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Tanzania — Electricity access
Access to Electricity (% of Population) for Tanzania, 1992–2024.
Latest value · 2024
52.40%
Access to Electricity (% of Population) · % of population · +670.6% since 1992
Electricity access for Tanzania was 52.40% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 33 years, from 1992 to 2024. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 2.33% in 1993 (about 22.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 6.59% per year.
Tanzania ranks 199 of 215 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 93%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 59.00%, so Tanzania sits below it. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 123%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
52.40%
First (1992)
6.80%
Change
+670.6%
Highest
52.40%
in 2024
Lowest
2.33%
in 1993
Average
19.50%
Annual growth (CAGR)
6.59%
Years of data
33
Recent years
| Year | % of population |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 52.4% |
| 2023 | 48.3% |
| 2022 | 45.8% |
| 2021 | 42.7% |
| 2020 | 39.9% |
| 2019 | 37.7% |
| 2018 | 34.9% |
| 2017 | 32.1% |
| 2016 | 32.8% |
| 2015 | 26.2% |
| 2014 | 23.5% |
| 2013 | 16.4% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the population with access to electricity. Access means the household is connected to a source that provides a reliable supply. Figures are in % of population. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS — Access to Electricity (% of Population). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.