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Labor Force Participation Rate for Tanzania, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
83.72%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -3.4% since 1990
Labor participation for Tanzania was 83.72% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 88.35% in 2006. The lowest was 82.84% in 2020 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.10% per year.
Tanzania ranks 4 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 2%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 64.31%, so Tanzania sits above it. It peaked in 2006 and has fallen 5% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
83.72%
First (1990)
86.68%
Change
-3.4%
Highest
88.35%
in 2006
Lowest
82.84%
in 2020
Average
85.69%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.10%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 83.72% |
| 2024 | 83.75% |
| 2023 | 83.77% |
| 2022 | 83.77% |
| 2021 | 83.73% |
| 2020 | 82.84% |
| 2019 | 83.81% |
| 2018 | 83.83% |
| 2017 | 83.86% |
| 2016 | 83.89% |
| 2015 | 83.94% |
| 2014 | 83.97% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.