Employers, total (% of total employment) in Tanzania, United Republic of
Tanzania, United Republic of: Employers, total (% of total employment) was 1.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employers, total (% of total employment) in Tanzania, United Republic of, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
In 2025, employers, total (% of total employment) in Tanzania, United Republic of stood at 1.7%. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employers, total (% of total employment) in Tanzania, United Republic of peaked at 1.7% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 1991.
That places Tanzania, United Republic of 146th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Employers, total (% of total employment) in Tanzania, United Republic of, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1.5% | — |
| 1992 | 1.5% | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 1.6% | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 1.5% | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 1.6% | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 1.6% | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 1.5% | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 1.5% | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 1.5% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1.5% | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 1.5% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 1.6% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 1.6% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 1.6% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 1.6% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 1.6% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1.6% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 1.6% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 1.6% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 1.6% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 1.6% | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 1.6% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 1.6% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 1.6% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1.6% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.6% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 1.6% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1.6% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 1.6% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 1.6% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1.7% | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 1.7% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1.7% | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.7% | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 1.7% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 6 |
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More work & labour data for Tanzania, United Republic of
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 7,078 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 83.66 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 36,231 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 1.52 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.09 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 8,562 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 2,584 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 82.38 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 3.35 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 3.13 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employers, total (% of total employment) in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- Employers, total (% of total employment) in Tanzania, United Republic of was 1.7% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- The highest recorded value was 1.7% in 2025.
- What is the lowest employers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 1991.
- How does Tanzania, United Republic of rank for employers, total (% of total employment)?
- Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 146th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tanzania, United Republic of data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Employers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, 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), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).