Congo - Kinshasa vs Zambia
Congo - Kinshasa vs Zambia: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 22.5% in Congo - Kinshasa and 53.6% in Zambia, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Zambia, by 31.1 percentage points, or 2.38 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Zambia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
- In 2024, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 207 and Zambia ranked 195 of 213 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa | Zambia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22.5 | 53.6 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 22.1 | 51.1 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 21.5 | 47.8 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 20.8 | 46.7 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 20.1 | 44.6 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 19.1 | 43 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 18.7 | 40.2 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 18 | 40.3 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 17.3 | 35.4 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 16.6 | 31.1 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 13.5 | 27.9 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 15.2 | 30.1 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 15.4 | 29.2 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 13.7 | 28.3 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 13 | 22 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 12.3 | 26.6 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 11.6 | 25.7 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 15.2 | 18.5 | 82 |
| 2006 | 10.2 | 24.1 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 6 | 23.3 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 9 | 20.3 | 80 |
| 2003 | 8.3 | 18.5 | 80 |
| 2002 | 7.7 | 17.4 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 7.1 | 20.2 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 6.7 | 16.7 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | – | 18.5 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | – | 19 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | – | 17.1 | – |
| 1996 | – | 17.3 | – |
| 1995 | – | 15.7 | – |
| 1994 | – | 14.9 | – |
| 1993 | – | 14.2 | – |
| 1992 | – | 19.2 | – |
| 1991 | – | 12.8 | – |
| 1990 | – | 13.9 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Congo - Kinshasa vs Zambia
Health
- Life expectancyCongo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023Zambia: 66.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024Zambia: 4.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCongo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zambia: 38.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCongo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017Zambia: 3.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateCongo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Zambia: 13.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCongo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023Zambia: 20.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthCongo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023Zambia: 2.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCongo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023Zambia: 4.1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCongo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025Zambia: 45.9% in 2025
- Median ageCongo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023Zambia: 17.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCongo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023Zambia: 1.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateCongo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Zambia: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025Zambia: 1.26% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCongo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025Zambia: $343M in 2025
- Military spending per personCongo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025Zambia: $19 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCongo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025Zambia: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCongo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020Zambia: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerCongo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022Zambia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCongo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020Zambia: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCongo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025Zambia: 1 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsCongo - Kinshasa: 22 million TIV in 1997Zambia: 2 million TIV in 1990