Tanzania vs Netherlands: Access to electricity

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

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% of people · World Bank

TanzaniaNetherlandsWorld

What the numbers say

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