Zambia

Access to electricity in Zambia

Access to electricity in Zambia: 13.9% in 1990 and 53.6% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.

Latest, 2024
53.6%
Since 1990
+39.7 percentage points
Rank, 2024
195 of 213
counting from the highest
World, 2024
91.9%
Watch it change on the map

% of people · World Bank

Access to electricity in ZambiaAccess to electricity in Zambia: 13.9% in 1990 and 53.6% in 2024, by World Bank estimates. The highest was 53.6% in 2024, the lowest 12.8% in 1991.
Estimates, World BankWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 53.6% in 2024, the lowest 12.8% in 1991.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

YearZambiaWorld
202453.691.9
202351.191.6
202247.891.3
202146.791.3
202044.690.4
20194390.1
201840.289.8
201740.388.9
201635.488.1
201531.186.9
201427.986.2
201330.185.7
201229.284.9
201128.384.5
20102283.5
200926.682.9
200825.782.7
200718.582
200624.181.4
200523.380.7
200420.380
200318.580
200217.479.1
200120.278.7
200016.778.2
199918.574.5
19981973.2
199717.1–
199617.3–
199515.7–
199414.9–
199314.2–
199219.2–
199112.8–
199013.9–

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

Zambia in numbers

Every measure for Zambia on one page

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Military

Climate

Technology and environment