Unemployment rate: Tanzania
1.572% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.572 |
| 2024 | 1.557 |
| 2023 | 1.565 |
| 2022 | 1.573 |
| 2021 | 1.876 |
| 2020 | 1.792 |
| 2019 | 1.735 |
| 2018 | 1.792 |
| 2017 | 1.854 |
| 2016 | 1.931 |
| 2015 | 2.009 |
| 2014 | 2.125 |
| 2013 | 2.93 |
| 2012 | 3.223 |
| 2011 | 3.47 |
| 2010 | 3.03 |
| 2009 | 2.5 |
| 2008 | 2.775 |
| 2007 | 3.023 |
| 2006 | 3.299 |
| 2005 | 3.193 |
| 2004 | 3.105 |
| 2003 | 3.053 |
| 2002 | 3.023 |
| 2001 | 2.994 |
| 2000 | 3.129 |
| 1999 | 3.219 |
| 1998 | 3.283 |
| 1997 | 3.342 |
| 1996 | 3.475 |
| 1995 | 3.672 |
| 1994 | 3.861 |
| 1993 | 3.892 |
| 1992 | 3.683 |
| 1991 | 3.6 |