2,129 hours per worker in 2023, according to Feenstra et al. - Penn World Table (2025); Huberman and Minns (2005) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual working hours per worker recorded in Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 2,129 hours per worker in 2023.
- What is the lowest annual working hours per worker recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,669 hours per worker in 2012.
- How does Tanzania rank for annual working hours per worker?
- Tanzania ranks 42nd out of 130 countries with data for 2023.
- Is annual working hours per worker rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.8%. 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); Huberman and Minns (2005) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual working hours per worker. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average working hours per worker in a given year.