Share of the population with access to electricity: Zimbabwe
62% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 33 years from 1992 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 | 62 |
| 2023 | 62 |
| 2022 | 50.1 |
| 2021 | 49 |
| 2020 | 52.7 |
| 2019 | 46.7 |
| 2018 | 45.4 |
| 2017 | 44 |
| 2016 | 42.5 |
| 2015 | 33.7 |
| 2014 | 32.3 |
| 2013 | 40.6 |
| 2012 | 44 |
| 2011 | 36.9 |
| 2010 | 38.9 |
| 2009 | 43.4 |
| 2008 | 37.7 |
| 2007 | 37.2 |
| 2006 | 37.2 |
| 2005 | 36.1 |
| 2004 | 35.6 |
| 2003 | 35.1 |
| 2002 | 34.2 |
| 2001 | 34.2 |
| 2000 | 33.7 |
| 1999 | 38.4 |
| 1998 | 33.103848 |
| 1997 | 32.72261 |
| 1996 | 32.337296 |
| 1995 | 31.94858 |
| 1994 | 28.1 |
| 1993 | 31.163668 |
| 1992 | 28.2 |