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Tanzania – Unemployment Rate

Name: Tanzania Unemployment Rate
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Percentage of the total labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment, based on ILO definition. · World Bank

1.57% +0.02pp from 2024 G20 rank: 12th · all-time high: 3.89% (1993)

APA

Tanzania Unemployment Rate. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/tanzania/unemployment-rate

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_tanzania_unemployment-rate,
  title = {Tanzania Unemployment Rate},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/tanzania/unemployment-rate},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2026	soon
2027	projection soon
2025	1.57%	+0.02pp	12th
2024	1.56%	−0.01pp	12th
2023	1.57%	−0.01pp	11th
2022	1.57%	−0.30pp	13th
2021	1.88%	+0.08pp	11th
2020	1.79%	+0.06pp	12th
2019	1.74%	−0.06pp	15th
2018	1.79%	−0.06pp	15th
2017	1.85%	−0.08pp	14th
2016	1.93%	−0.08pp	16th
2015	2.01%	−0.12pp	18th
2014	2.13%	−0.81pp	22nd
2013	2.93%	−0.29pp	29th
2012	3.22%	−0.25pp	32nd
2011	3.47%	+0.44pp	39th
2010	3.03%	+0.53pp	27th
2009	2.50%	−0.28pp	20th
2008	2.78%	−0.25pp	24th
2007	3.02%	−0.28pp	31st
2006	3.30%	+0.11pp	34th
2005	3.19%	+0.09pp	33rd
2004	3.11%	+0.05pp	28th
2003	3.05%	+0.03pp	27th
2002	3.02%	+0.03pp	31st
2001	2.99%	−0.14pp	32nd
2000	3.13%	−0.09pp	33rd
1999	3.22%	−0.06pp	33rd
1998	3.28%	−0.06pp	33rd
1997	3.34%	−0.13pp	42nd
1996	3.48%	−0.20pp	42nd
1995	3.67%	−0.19pp	49th
1994	3.86%	−0.03pp	51st
1993	3.89%	+0.21pp	54th
1992	3.68%	+0.08pp	60th
1991	3.60%	–	66th

Show all years (1991–2025)

Detected Pattern▾

Orthodox Tightening Cycle

Inflation above 40%, lending rate above 30%, rate-inflation gap narrowing, reserves stable or rising. Signals credible monetary tightening.

Inflation 16.0% Rate 15.6% Gap -0.4pp Reserves YoY +8.8%

This pattern occurred 271 times in G20 history, 157 successful

Angola 2024

Inflation

28.2%

Rate

19.4%

Gap

-8.8pp

Reserves YoY

+2.2%

Argentina 2024

Inflation

219.9%

Rate

61.7%

Gap

-158.2pp

Reserves YoY

+28.1%

Egypt, Arab Republic of 2024

Inflation

28.3%

Rate

24.3%

Gap

-4.0pp

Reserves YoY

+35.8%

Egypt, Arab Republic of 2023

Inflation

33.9%

Rate

17.8%

Gap

-16.1pp

Reserves YoY

+2.9%

Gambia, The 2023

Inflation

17.0%

Rate

20.8%

Gap

+3.8pp

Reserves YoY

+1.5%

Hungary 2023

Inflation

17.1%

Rate

15.3%

Gap

-1.8pp

Reserves YoY

+10.9%

HistorySaid

Tanzania's unemployment rate stood at 1.57% in 2025, a rise of +0.02pp from 2024.