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Tanzania — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Tanzania, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1.57%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -56.3% since 1991
Unemployment for Tanzania was 1.57% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.89% in 1993. The lowest was 1.56% in 2024 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.41% per year.
Tanzania ranks 176 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 94%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 5.45%, so Tanzania sits below it. It peaked in 1993 and has fallen 60% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 22%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1.57%
First (1991)
3.60%
Change
-56.3%
Highest
3.89%
in 1993
Lowest
1.56%
in 2024
Average
2.75%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.41%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.57% |
| 2024 | 1.56% |
| 2023 | 1.57% |
| 2022 | 1.57% |
| 2021 | 1.88% |
| 2020 | 1.79% |
| 2019 | 1.74% |
| 2018 | 1.79% |
| 2017 | 1.85% |
| 2016 | 1.93% |
| 2015 | 2.01% |
| 2014 | 2.13% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. 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.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment 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.