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Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) rose 1.93% to 85.3% in Tanzania in 2020

Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) (%), 2020
Labour | Tanzania | July 1, 2021
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Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) rose 1.93% to 85.3% in Tanzania in 2020, according to World Bank.

Historically, Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) in Tanzania reached an all time high of 92.7% in 1991 and an all time low of 83.7% in 2019. When compared to Tanzania's main peers, Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) in Kenya amounted to 51.3%, 85.5% in Mozambique, 78.2% in Uganda and 78.4% in Zambia in 2020.

Tanzania has been ranked 17th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce), 3 places below the position seen 10 years ago.

Self-Employed (As % of Total Workforce) Unit 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Angola % 74.5% 75.8% 76.6% 77.4% 78.4%
Dem. Republic of the Congo % 80.6% 80.2% 80.3% 80.0% 79.2%
Ethiopia % 87.5% 86.8% 86.0% 85.3% 84.7%
Kenya % 55.1% 53.6% 52.3% 51.3% 50.3%
Malawi % 61.3% 61.4% 61.6% 61.8% 61.9%
Mozambique % 86.5% 86.0% 85.3% 84.5% 84.2%
Rwanda % 69.3% 68.4% 68.0% 67.8% 67.1%
Somalia % 91.9% 91.8% 91.8% 91.8% 91.7%
South Africa % 14.1% 14.6% 15.1% 15.5% 15.6%
South Sudan % 90.9% 91.0% 91.7% 92.0% 92.2%
Tanzania % 86.6% 86.2% 85.7% 85.1% 84.3%
Uganda % 79.0% 78.7% 78.3% 78.3% 77.8%
Zambia % 77.7% 77.1% 76.2% 74.8% 75.1%
Zimbabwe % 66.3% 66.6% 67.0% 67.2% 67.3%