Access to electricity in Zimbabwe

Access to electricity in Zimbabwe: 28.2% in 1992 and 62% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.

Latest, 2024: 62%
Since 1992: +33.8 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 182 of 213; counting from the highest
World, 2024: 91.9%

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% of people · World Bank

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What the numbers say

The highest was 62% in 2023, the lowest 28.1% in 1994.

Every year

% of people · World Bank

Year	Zimbabwe	World
2024	62	91.9
2023	62	91.6
2022	50.1	91.3
2021	49	91.3
2020	52.7	90.4
2019	46.7	90.1
2018	45.4	89.8
2017	44	88.9
2016	42.5	88.1
2015	33.7	86.9
2014	32.3	86.2
2013	40.6	85.7
2012	44	84.9
2011	36.9	84.5
2010	38.9	83.5
2009	43.4	82.9
2008	37.7	82.7
2007	37.2	82
2006	37.2	81.4
2005	36.1	80.7
2004	35.6	80
2003	35.1	80
2002	34.2	79.1
2001	34.2	78.7
2000	33.7	78.2
1999	38.4	74.5
1998	33.1	73.2
1997	32.7	–
1996	32.3	–
1995	32	–
1994	28.1	–
1993	31.2	–
1992	28.2	–

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.

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