Female share of the labor force — all countries

Female share of the labor force — Tanzania

Female share of the labor force in Tanzania in 2025 — 49.01%. Ranked 20 in the world out of 182. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 0.23 pp.

2025 49.01% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 20of 182
Period maximum 50.41%2006
Period minimum 48.91%2017

Trend over time

1990–2025 · % of labor force

Female share of the labor force — Tanzania, 1990–202548.54949.55050.519901994199820022006201020142018202220251990: 49.24%1991: 49.32%1992: 49.41%1993: 49.36%1994: 49.14%1995: 49.09%1996: 49.32%1997: 49.5%1998: 49.54%1999: 49.57%2000: 49.56%2001: 49.59%2002: 49.77%2003: 49.94%2004: 50.11%2005: 50.26%2006: 50.41%2007: 50.31%2008: 50.2%2009: 50.15%2010: 50.06%2011: 49.86%2012: 49.63%2013: 49.36%2014: 49.07%2015: 49.03%2016: 48.95%2017: 48.91%2018: 48.91%2019: 48.97%2020: 48.98%2021: 49.12%2022: 49%2023: 49.03%2024: 49.01%2025: 49.01%
Change over the period: −0.23 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Tanzania 49.01%
World 40.18%
Eastern Africa computed 46.86%
Female share of the labor force — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 49.01 −0 pp
2024 49.01 −0.02 pp
2023 49.03 +0.04 pp
2022 49 −0.12 pp
2021 49.12 +0.13 pp
2020 48.98 +0.02 pp
2019 48.97 +0.05 pp
2018 48.91 +0.01 pp
2017 48.91 −0.05 pp
2016 48.95 −0.07 pp
2015 49.03 −0.04 pp
2014 49.07 −0.29 pp
2013 49.36 −0.27 pp
2012 49.63 −0.23 pp
2011 49.86 −0.19 pp
2010 50.06 −0.09 pp
2009 50.15 −0.05 pp
2008 50.2 −0.1 pp
2007 50.31 −0.11 pp
2006 50.41 +0.15 pp
2005 50.26 +0.16 pp
2004 50.11 +0.17 pp
2003 49.94 +0.17 pp
2002 49.77 +0.18 pp
2001 49.59 +0.03 pp
2000 49.56 −0.01 pp
1999 49.57 +0.03 pp
1998 49.54 +0.04 pp
1997 49.5 +0.18 pp
1996 49.32 +0.23 pp
1995 49.09 −0.05 pp
1994 49.14 −0.21 pp
1993 49.36 −0.06 pp
1992 49.41 +0.09 pp
1991 49.32 +0.08 pp
1990 49.24

About the indicator

The share of women in the total labor force. It differs from female labor force participation in measuring composition rather than reach: the first answers what part of those working are women, the second what part of women work. Fifty percent would mean complete equality of composition; in most countries it comes to between forty and forty-eight, and in the Gulf states and South Asia to less than twenty.

Important: A measure of composition, not of access: the share can rise because men are leaving the labor market. It is worth reading together with female labor force participation.

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