Tanzania TZ: Labour Force

1990 - 2017 | Yearly | Person | World Bank

Tanzania TZ: Labour Force data was reported at 26,306,084.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 25,423,650.000 Person for 2016. Tanzania TZ: Labour Force data is updated yearly, averaging 17,153,931.500 Person from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 26,306,084.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 11,486,990.000 Person in 1990. Tanzania TZ: Labour Force data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Tanzania – Table TZ.World Bank.WDI: Labour Force. Labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. It includes people who are currently employed and people who are unemployed but seeking work as well as first-time job-seekers. Not everyone who works is included, however. Unpaid workers, family workers, and students are often omitted, and some countries do not count members of the armed forces. Labor force size tends to vary during the year as seasonal workers enter and leave.; ; Derived using data from International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database and World Bank population estimates. Labor data retrieved in September 2018.; Sum; Data up to 2016 are estimates while data from 2017 are projections.

View Tanzania's Tanzania TZ: Labour Force from 1990 to 2017 in the chart:

Get this data

What was Tanzania's Tanzania TZ: Labour Force in 2017?

Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
26,306,084.00 2017	25,423,650.00 2016	11,486,990.00 1990	26,306,084.00 2017	Person	yearly	1990 - 2017

Related Indicators for Tanzania TZ: Labour Force

Related indicators	Last	Frequency	Range
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force (Person)	26,306,084.00 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Female: Aged... (%)	69.93 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Male: Aged 1... (%)	74.48 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Aged 15-24 (%)	72.19 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Children in Employment: Unpaid Family Workers: % of Children in Emp... (%)	96.23 2014	yearly	2006 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Children in Employment: Self-employed: % of Children in Employment:... (%)	2.15 2014	yearly	2006 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Children in Employment: Wage Workers: % of Children in Employment: ... (%)	1.61 2014	yearly	2006 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force Participation Rate: National Estimate: Female: Aged 15... (%)	70.42 2014	yearly	1978 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force Participation Rate: National Estimate: Male: Aged 15-2... (%)	74.42 2014	yearly	1978 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force Participation Rate: National Estimate: Aged 15-24 (%)	72.37 2014	yearly	1978 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force Participation Rate: National Estimate: Female: % of Fe... (%)	80.13 2014	yearly	1978 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force Participation Rate: National Estimate: Ratio of Female... (%)	90.93 2014	yearly	1978 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force Participation Rate: National Estimate: Male: % of Male... (%)	88.12 2014	yearly	1978 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force Participation Rate: National Estimate: % of Total Popu... (%)	83.97 2014	yearly	1978 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Children in Employment: Female: % of Female Children Aged 7-14 (%)	34.17 2014	yearly	2001 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Children in Employment: Male: % of Male Children Aged 7-14 (%)	35.27 2014	yearly	2001 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Children in Employment: Study and Work: Female: % of Female Childre... (%)	72.37 2014	yearly	2001 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Children in Employment: Study and Work: Male: % of Male Children in... (%)	69.34 2014	yearly	2001 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Children in Employment: Study and Work: % of Children in Employment... (%)	70.78 2014	yearly	2001 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Children in Employment: Work Only: Female: % of Female Children in ... (%)	27.63 2014	yearly	2001 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Children in Employment: Work Only: Male: % of Male Children in Empl... (%)	30.66 2014	yearly	2001 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Children in Employment: Work Only: % of Children in Employment: Age... (%)	29.22 2014	yearly	2001 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Children in Employment: % of Children Aged 7-14 (%)	34.73 2014	yearly	2001 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Female: % of... (%)	79.46 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Male: % of M... (%)	87.38 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: % of Total P... (%)	83.32 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force: Female: % of Total Labour Force (%)	48.88 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Ratio of Fem... (%)	90.94 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Female: % of... (%)	81.07 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: % of Total P... (%)	84.60 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Male: % of M... (%)	88.28 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Children in Employment: Unpaid Family Workers: Female: % of Female ... (%)	96.16 2014	yearly	2006 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Children in Employment: Unpaid Family Workers: Male: % of Male Chil... (%)	96.30 2014	yearly	2006 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Children in Employment: Self-Employed: Female: % of Female Children... (%)	2.52 2014	yearly	2006 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Children in Employment: Self-Employed: Male: % of Male Children in ... (%)	1.82 2014	yearly	2006 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Average Working Hours of Children: Study and Work: Female: Aged 7-1... (Hour)	13.73 2014	yearly	2014 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Average Working Hours of Children: Study and Work: Male: Aged 7-14:... (Hour)	14.60 2014	yearly	2014 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Average Working Hours of Children: Study and Work: Aged 7-14: Hours... (Hour)	14.17 2014	yearly	2014 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Average Working Hours of Children: Working Only: Female: Aged 7-14:... (Hour)	30.16 2014	yearly	2014 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Average Working Hours of Children: Working Only: Male: Aged 7-14: H... (Hour)	32.86 2014	yearly	2014 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Average Working Hours of Children: Working Only: Aged 7-14: Hours p... (Hour)	31.64 2014	yearly	2014 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Children in Employment: Wage Workers: Female: % of Female Children ... (%)	1.32 2014	yearly	2006 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Children in Employment: Wage Workers: Male: % of Male Children in E... (%)	1.88 2014	yearly	2006 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force With Advanced Education: Female: % of Female Working-a... (%)	97.14 2014	yearly	2001 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force With Advanced Education: Male: % of Male Working-age P... (%)	94.33 2014	yearly	2001 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force With Advanced Education: % of Total Working-age Popula... (%)	87.85 2014	yearly	2001 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force With Basic Education: Female: % of Female Working-age ... (%)	71.23 2014	yearly	2001 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force With Basic Education: Male: % of Male Working-age Popu... (%)	68.00 2014	yearly	2001 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force With Basic Education: % of Total Working-age Populatio... (%)	64.14 2014	yearly	2001 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force With Intermediate Education: Female: % of Female Worki... (%)	81.80 2014	yearly	2001 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force With Intermediate Education: Male: % of Male Working-a... (%)	80.90 2014	yearly	2001 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force With Intermediate Education: % of Total Working-age Po... (%)	79.68 2014	yearly	2001 - 2014

