Zambia's electricity generation rose from 7.7 in 2000 to 19.7 in 2024.
Zambia's primary energy consumption rose from 15.4 in 1994 to 50.2 in 2023.
Zambia · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Zambia's electricity consumption per capita rose from 769.6 kWh in 2000 to 925.2 kWh in 2024.
Zambia's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.2 in 2024.
Zambia's wind electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Zambia's hydropower electricity generation rose from 7.7 in 2000 to 17 in 2024.
Zambia's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 1995 and 0 in 2024.
Zambia's energy use per capita rose from 1,796.9 kWh in 1994 to 2,422.3 kWh in 2023.
Zambia's renewable energy rose from 82.7 % in 1992 to 83.0 % in 2021.
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- Renewable electricitydown −1.5 pts23rd of 193
- Fossil fuel electricity shareup +1.5 pts28th of 193
- Low-carbon electricity sharedown −1.5 pts28th of 193
- Hydropower electricity sharedown −1.6 pts11th of 190
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts32nd of 191
- Solar electricity shareup +0.1 pts134th of 193
- Wind electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts106th of 191
- Coal electricity sharedown −0.1 pts143rd of 192
- Gas electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts117th of 190
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- Energy importsdown −0.7 pts83rd of 132
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)up +2.1 pts187th of 194
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- Energy intensity of GDPdown −6.3 %27th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricityup +7.8 %30th of 193
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- Access to electricity (% of population)up +2.5 pts197th of 215
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- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productionunchanged +0.096th of 204*
- Coal productionup +22.1 %59th of 204*