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Electricity generation — Zambia

Electricity generation in Zambia in 2024 — 19.72 TWh. Ranked 85 in the world out of 196. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 155.8%.

2024 19.72 TWh +1.34% vs 2023
World rank 85of 196
Period maximum 19.72 TWh2024
Period minimum 7.71 TWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · terawatt-hours

Electricity generation — Zambia, 2000–202451015202000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 7.71 TWh2001: 7.94 TWh2002: 8.16 TWh2003: 8.32 TWh2004: 8.51 TWh2005: 8.94 TWh2006: 9.68 TWh2007: 9.64 TWh2008: 9.53 TWh2009: 9.89 TWh2010: 10.45 TWh2011: 11.49 TWh2012: 12.37 TWh2013: 13.3 TWh2014: 14.52 TWh2015: 13.51 TWh2016: 11.77 TWh2017: 14.56 TWh2018: 16.28 TWh2019: 14.79 TWh2020: 15.23 TWh2021: 17.72 TWh2022: 19.47 TWh2023: 19.46 TWh2024: 19.72 TWh
Change over the period: +12.01 (+155.77%) Average annual rate: 3.99 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Zambia 19.72 TWh
World computed 30,793.66 TWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 529.66 TWh
Eastern Africa computed 114.44 TWh
Lower-middle-income countries computed 3,918.7 TWh
Electricity generation — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year TWh Change Change, %
2024 19.72 +0.26 +1.34%
2023 19.46 −0.01 −0.05%
2022 19.47 +1.75 +9.88%
2021 17.72 +2.49 +16.35%
2020 15.23 +0.44 +2.97%
2019 14.79 −1.49 −9.15%
2018 16.28 +1.72 +11.81%
2017 14.56 +2.79 +23.7%
2016 11.77 −1.74 −12.88%
2015 13.51 −1.01 −6.96%
2014 14.52 +1.22 +9.17%
2013 13.3 +0.93 +7.52%
2012 12.37 +0.88 +7.66%
2011 11.49 +1.04 +9.95%
2010 10.45 +0.56 +5.66%
2009 9.89 +0.36 +3.78%
2008 9.53 −0.11 −1.14%
2007 9.64 −0.04 −0.41%
2006 9.68 +0.74 +8.28%
2005 8.94 +0.43 +5.05%
2004 8.51 +0.19 +2.28%
2003 8.32 +0.16 +1.96%
2002 8.16 +0.22 +2.77%
2001 7.94 +0.23 +2.98%
2000 7.71

About the indicator

Gross electricity generation from all sources over the year, in terawatt-hours. One terawatt-hour is a billion kilowatt-hours, roughly the annual consumption of three hundred thousand European households. The indicator answers the question of scale, while the shares of sources answer the question of composition, and the two should not be confused: France has a higher nuclear share than the United States, yet generates half as much electricity at nuclear plants. This is the series that serves as the weight when world and regional source shares are computed: percentages cannot be added up without it.

Important: Gross generation, before deducting the plants' own use and network losses; demand is therefore lower than generation by the amount of the losses, with an adjustment for imports. The series starts in 2000.

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