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Net electricity imports — Tanzania

Net electricity imports in Tanzania in 2024 — 0.19 TWh. Ranked 66 in the world out of 196. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 280%.

2024 0.19 TWh +0% vs 2023
World rank 66of 196
Period maximum 0.19 TWh2023
Period minimum 0.05 TWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · terawatt-hours

Net electricity imports — Tanzania, 2000–202400.050.10.150.22000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0.05 TWh2001: 0.05 TWh2002: 0.05 TWh2003: 0.05 TWh2004: 0.05 TWh2005: 0.05 TWh2006: 0.06 TWh2007: 0.06 TWh2008: 0.05 TWh2009: 0.06 TWh2010: 0.06 TWh2011: 0.05 TWh2012: 0.06 TWh2013: 0.06 TWh2014: 0.06 TWh2015: 0.07 TWh2016: 0.1 TWh2017: 0.11 TWh2018: 0.12 TWh2019: 0.11 TWh2020: 0.11 TWh2021: 0.14 TWh2022: 0.15 TWh2023: 0.19 TWh2024: 0.19 TWh
Change over the period: +0.14 (+280%) Average annual rate: 5.72 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Tanzania 0.19 TWh
World computed 4.23 TWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 2.74 TWh
Eastern Africa computed -4.35 TWh
Lower-middle-income countries computed -3.96 TWh
Net electricity imports — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year TWh Change Change, %
2024 0.19 +0 +0%
2023 0.19 +0.04 +26.67%
2022 0.15 +0.01 +7.14%
2021 0.14 +0.03 +27.27%
2020 0.11 +0 +0%
2019 0.11 −0.01 −8.33%
2018 0.12 +0.01 +9.09%
2017 0.11 +0.01 +10%
2016 0.1 +0.03 +42.86%
2015 0.07 +0.01 +16.67%
2014 0.06 +0 +0%
2013 0.06 +0 +0%
2012 0.06 +0.01 +20%
2011 0.05 −0.01 −16.67%
2010 0.06 +0 +0%
2009 0.06 +0.01 +20%
2008 0.05 −0.01 −16.67%
2007 0.06 +0 +0%
2006 0.06 +0.01 +20%
2005 0.05 +0 +0%
2004 0.05 +0 +0%
2003 0.05 +0 +0%
2002 0.05 +0 +0%
2001 0.05 +0 +0%
2000 0.05 — —

Eastern Africa, 2024

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

ZW Zimbabwe 1.84 KE Kenya 1.49 DJ Djibouti 0.6 TZ Tanzania 0.19 RW Rwanda 0.09 BI Burundi 0.08 ER Eritrea 0 MG Madagascar 0 MU Mauritius 0 SC Seychelles 0 SO Somalia 0 SS South Sudan 0 MW Malawi -0.02 UG Uganda -0.44 ET Ethiopia -1.76 ZM Zambia -3.12 MZ Mozambique -3.3
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About the indicator

Electricity imports minus exports over the year. The figure can be negative, and the sign is the main thing here: positive means that a country buys more than it sells, negative that it is a supplier for its neighbors. Electricity can only be traded over wires, so the trade is always regional: the large flows run inside Europe, between the United States and Canada, and from Paraguay to Brazil. For power systems with a large share of solar and wind, links with neighbors are a way to smooth out the variability of generation.

Important: Negative values belong to exporters. The sum over a group of countries gives its net position: trade inside the group cancels out, so the world total is close to zero — that is a property of the figure, not an error.

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

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