What is the difference in net electricity imports between Mauritania and Tanzania?

0.11 terawatt-hours, with Mauritania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Tanzania?

25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Ember (2026); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Net electricity imports. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Mauritania vs Tanzania: Net electricity imports

Mauritania

0.3 terawatt-hours

in 2024

Tanzania

0.19 terawatt-hours

in 2024

Mauritania rank

67th

Tanzania rank

70th

Net electricity imports over time

Mauritania
Tanzania

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 0.3 terawatt-hours against 0.19 terawatt-hours in Tanzania, a difference of 0.11 terawatt-hours.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.6 times Tanzania's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Tanzania ahead.

Mauritania ranks 67th and Tanzania ranks 70th of 210 countries.

Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mauritania	Tanzania	Difference	Ahead
2000s	0.07 terawatt-hours	0.053 terawatt-hours	0.017 terawatt-hours	Mauritania
2010s	0.173 terawatt-hours	0.08 terawatt-hours	0.093 terawatt-hours	Mauritania
2020s	0.27 terawatt-hours	0.156 terawatt-hours	0.114 terawatt-hours	Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher net electricity imports, Mauritania or Tanzania?: Mauritania, at 0.3 terawatt-hours against 0.19 terawatt-hours in Tanzania as of 2024.
What is the difference in net electricity imports between Mauritania and Tanzania?: 0.11 terawatt-hours, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Tanzania?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Mauritania and Tanzania rank globally for net electricity imports?: Mauritania ranks 67th and Tanzania ranks 70th of 210 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Ember (2026); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Net electricity imports. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Net electricity imports
Unit: terawatt-hours
Source: Ember (2026); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 214 places, 5,787 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Electricity imports minus exports, measured in terawatt-hours.