Tanzania

In brief

Access to electricity: 52.4% (2024). World rank 198 of 214 (1 = best); in Africa, 39 of 54. Electricity use, kWh per person: 171 (2024). World rank 135 of 149; in Africa, 25 of 37. Renewable share of energy use: 78.3% (2021). World rank 20 of 212 (1 = best); in Africa, 18 of 54. From 2014 to 2024: using the internet 7% → 31.2%, mobile subscriptions per 100 people 63 → 127, and home broadband per 100 people 0.2 → 0.3. Worse than all its neighbours (Burundi, DR Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia): electricity from renewables and electricity from fossil fuels.