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Employment in services — Tanzania

Employment in services in Tanzania in 2025 — 27.3%. Ranked 174 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 8.7 pp.

2025 27.3% +0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 174of 182
Period maximum 27.3%2025
Period minimum 18.4%1995

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Tanzania, 1991–202517.52022.52527.519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 18.6%1992: 18.6%1993: 18.5%1994: 18.4%1995: 18.4%1996: 18.6%1997: 18.7%1998: 18.8%1999: 19%2000: 19.2%2001: 19.5%2002: 19.9%2003: 20.3%2004: 20.8%2005: 21.3%2006: 21.8%2007: 22.3%2008: 22.6%2009: 23%2010: 23.4%2011: 24%2012: 24.2%2013: 24.8%2014: 25.3%2015: 25.7%2016: 26.1%2017: 26.5%2018: 26.9%2019: 27.3%2020: 26.2%2021: 26.1%2022: 26.4%2023: 26.8%2024: 26.9%2025: 27.3%
Change over the period: +8.7 pp Annual average: 0.26 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Tanzania

Tanzania 27.3%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Eastern Africa computed 30.9%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 39%
Employment in services — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 27.3 +0.5 pp
2024 26.9 +0.1 pp
2023 26.8 +0.4 pp
2022 26.4 +0.3 pp
2021 26.1 −0.1 pp
2020 26.2 −1.1 pp
2019 27.3 +0.4 pp
2018 26.9 +0.4 pp
2017 26.5 +0.4 pp
2016 26.1 +0.4 pp
2015 25.7 +0.4 pp
2014 25.3 +0.5 pp
2013 24.8 +0.5 pp
2012 24.2 +0.3 pp
2011 24 +0.6 pp
2010 23.4 +0.4 pp
2009 23 +0.4 pp
2008 22.6 +0.2 pp
2007 22.3 +0.5 pp
2006 21.8 +0.5 pp
2005 21.3 +0.5 pp
2004 20.8 +0.5 pp
2003 20.3 +0.4 pp
2002 19.9 +0.4 pp
2001 19.5 +0.3 pp
2000 19.2 +0.2 pp
1999 19 +0.2 pp
1998 18.8 +0.2 pp
1997 18.7 +0.1 pp
1996 18.6 +0.2 pp
1995 18.4 −0 pp
1994 18.4 −0.1 pp
1993 18.5 −0.1 pp
1992 18.6 −0.1 pp
1991 18.6 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

DJ Djibouti 92.2 MU Mauritius 74.7 SO Somalia 52.2 KM Comoros 51.6 RW Rwanda 46.5 KE Kenya 41.7 ZM Zambia 35.2 ZW Zimbabwe 34.2 ET Ethiopia 33.4 ER Eritrea 31.8 UG Uganda 27.9 MW Malawi 27.7 TZ Tanzania 27.3 MG Madagascar 20.9 MZ Mozambique 20.6 BI Burundi 11.6
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of total employment in the service sector: trade, transport, communications, finance, business services, public administration, education, health care. In high-income countries it exceeds 70–80%; the rise of this share is the main line of structural change in labor markets over the past half century.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.

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