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Access to electricity — Tanzania

Access to electricity in Tanzania in 2024 — 52.4%. Ranked 199 in the world out of 215. Since 1992, the indicator has risen by 45.6 pp.

2024 52.4% +4.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 199of 215
Period maximum 52.4%2024
Period minimum 2.3%1993

Trend over time

1992–2024 · % of population

Access to electricity — Tanzania, 1992–202402040601992199620002004200820122016202020241992: 6.8%1993: 2.3%1994: 3.3%1995: 4.3%1996: 9.4%1997: 6.2%1998: 7.2%1999: 8%2000: 8.7%2001: 9.7%2002: 10.7%2003: 11.1%2004: 11.4%2005: 13.8%2006: 14.9%2007: 15.9%2008: 11.5%2009: 11.2%2010: 14.8%2011: 14.2%2012: 15.3%2013: 16.4%2014: 23.5%2015: 26.2%2016: 32.8%2017: 32.1%2018: 34.9%2019: 37.7%2020: 39.9%2021: 42.7%2022: 45.8%2023: 48.3%2024: 52.4%
Change over the period: +45.6 pp Annual average: 1.43 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Tanzania 52.4%
World 91.9%
Sub-Saharan Africa 55.1%
Eastern Africa computed 52.5%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 92.4%
Access to electricity — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 52.4 +4.1 pp
2023 48.3 +2.5 pp
2022 45.8 +3.1 pp
2021 42.7 +2.8 pp
2020 39.9 +2.2 pp
2019 37.7 +2.8 pp
2018 34.9 +2.8 pp
2017 32.1 −0.7 pp
2016 32.8 +6.6 pp
2015 26.2 +2.7 pp
2014 23.5 +7.1 pp
2013 16.4 +1.1 pp
2012 15.3 +1.1 pp
2011 14.2 −0.6 pp
2010 14.8 +3.6 pp
2009 11.2 −0.3 pp
2008 11.5 −4.4 pp
2007 15.9 +1 pp
2006 14.9 +1.1 pp
2005 13.8 +2.4 pp
2004 11.4 +0.3 pp
2003 11.1 +0.4 pp
2002 10.7 +1 pp
2001 9.7 +1 pp
2000 8.7 +0.7 pp
1999 8 +0.8 pp
1998 7.2 +1 pp
1997 6.2 −3.2 pp
1996 9.4 +5.1 pp
1995 4.3 +1 pp
1994 3.3 +1 pp
1993 2.3 −4.5 pp
1992 6.8 —

Eastern Africa, 2024

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

MU Mauritius 100 SC Seychelles 100 KM Comoros 91.7 KE Kenya 77 RW Rwanda 72 DJ Djibouti 69.2 ZW Zimbabwe 62 ET Ethiopia 56.6 ER Eritrea 55.3 UG Uganda 55.3 SO Somalia 54.4 ZM Zambia 53.6 TZ Tanzania 52.4 MG Madagascar 42.5 MZ Mozambique 36.9 BI Burundi 20.1 MW Malawi 15.6 SS South Sudan 5.4
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About the indicator

The share of the population with access to electricity — both through centralized grids and through off-grid and mini-grid solutions. The target of UN Sustainable Development Goal 7.1 is universal access by 2030. Having a connection does not mean that supply is reliable: in a number of countries with formal coverage of 100% outages happen daily.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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