Tanzania
Access to electricity in Tanzania
Access to electricity in Tanzania: 6.8% in 1992 and 52.4% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 52.4%
- Since 1992
- +45.6 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 197 of 213
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 52.4% in 2024, the lowest 2.3% in 1993.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Tanzania | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 52.4 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 48.3 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 45.8 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 42.7 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 39.9 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 37.7 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 34.9 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 32.1 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 32.8 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 26.2 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 23.5 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 16.4 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 15.3 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 14.2 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 14.8 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 11.2 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 11.5 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 15.9 | 82 |
| 2006 | 14.9 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 13.8 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 11.4 | 80 |
| 2003 | 11.1 | 80 |
| 2002 | 10.7 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 9.7 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 8.7 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 8 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 7.2 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 6.2 | – |
| 1996 | 9.4 | – |
| 1995 | 4.3 | – |
| 1994 | 3.3 | – |
| 1993 | 2.3 | – |
| 1992 | 6.8 | – |
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Tanzania in numbers
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Military
- Military spending1.16% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$983M in 2025
- Military spending per person$15 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel28,000 people in 2020
- National power0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports4 million TIV in 2025