Clean electricity share — all countries

Clean electricity share — Zambia

Clean electricity share in Zambia in 2024 — 87.48%. Ranked 27 in the world out of 196. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 12 pp.

2024 87.48% −1.52 pp vs 2023
World rank 27of 196
Period maximum 99.91%2011
Period minimum 84.64%2018

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Clean electricity share — Zambia, 2000–2024808590951002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 99.48%2001: 99.37%2002: 99.26%2003: 99.28%2004: 99.41%2005: 99.33%2006: 99.9%2007: 99.9%2008: 99.9%2009: 99.9%2010: 99.9%2011: 99.91%2012: 99.84%2013: 99.85%2014: 97.17%2015: 97.04%2016: 94.31%2017: 86.33%2018: 84.64%2019: 84.65%2020: 85.49%2021: 91.99%2022: 88.91%2023: 89%2024: 87.48%
Change over the period: −12 pp Annual average: -0.5 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Zambia

Zambia 87.48%
World computed 40.83%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 39.04%
Eastern Africa computed 78.77%
Clean electricity share — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 87.48 −1.52 pp
2023 89 +0.09 pp
2022 88.91 −3.08 pp
2021 91.99 +6.5 pp
2020 85.49 +0.84 pp
2019 84.65 +0.01 pp
2018 84.64 −1.69 pp
2017 86.33 −7.98 pp
2016 94.31 −2.73 pp
2015 97.04 −0.13 pp
2014 97.17 −2.68 pp
2013 99.85 +0.01 pp
2012 99.84 −0.07 pp
2011 99.91 +0.01 pp
2010 99.9 +0 pp
2009 99.9 +0 pp
2008 99.9 +0 pp
2007 99.9 +0 pp
2006 99.9 +0.57 pp
2005 99.33 −0.08 pp
2004 99.41 +0.13 pp
2003 99.28 +0.02 pp
2002 99.26 −0.11 pp
2001 99.37 −0.11 pp
2000 99.48

About the indicator

The share of electricity from sources that emit nothing while they operate: all renewables together with nuclear generation. Ember calls such generation clean, and it is also described as low-carbon; the grouping is made on a single feature — the absence of carbon dioxide emissions per kilowatt-hour — and it has no bearing on any other property of nuclear power. The indicator is useful precisely because it does not depend on the choice between the two ways of doing without fuel: a country with a large nuclear program and a country with hydropower end up side by side.

Important: Renewables and nuclear together, on the criterion of no emissions while operating. It complements the fossil fuel share: together they come to about one hundred percent. Aggregates are weighted by generation and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.