Germany vs Tanzania: Access to electricity

Access to electricity in 2024: 100% in Germany and 52.4% in Tanzania, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Germany, by 47.6 percentage points, or 1.91 times that in Tanzania.

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% of people · World Bank

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What the numbers say

Germany has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Germany	Tanzania	World
2024	100	52.4	91.9
2023	100	48.3	91.6
2022	100	45.8	91.3
2021	100	42.7	91.3
2020	100	39.9	90.4
2019	100	37.7	90.1
2018	100	34.9	89.8
2017	100	32.1	88.9
2016	100	32.8	88.1
2015	100	26.2	86.9
2014	100	23.5	86.2
2013	100	16.4	85.7
2012	100	15.3	84.9
2011	100	14.2	84.5
2010	100	14.8	83.5
2009	100	11.2	82.9
2008	100	11.5	82.7
2007	100	15.9	82
2006	100	14.9	81.4
2005	100	13.8	80.7
2004	100	11.4	80
2003	100	11.1	80
2002	100	10.7	79.1
2001	100	9.7	78.7
2000	100	8.7	78.2
1999	100	8	74.5
1998	100	7.2	73.2
1997	100	6.2	–
1996	100	9.4	–
1995	100	4.3	–
1994	100	3.3	–
1993	100	2.3	–
1992	100	6.8	–
1991	100	–	–
1990	100	–	–

Each country on its own

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The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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Germany vs Tanzania: Access to electricity

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