Tanzania Energy - 2024

Electricity access

population without electricity: (2020) 37 million

electrification - total population: 42.7% (2021)

electrification - urban areas: 77.3% (2021)

electrification - rural areas: 23.3% (2021)

Electricity

installed generating capacity: 1.623 million kW (2020 est.)

consumption: 6,522,440,000 kWh (2019 est.)

exports: 0 kWh (2019 est.)

imports: 113 million kWh (2019 est.)

transmission/distribution losses: 974 million kWh (2019 est.)

Electricity generation sources

fossil fuels: 65% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

nuclear: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

solar: 1.3% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

wind: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

hydroelectricity: 32.8% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

tide and wave: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

geothermal: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

biomass and waste: 1% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

Coal

production: 712,000 metric tons (2020 est.)

consumption: 577,000 metric tons (2020 est.)

exports: 126,000 metric tons (2020 est.)

imports: 0 metric tons (2020 est.)

proven reserves: 269 million metric tons (2019 est.)

Petroleum

total petroleum production: 0 bbl/day (2021 est.)

refined petroleum consumption: 52,800 bbl/day (2019 est.)

crude oil and lease condensate exports: 0 bbl/day (2018 est.)

crude oil and lease condensate imports: 0 bbl/day (2018 est.)

crude oil estimated reserves: 0 barrels (2021 est.)

Refined petroleum products - production

0 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Refined petroleum products - exports

0 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Refined petroleum products - imports

67,830 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Natural gas

production: 1,378,773,000 cubic meters (2019 est.)

consumption: 1,378,773,000 cubic meters (2019 est.)

exports: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)

imports: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)

proven reserves: 6.513 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)

Carbon dioxide emissions

11.491 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from coal and metallurgical coke: 1.32 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from petroleum and other liquids: 7.466 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from consumed natural gas: 2.705 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

Energy consumption per capita

3.334 million Btu/person (2019 est.)