Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Tanzania, United Republic of
Tanzania, United Republic of: Self-employed, male (% of male employment) was 80.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Tanzania, United Republic of, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Tanzania, United Republic of recorded 80.4% for self-employed, male (% of male employment) in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Tanzania, United Republic of peaked at 89.0% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 80.4%, in 2025.
Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 9th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Tanzania, United Republic of, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 89.0% | — |
| 1992 | 88.8% | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 88.7% | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 88.7% | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 88.7% | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 88.5% | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 88.4% | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 88.2% | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 88.0% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 87.8% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 87.6% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 87.2% | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 86.9% | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 86.5% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 86.0% | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 85.6% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 85.1% | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 84.7% | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 84.3% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 84.0% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 83.8% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 83.4% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 83.1% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 82.8% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 82.5% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 82.1% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 81.8% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 81.5% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 81.2% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 81.9% | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 81.3% | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 81.0% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 80.8% | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 80.6% | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 80.4% | -0.3% |
Tanzania, United Republic of compared with similar countries
- Tanzania, United Republic of's 80.4% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 58.5%, 1.4× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Tanzania, United Republic of's 80.4% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 63.4%, 1.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 88.6% | 88.0% | 89.0% | 9 |
| 2000s | 86.2% | 84.3% | 87.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.6% | 81.2% | 84.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.0% | 80.4% | 81.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Tanzania, United Republic of
- 6 Afghanistan 82.8% compare
- 7 Central African Republic 82.7% compare
- 8 Ethiopia 82.6% compare
- 10 South Sudan 80.3% compare
- 11 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 79.8% compare
- 12 Mozambique 78.9% compare
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 self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- Self-employed, male (% of male employment) in Tanzania, United Republic of was 80.4% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest self-employed, male (% of male employment) recorded in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- The highest recorded value was 89.0% in 1991.
- What is the lowest self-employed, male (% of male employment) recorded in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.4% in 2025.
- How does Tanzania, United Republic of rank for self-employed, male (% of male employment)?
- Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 9th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, male (% of male employment) rising or falling in Tanzania, United Republic of?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.