Accurate Macro & Micro Economic Data You Can Trust

Explore the most complete set of 6.6 million time series covering more than 200 economies, 20 industries and 18 macroeconomic sectors.

Learn more about what we do

Tanzania Key Series

National Accounts	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: GDP PPP Per Capita (PPP Intl $)	4,426.620 2027	yearly	1980 - 2027
Forecast: Nominal GDP Per Capita (USD)	1,702.910 2027	yearly	1980 - 2027
Forecast: Real GDP Growth (%)	6.986 2027	yearly	1980 - 2027

Government and Public Finance	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Government Expenditure (TZS bn)	68,354.984 2029	yearly	1991 - 2029
Forecast: Government Net Debt (TZS bn)	145,798.808 2029	yearly	2001 - 2029
Forecast: Government Revenue (TZS bn)	58,874.745 2029	yearly	1991 - 2029

Demographic and Labour Market	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Population (Person mn)	73.362 2028	yearly	1980 - 2028
Forecast: Unemployment Rate (%)	0.000	yearly	-

Inflation	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Consumer Price Index Growth (%)	3.733 2028	yearly	1980 - 2028

Balance of Payments	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn)	-3.007 2029	yearly	1980 - 2029

More Indicators for Tanzania

Indicators	Last	Frequency	Range
Tanzania TZ: Number of Death: Infant (Person)	84,339.00 2016	yearly	1960 - 2016
Tanzania TZ: Number of Death: Under-5 (Person)	117,187.00 2016	yearly	1960 - 2016
Tanzania TZ: Number of Death: Neonatal (Person)	46,117.00 2016	yearly	1969 - 2016
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Female: Aged... (%)	69.93 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Male: Aged 1... (%)	74.48 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force Participation Rate: Modeled ILO Estimate: Aged 15-24 (%)	72.19 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: BOP: Financial Account: Net (USD mn)	-1,753.59 2016	yearly	1976 - 2016
Tanzania TZ: Firms Competing Against Unregistered Firms: % of Firms (%)	72.60 2013	yearly	2006 - 2013
Tanzania TZ: Firm with Female Top Manager: % of Firms (%)	14.00 2013	yearly	2013 - 2013
Tanzania TZ: GDP: per Capita (TZS)	2,086,947.98 2017	yearly	1988 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: GDP: GNI per Capita (TZS)	2,066,078.50 2017	yearly	1988 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Prevalence of Anemia among Children: % of Children Under 5 (%)	55.20 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Tanzania TZ: Cause of Death: by Communicable Diseases & Maternal, Prenatal & Nut... (%)	55.80 2016	yearly	2000 - 2016
Tanzania TZ: Cause of Death: by Injury: % of Total (%)	11.20 2016	yearly	2000 - 2016
Tanzania TZ: Cause of Death: by Non-Communicable Diseases: % of Total (%)	32.90 2016	yearly	2000 - 2016
Tanzania TZ: Mortality Rate: Under-5: Female: per 1000 Live Births (Ratio)	52.90 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Tanzania TZ: Mortality Rate: Under-5: Male: per 1000 Live Births (Ratio)	60.30 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Tanzania TZ: Prevalence of Anemia among Pregnant Women: % (%)	48.00 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Tanzania TZ: Diabetes Prevalence: % of Population Aged 20-79 (%)	5.75 2017	yearly	2017 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Prevalence of Underweight: Weight for Age: Female: % of Children Un... (%)	12.90 2011	yearly	1991 - 2011
Tanzania TZ: Prevalence of Underweight: Weight for Age: Male: % of Children Unde... (%)	14.20 2011	yearly	1991 - 2011
Tanzania TZ: Prevalence of Overweight: Weight for Height: Female: % of Children ... (%)	5.00 2010	yearly	1991 - 2010
Tanzania TZ: Prevalence of Overweight: Weight for Height: Male: % of Children Un... (%)	6.00 2010	yearly	1991 - 2010
Tanzania TZ: Prevalence of Stunting: Height for Age: Female: % of Children Under... (%)	34.20 2011	yearly	1991 - 2011
Tanzania TZ: Prevalence of Stunting: Height for Age: Male: % of Children Under 5 (%)	35.30 2011	yearly	1991 - 2011
Tanzania TZ: Prevalence of Wasting: Weight for Height: Female: % of Children Und... (%)	6.80 2011	yearly	1991 - 2011
Tanzania TZ: Prevalence of Wasting: Weight for Height: Male: % of Children Under... (%)	6.30 2011	yearly	1991 - 2011
