Tanzania's electricity generation rose from 2.5 in 2000 to 8.8 in 2024.
Tanzania's primary energy consumption rose from 11.4 in 1994 to 79.9 in 2023.
Tanzania · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Electricity consumption per capita
kilowatt-hours per person
175th of 194 · 28th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Tanzania's electricity consumption per capita rose from 73 kWh in 2000 to 128.9 kWh in 2024.
Tanzania's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.0 in 2024.
Tanzania's wind electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Tanzania's hydropower electricity generation rose from 2.1 in 2000 to 2.8 in 2024.
Tanzania's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Tanzania's energy use per capita rose from 387.2 kWh in 1994 to 1,199.1 kWh in 2023.
Tanzania's renewable energy fell from 93.7 % in 1992 to 78.3 % in 2021.
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- Renewable electricityup +6.4 pts92nd of 193
- Fossil fuel electricity sharedown −6.4 pts102nd of 193
- Low-carbon electricity shareup +6.4 pts102nd of 193
- Hydropower electricity shareup +6.1 pts59th of 190
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts32nd of 191
- Solar electricity shareup +0.2 pts147th of 193
- Wind electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts106th of 191
- Coal electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts1st of 192
- Gas electricity sharedown −7.0 pts32nd of 190
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- Energy importsdown −0.8 pts78th of 132
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)up +0.3 pts56th of 194
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- Energy intensity of GDPup +9.0 %7th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricitydown −7.4 %76th of 193
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- Access to electricity (% of population)up +4.1 pts199th of 215
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- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productionup +36.6 %61st of 204*
- Coal productionup +7.4 %55th of 204*