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Carbon intensity of electricity — Tanzania

Carbon intensity of electricity in Tanzania in 2024 — 345 g/kWh. Ranked 77 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 187.5%.

2024 345 g/kWh −7.44% vs 2023
World rank 77of 195
Period maximum 387 g/kWh2013
Period minimum 59 g/kWh2003

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Tanzania, 2000–202401002003004002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 120 g/kWh2001: 67 g/kWh2002: 62 g/kWh2003: 59 g/kWh2004: 142 g/kWh2005: 292 g/kWh2006: 325 g/kWh2007: 233 g/kWh2008: 222 g/kWh2009: 231 g/kWh2010: 255 g/kWh2011: 321 g/kWh2012: 363 g/kWh2013: 387 g/kWh2014: 316 g/kWh2015: 371 g/kWh2016: 328 g/kWh2017: 337 g/kWh2018: 345 g/kWh2019: 337 g/kWh2020: 299 g/kWh2021: 320 g/kWh2022: 349 g/kWh2023: 373 g/kWh2024: 345 g/kWh
Change over the period: +225 (+187.52%) Average annual rate: 4.5 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Tanzania 345 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 492 g/kWh
Eastern Africa computed 168 g/kWh
Lower-middle-income countries computed 624 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 345 −28 −7.44%
2023 373 +23 +6.72%
2022 349 +29 +9.07%
2021 320 +21 +7.15%
2020 299 −38 −11.37%
2019 337 −8 −2.19%
2018 345 +8 +2.41%
2017 337 +8 +2.49%
2016 328 −42 −11.37%
2015 371 +54 +17.17%
2014 316 −71 −18.34%
2013 387 +24 +6.6%
2012 363 +42 +13.16%
2011 321 +66 +25.83%
2010 255 +24 +10.34%
2009 231 +9 +3.95%
2008 222 −11 −4.72%
2007 233 −91 −28.11%
2006 325 +32 +11.1%
2005 292 +151 +106.23%
2004 142 +83 +140.11%
2003 59 −3 −5.2%
2002 62 −5 −7.24%
2001 67 −53 −44.05%
2000 120 — —

Eastern Africa, 2024

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

ET Ethiopia 23 MW Malawi 55 UG Uganda 59 KE Kenya 85 ZM Zambia 126 MZ Mozambique 129 BI Burundi 184 TZ Tanzania 345 RW Rwanda 354 ZW Zimbabwe 384 MG Madagascar 432 DJ Djibouti 450 SO Somalia 512 SC Seychelles 556 ER Eritrea 578 MU Mauritius 642 SS South Sudan 643
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About the indicator

Carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector per kilowatt-hour of generation. A single number into which the whole structure of generation folds: a coal plant gives about 820 grams per kilowatt-hour, a gas plant roughly 490, and nuclear, wind and solar single digits. The indicator therefore reads as a summary verdict on a power system and is especially useful for comparing countries with different generation mixes: one may have a lot of hydro and another nuclear, yet the result comes out close.

Important: Emissions from generating electricity are counted, without emissions from building the plants and extracting the fuel. Aggregates are weighted by generation and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.

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