Tanzania TZ: Children in Employment: Unpaid Family Workers: % of Children in Emp... (%)	96.23 2014	yearly	2006 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Children in Employment: Self-employed: % of Children in Employment:... (%)	2.15 2014	yearly	2006 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Children in Employment: Wage Workers: % of Children in Employment: ... (%)	1.61 2014	yearly	2006 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Depth of the Food Deficit: Kilocalories per Person per Day (kcal)	238.00 2016	yearly	1992 - 2016
Tanzania TZ: Net Bilateral Aid Flows from Development Assistance Committee Donor... (USD mn)	0.01 2015	yearly	2005 - 2015
Tanzania TZ: Diarrhea Treatment: % of Children Under 5 who Received ORS Packet (%)	44.80 2016	yearly	1986 - 2016
Tanzania TZ: Mortality Rate: Infant: Female: per 1000 Live Births (Ratio)	37.10 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Tanzania TZ: Mortality Rate: Infant: Male: per 1000 Live Births (Ratio)	43.30 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Tanzania TZ: Domestic Credit: to Private Sector by Banks: % of GDP (%)	14.24 2016	yearly	1988 - 2016
Tanzania TZ: Lower Secondary Completion Rate: Female: % of Relevant Age Group (%)	31.70 2013	yearly	2002 - 2013
Tanzania TZ: Lower Secondary Completion Rate: Male: % of Relevant Age Group (%)	37.28 2013	yearly	2002 - 2013
Tanzania TZ: Lower Secondary Completion Rate: Total: % of Relevant Age Group (%)	34.49 2013	yearly	2002 - 2013
Tanzania TZ: Women Who Believe a Husband is Justified in Beating His Wife: When ... (%)	42.00 2016	yearly	2005 - 2016
Tanzania TZ: Women Who Believe a Husband is Justified in Beating His Wife: When ... (%)	20.20 2016	yearly	2005 - 2016
Tanzania TZ: Women Who Believe a Husband is Justified in Beating His Wife: When ... (%)	40.90 2016	yearly	2005 - 2016
Tanzania TZ: Women Who Believe a Husband is Justified in Beating His Wife: When ... (%)	47.90 2016	yearly	2005 - 2016
Tanzania TZ: Women Who Believe a Husband is Justified in Beating His Wife: Any o... (%)	58.00 2016	yearly	2005 - 2016
Tanzania TZ: Women Who Believe a Husband is Justified in Beating His Wife: When ... (%)	30.50 2016	yearly	2005 - 2016
Tanzania TZ: Prevalence of Severe Wasting: Weight for Height: Female: % of Child... (%)	0.80 2010	yearly	1991 - 2010
Tanzania TZ: Prevalence of Severe Wasting: Weight for Height: Male: % of Childre... (%)	1.80 2010	yearly	1991 - 2010
Tanzania TZ: Employment To Population Ratio: National Estimate: Aged 15-24: Fema... (%)	67.16 2014	yearly	2001 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Employment To Population Ratio: National Estimate: Aged 15-24: Male (%)	72.08 2014	yearly	2001 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Employment To Population Ratio: National Estimate: Aged 15-24 (%)	69.56 2014	yearly	2001 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Employment To Population Ratio: National Estimate: Aged 15+: Female (%)	77.97 2014	yearly	2001 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Employment To Population Ratio: National Estimate: Aged 15+: Male (%)	86.74 2014	yearly	2001 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Employment To Population Ratio: National Estimate: Aged 15+ (%)	82.18 2014	yearly	2001 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force Participation Rate: National Estimate: Female: Aged 15... (%)	70.42 2014	yearly	1978 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force Participation Rate: National Estimate: Male: Aged 15-2... (%)	74.42 2014	yearly	1978 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force Participation Rate: National Estimate: Aged 15-24 (%)	72.37 2014	yearly	1978 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force Participation Rate: National Estimate: Female: % of Fe... (%)	80.13 2014	yearly	1978 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force Participation Rate: National Estimate: Ratio of Female... (%)	90.93 2014	yearly	1978 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force Participation Rate: National Estimate: Male: % of Male... (%)	88.12 2014	yearly	1978 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Labour Force Participation Rate: National Estimate: % of Total Popu... (%)	83.97 2014	yearly	1978 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Unemployment: National Estimate: Youth Female: % of Female Labour F... (%)	4.63 2014	yearly	2001 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Unemployment: National Estimate: Youth Male: % of Male Labour Force... (%)	3.14 2014	yearly	2001 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Unemployment: National Estimate: Youth: % of Total Labour Force Age... (%)	3.89 2014	yearly	2001 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Unemployment: National Estimate: Female: % of Female Labour Force (%)	2.69 2014	yearly	1991 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Unemployment: National Estimate: Male: % of Male Labour Force (%)	1.57 2014	yearly	1991 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Unemployment: National Estimate: % of Total Labour Force (%)	2.12 2014	yearly	1991 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Prevalence of Severe Wasting: Weight for Height: % of Children unde... (%)	1.20 2015	yearly	1991 - 2015
