Zimbabwe's electricity generation rose from 7.0 in 2000 to 10.3 in 2024.
Zimbabwe's primary energy consumption rose from 49.9 in 1994 to 52.0 in 2023.
Zimbabwe · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Electricity consumption per capita
kilowatt-hours per person
148th of 194 · 11th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Zimbabwe's electricity consumption per capita rose from 587.8 kWh in 2000 to 616.8 kWh in 2024.
Zimbabwe's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.0 in 2024.
Zimbabwe's wind electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Zimbabwe's hydropower electricity generation rose from 3.2 in 2000 to 5.7 in 2024.
Zimbabwe's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 1995 and 0 in 2024.
Zimbabwe's energy use per capita fell from 4,589 kWh in 1994 to 3,181.4 kWh in 2023.
Zimbabwe's renewable energy rose from 64.4 % in 1992 to 82.4 % in 2021.
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- Renewable electricityup +1.0 pts57th of 193
- Fossil fuel electricity sharedown −1.0 pts68th of 193
- Low-carbon electricity shareup +1.0 pts68th of 193
- Hydropower electricity shareup +0.9 pts33rd of 190
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts32nd of 191
- Solar electricity shareup +0.1 pts151st of 193
- Wind electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts106th of 191
- Coal electricity sharedown −1.0 pts176th of 192
- Gas electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts117th of 190
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- Energy importsup +7.7 pts76th of 132
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)down −1.5 pts28th of 194
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- Energy intensity of GDPup +50.6 %156th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricitydown −2.1 %82nd of 193
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- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts184th of 215
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- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productionunchanged +0.096th of 204*
- Coal productionup +16.2 %20th of 34