# Share of the population with access to electricity: Tanzania

52.4% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 33 years from 1992 to 2024 are below.

Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.

Source: Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with minor processing by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/electricity-access) · [All countries and regions](/electricity-access).

## Every year

| Year | Value (% 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 |
| 2012 | 15.3 |
| 2011 | 14.2 |
| 2010 | 14.8 |
| 2009 | 11.2 |
| 2008 | 11.5 |
| 2007 | 15.9 |
| 2006 | 14.9 |
| 2005 | 13.8 |
| 2004 | 11.4 |
| 2003 | 11.1 |
| 2002 | 10.7 |
| 2001 | 9.7 |
| 2000 | 8.7 |
| 1999 | 8 |
| 1998 | 7.1552896 |
| 1997 | 6.197068 |
| 1996 | 9.4 |
| 1995 | 4.2690673 |
| 1994 | 3.3006473 |
| 1993 | 2.3301878 |
| 1992 | 6.8 |

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