Tanzania TZ:(GDP) Gross Domestic Productper Unit of Energy Use: 2011 Price: PPP ... (Intl $/kg)	4.91 2014	yearly	1990 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: Energy Use: Kg of Oil Equivalent per 1000 PPP GDP: 2011 Price (kg)	203.86 2014	yearly	1990 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: CO2 Emissions: Kg per PPP of(GDP) Gross Domestic Product2011 Price (kg)	0.09 2014	yearly	1990 - 2014
Tanzania TZ: GDP: PPP: 2011 Price: Household Final Consumption Expenditure (Intl $ mn)	81,583.45 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Tanzania TZ: GDP: PPP: 2011 Price (Intl $ mn)	149,278.62 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: GDP: PPP: 2011 Price:(GDP) Gross Domestic Productper Capita (Intl $)	2,683.30 2017	yearly	1990 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: GNI: PPP: 2011 Price (Intl $)	137,922,381,483.38 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Tanzania TZ: GNI: PPP: 2011 Price: GNI per Capita (Intl $)	2,556.66 2016	yearly	1990 - 2016
Tanzania TZ: Exports: fob: World (USD mn)	3,864.29 2017	yearly	1948 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: United States (USD mn)	56.13 2017	yearly	1948 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: United Kingdom (USD mn)	21.38 2017	yearly	1948 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: Austria (USD mn)	0.72 2017	yearly	1954 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: Belgium (USD mn)	249.39 2017	yearly	1997 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: Denmark (USD mn)	3.08 2017	yearly	1949 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: France (USD mn)	15.12 2017	yearly	1948 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: Germany (USD mn)	54.36 2017	yearly	1949 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: Italy (USD mn)	51.04 2017	yearly	1948 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: Luxembourg (USD mn)	0.00 2017	yearly	2000 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: Netherlands (USD mn)	79.20 2017	yearly	1948 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: Norway (USD mn)	0.48 2017	yearly	1949 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: Sweden (USD mn)	5.99 2017	yearly	1948 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: Switzerland (USD mn)	249.35 2017	yearly	1949 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: Canada (USD mn)	4.88 2017	yearly	1948 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: Japan (USD mn)	67.46 2017	yearly	1948 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Exports: fob: Emerging and Developing Economies: Europe (USD mn)	29.78 2017	yearly	1949 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: Finland (USD mn)	2.14 2017	yearly	1949 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: Greece (USD mn)	4.36 2017	yearly	1949 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: Iceland (USD mn)	0.01 2017	yearly	1986 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: Ireland (USD mn)	0.40 2017	yearly	1949 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: Malta (USD mn)	0.35 2017	yearly	1991 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: Portugal (USD mn)	23.34 2017	yearly	1975 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Exports: fob: Advanced Economies: Spain (USD mn)	21.82 2017	yearly	1949 - 2017
Tanzania TZ: Exports: fob: Emerging and Developing Economies: Europe: Emerging a... (USD mn)	3.11 2017	yearly	1952 - 2017

Request a demo of CEIC

CEIC’s economic databases cover over 200 global markets. Our Platform offers the most reliable macroeconomic data and advanced analytical tools.

Request a demo

Please note, product demos are not available for students. Please click here to find out more about the version of CEIC available for student users.

Demographic and Labour Market

Labour Force

Employment and Unemployment Social Protection