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Electricity consumption per capita — Zambia

Electricity consumption per capita in Zambia in 2024 — 0.78 MWh. Ranked 146 in the world out of 196. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 21.9%.

2024 0.78 MWh +0% vs 2023
World rank 146of 196
Period maximum 0.85 MWh2018
Period minimum 0.64 MWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · megawatt-hours per capita

Electricity consumption per capita — Zambia, 2000–20240.60.70.80.92000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0.64 MWh2001: 0.67 MWh2002: 0.69 MWh2003: 0.71 MWh2004: 0.73 MWh2005: 0.74 MWh2006: 0.76 MWh2007: 0.76 MWh2008: 0.75 MWh2009: 0.69 MWh2010: 0.71 MWh2011: 0.8 MWh2012: 0.77 MWh2013: 0.8 MWh2014: 0.84 MWh2015: 0.8 MWh2016: 0.78 MWh2017: 0.82 MWh2018: 0.85 MWh2019: 0.76 MWh2020: 0.74 MWh2021: 0.8 MWh2022: 0.82 MWh2023: 0.78 MWh2024: 0.78 MWh
Change over the period: +0.14 (+21.88%) Average annual rate: 0.83 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Zambia 0.78 MWh
World computed 3.77 MWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 0.41 MWh
Eastern Africa computed 0.22 MWh
Lower-middle-income countries computed 1.22 MWh
Electricity consumption per capita — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year MWh Change Change, %
2024 0.78 +0 +0%
2023 0.78 −0.04 −4.88%
2022 0.82 +0.02 +2.5%
2021 0.8 +0.06 +8.11%
2020 0.74 −0.02 −2.63%
2019 0.76 −0.09 −10.59%
2018 0.85 +0.03 +3.66%
2017 0.82 +0.04 +5.13%
2016 0.78 −0.02 −2.5%
2015 0.8 −0.04 −4.76%
2014 0.84 +0.04 +5%
2013 0.8 +0.03 +3.9%
2012 0.77 −0.03 −3.75%
2011 0.8 +0.09 +12.68%
2010 0.71 +0.02 +2.9%
2009 0.69 −0.06 −8%
2008 0.75 −0.01 −1.32%
2007 0.76 +0 +0%
2006 0.76 +0.02 +2.7%
2005 0.74 +0.01 +1.37%
2004 0.73 +0.02 +2.82%
2003 0.71 +0.02 +2.9%
2002 0.69 +0.02 +2.99%
2001 0.67 +0.03 +4.69%
2000 0.64 — —

Eastern Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SC Seychelles 4.83 MU Mauritius 2.68 ZM Zambia 0.78 ZW Zimbabwe 0.73 DJ Djibouti 0.69 MZ Mozambique 0.48 KE Kenya 0.26 ET Ethiopia 0.18 ER Eritrea 0.13 TZ Tanzania 0.13 UG Uganda 0.11 RW Rwanda 0.09 MG Madagascar 0.08 MW Malawi 0.08 SS South Sudan 0.05 BI Burundi 0.04 SO Somalia 0.02
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About the indicator

Electricity consumption per resident, in megawatt-hours a year. One of the most telling indicators of living standards and of the structure of an economy: the gap between the extreme countries is more than two hundredfold. But it has to be read with climate and industry in mind — the top of the list holds not only rich countries but also Iceland and Norway with their aluminum smelters running on cheap hydropower, and the Gulf states, where more goes on air conditioning than on heating in Europe.

Important: It is calculated on a country's entire consumption, including industry, and not on households alone. The series starts in 2000.

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

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