Coal share of electricity in Zambia in 2023 — 10.92%. Ranked 38 in the world out of 87. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 10.43 pp.
1990–2023 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Zambia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.92 | −0.18 pp |
| 2022 | 11.1 | +3.79 pp |
| 2021 | 7.31 | −5.11 pp |
| 2020 | 12.42 | +1.15 pp |
| 2019 | 11.27 | −1.27 pp |
| 2018 | 12.53 | +3.74 pp |
| 2017 | 8.79 | +6.02 pp |
| 2016 | 2.77 | +2.77 pp |
| 2015 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 2014 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 2013 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 2012 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 2011 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 2010 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 2009 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 2008 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 2007 | 0 | +0 pp |
| 2006 | 0 | −0.18 pp |
| 2005 | 0.18 | +0.03 pp |
| 2004 | 0.15 | −0.05 pp |
| 2003 | 0.2 | +0.01 pp |
| 2002 | 0.2 | +0.01 pp |
| 2001 | 0.19 | +0.01 pp |
| 2000 | 0.18 | −0 pp |
| 1999 | 0.18 | −0.12 pp |
| 1998 | 0.3 | +0 pp |
| 1997 | 0.3 | +0.06 pp |
| 1996 | 0.24 | +0.09 pp |
| 1995 | 0.15 | −0.08 pp |
| 1994 | 0.23 | −0.27 pp |
| 1993 | 0.5 | −0.12 pp |
| 1992 | 0.62 | +0.16 pp |
| 1991 | 0.46 | −0.02 pp |
| 1990 | 0.49 | — |
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The share of electricity generated from coal in a country's total generation. Coal remains the largest source of electricity in the world despite plant closures in Europe and North America: growth in Asia outweighs that decline. In emissions per kilowatt-hour coal is about twice as bad as gas, which is why this share does more than anything else to set the carbon intensity of a country's electricity.
Important: Aggregates for groups of countries are weighted by electricity generation in terawatt-hours — the only correct weight for a share of generation. The weight series comes from Ember and starts in 2000, so there are no aggregates for earlier years, even though country data go back to 1960.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
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