Tanzania — Unemployment rate
percent · Annual · 1991–2025 · 35 observations
About this series
The unemployment rate is the number of people without work who are available for and seeking work, divided by the labour force. It is expressed as a percentage.
For Tanzania, the unemployment rate reading stood at 1.57% in 2025. Against 1.56% in 2024, the period change was +0.01 percentage points. It was below the selected 10-year average of 1.72%.
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- Annual data, 1991–2025
- Quarterly data, 2015–2024
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Latest observations
2016–2025
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.57 % |
| 2024 | 1.56 % |
| 2023 | 1.57 % |
| 2022 | 1.57 % |
| 2021 | 1.88 % |
5 earlier values, back to 2016
| 2020 | 1.79 % |
| 2019 | 1.74 % |
| 2018 | 1.79 % |
| 2017 | 1.85 % |
| 2016 | 1.93 % |