| Abstract |
The 2023/24 SBR is the first harmonized census conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Tanzania Mainland and Office of the Chief Government Statistician (OCGS) Tanzania Zanzibar. The main objective of the SBR census if to provide sampling frame for all establishment based censuses and surveys. Previous censuses were conducted separately for Tanzania Mainland and Tanzania Zanzibar.
This report presents findings based on visited establishments. The Census of Business Register (SBR) was a complete enumeration of all operating economic units with a fixed location in the country, irrespective of the number of employees. Census results indicates that, a total of 219,371 establishments were enumerated in Tanzania; 179,196 establishments inTanzania Mainland and 40,175 in Tanzania Zanzibar.
The distribution of establishments by region reveals that, the majority of establishments are located in Dar es Salaam Region (25,935 establishments; 11.8%), followed by Mjini Magharibi (22,711; 10.4%), Geita (9,739; 4.4%), Mwanza (9,524; 4.3%), Mbeya (8,555; 3.9%) and Dodoma (8,098; 3.7%). The remaining regions has less than 3.6 percent of the enumerated establishments each.
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles have the largest number of establishments accounting for 55.1 percent of all establishments, followed by Accommodation and food service activities (9.3%), Manufacturing (8.0%), Other service activities (7.5%) and Education (5.9%). The remaining activities has less than five percent each.
More than eighty four percent (84.3%) are owned by Private Profit-Making Institutions, 7.6 percent are owned by Government Institutions and 3.9 percent are owned by Private Non-Profit Making Institutions. Very few establishments are owned by Parastatals (1.8%), Cooperatives (1.5%) and Joint Venture (0.9%). Amongst establishments owned by Government institutions, education as an economic activity, accounts for the highest percentage (44.0%) of establishments, followed by public administration and defence compulsory social security (34.2%) and human health and social work activities (12.7%).
The distribution of establishments by size group reveals that 78.1 percent of establishment have 1-4 workers..
Most establishments, 91.8 percent are stand-alone eestablishments or enterprises or organizations without branches. stand alone establishment is an independent establishment that does not have branches or is not associated with any other establishment. About five percent are branches of establishments of large organizations and about three percent are Headquarters of establishments with more than one branch.
Out of 219,339 enumerated establishments in Tanzania, 78.1 percent are registered, 16.0 percent are not registered and 5.8 percent are mostly Government offices hence do not need registration.
In Tanzania Mainland, out of 179,196 enumerated establishments, 77.5 percent are registered, 16.0 percent are not registered and 6.5 percent are mostly Government offices that do not need registration, whereas in Tanzania Zanzibar, out of 40,175 enumerated establishments, 80.9 percent are registered, 15.7 percent are not registered and 3.4 percent mostly Government offices hence do not need registration.
The number of persons engaged (Employees) for mostl economic activities reveal that, there were more males than females counterpart, with exception of Accommodation and food services (males 42.9% and females 57.1%) and Human health and social work activities (males 44.9% and females 55.1%). |
| Table of contents |
Table of Contents
List of Tables iv
List of Figures vii
Preface viii
Acknowledgement ix
Executive Summary x
Acronym And Abbreviations xii
Definition of Terms xiii
CHAPTER ONE 1
Background Information 1
1.0 Introduction 1
1.1 Objectives of the Census 1
CHAPTER TWO 2
CENSUS METHODOLOGY 2
2.0 Introduction 2
2.1 Methodology 2
2.1.1 Census Organization 2
2.1.2 Scope and Coverage 2
2.1.3 Census Instruments 3
2.1.4 Pilot Exercise 3
2.1.5 Recruitment and Training 3
2.1.6 Data Collection 3
2.1.7 Data Processing 4
2.1.8 Data Cleaning and Tabulation Plan 4
2.1.9 Ethical Consideration 4
CHAPTER THREE 5
FINDINGS 5
3.0 Introduction 5
3.1 Number of Establishment by Region 5
3.2 Establishments by Economic Activity 6
3.3 Establishments by Main Sectors 11
3.4 Establishments by Type of Ownership 12
3.5 Year an Establishment Started Operation 15
3.6 Establishments by Size Group 15
3.7 Establishments by Organizational Structure 16
3.8 Establishments by Registration Status 17
3.9 Establishments by Employment Status 19
CHAPTER FOUR 23
Findings on Specific Economic Activity 23
4.0 Introduction 23
4.1 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Sector 23
4.1.1 Ownership in the Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing Sector 24
4.1.2 Employment in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Sector 24
4.2 Mining and Quarrying Sector 25
4.2.1 Ownership in Mining and Quarrying Sector 26
4.2.2 Employment in the Mining and Quarrying Sector 26
4.3 Manufacturing Sector 27
4.3.1 Ownership in Manufacturing Sector 28
4.3.2 Employment in the Manufacturing Sector 30
4.4 Energy Sector 31
4.4.1 Employment in the Energy Sector 31
4.5 Water Supply, Sewerage and Waste Management Sector 32
4.5.1 Employment in Water Supply, Sewerage and Waste Management Sector 32
4.6 Construction Sector 33
4.6.1 Employment in Construction Sector 33
4.6.2 Ownership in Construction Sector 34
4.7 Trade Sector 34
4.7.1 Employment in Trade Sector 35
4.8 Transportation and Storage Sector 35
4.8.1 Ownership in Transportation and Storage Sector 36
4.8.2 Employment in Transport and Storage Sector 36
4.9 Accommodation, Food and Beverage Service Activities Sector 37
4.9.1 Employment in Accommodation, Food and Beverage Services 38
4.10 Information and Communication Sector 38
4.10.1 Employment in Information and Communication 39
4.10.2 Ownership in Information and Communication Sector 39
4.11 Financial and Insurance Sector 40
4.11.1 Ownership in Financial and Insurance Sector 40
4.12 Real Estate Activities Sector 41
4.12.1 Employment in Real Estate Activity 41
4.13 Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities Sector 42
4.13.1 Employment in Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities Sector 42
4.14 Administrative and Support Service Activities Sector 43
4.14.1 Employment in Administrative and Support Service Activities 43
4.15 Public Administration, Defense and Compulsory Social Security Sector 44
4.16 Education Sector 44
4.16.1 Employment in Education 45
4.16.2 Ownership in the Education 45
4.17 Human Health and Social Work Activities Sector 46
4.17.1 Ownership in Human Health and Social Work Activities 47
4.18 Arts, Entertainment and Recreation Activities Sector 47
4.18.1 Ownership in the Arts, Entertainment and Recreation Sector 48
4.19 Other Service Activities Sector 48
4.19.1 Ownership in the Other Services Sector 49
CHAPTER FIVE 50
CONCLUSION, CHALENGES AND RECOMMENDATIONS 50
5.0 Introduction 50
5.1 Conclusion 50
5.2 Challenges 51
5.3 Recommendations 51 |
