East Africa
Tanzania
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Market-entry intelligence →Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Tanzania's #4 import source (world lens). Tanzania is the EU's #111 goods supplier.
Tanzania on the world stage
Total imports
$31.4bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$17.4bn
189 partners
#1 import source
China
15.2%
#1 export dest.
South Africa
13.2%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Tanzania and the EU
EU imports from
€959m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€1.2bn
0.0% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #111 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 1.23
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
85
EUR/MWh
Consumer
83
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
372
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
45%
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Take-or-pay / single-buyer lock-inMarket model
Vertically integrated state utility
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (EWURA)
A gas-heavy system (73%) with TANESCO as the vertically integrated state utility, demand growing at 10-15% per year, and the 2,115 MW Julius Nyerere dam coming online to transform the mix but also loading TANESCO with…
Tracked infrastructure
1 gas plants
240 MW
2 solar farms
150 MW · 1 building
4 hydro plants
540 MW · 1 building
1 coal mines
capacity n/a
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
19
6 production-backed
Acid-drainage prone
0
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Gold, Other mine
Mine-water verifiability
Partial
NEMC and nine Basin Water Boards run surveillance and…
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
17.4
→ 21.8 by 2050
Fertility
4.54
above replacement
Working-age
54.4%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
5.6
→ 7.3 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 68.6M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +89% (130M)