Share of the population with access to electricity: Zambia
53.6% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1990 to 2024 are below.
Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.
Source: Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (% of population) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 53.6 |
| 2023 | 51.1 |
| 2022 | 47.8 |
| 2021 | 46.7 |
| 2020 | 44.6 |
| 2019 | 43 |
| 2018 | 40.2 |
| 2017 | 40.3 |
| 2016 | 35.4 |
| 2015 | 31.1 |
| 2014 | 27.9 |
| 2013 | 30.1 |
| 2012 | 29.2 |
| 2011 | 28.3 |
| 2010 | 22 |
| 2009 | 26.6 |
| 2008 | 25.7 |
| 2007 | 18.5 |
| 2006 | 24.1 |
| 2005 | 23.3 |
| 2004 | 20.3 |
| 2003 | 18.5 |
| 2002 | 17.4 |
| 2001 | 20.2 |
| 2000 | 16.7 |
| 1999 | 18.540245 |
| 1998 | 19 |
| 1997 | 17.11246 |
| 1996 | 17.3 |
| 1995 | 15.668272 |
| 1994 | 14.941759 |
| 1993 | 14.213207 |
| 1992 | 19.2 |
| 1991 | 12.752703 |
| 1990 | 13.9 |