Renewables share of final energy consumption — all countries

Renewables share of final energy consumption — Zambia

Renewables share of final energy consumption in Zambia in 2021 — 83%. Ranked 11 in the world out of 212.

2021 83% −2.4 pp vs 2020
World rank 11of 212
Period maximum 90.7%2007
Period minimum 82.3%1991

Trend over time

1990–2021 · % of final consumption

Renewables share of final energy consumption — Zambia, 1990–20218082.58587.59092.51990199419982002200620102014201820211990: 83%1991: 82.3%1992: 82.7%1993: 85.2%1994: 86.9%1995: 87.1%1996: 89.6%1997: 87%1998: 87.8%1999: 89.8%2000: 90%2001: 89.8%2002: 89.6%2003: 89.3%2004: 89.4%2005: 88.9%2006: 89.7%2007: 90.7%2008: 89.8%2009: 89.2%2010: 89.2%2011: 87.9%2012: 85.4%2013: 85.3%2014: 84.6%2015: 84%2016: 84%2017: 83.5%2018: 83.8%2019: 86.1%2020: 85.4%2021: 83%
Change over the period: +0 pp Annual average: 0 pp
Renewables share of final energy consumption — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 83 −2.4 pp
2020 85.4 −0.7 pp
2019 86.1 +2.3 pp
2018 83.8 +0.3 pp
2017 83.5 −0.5 pp
2016 84 +0 pp
2015 84 −0.6 pp
2014 84.6 −0.7 pp
2013 85.3 −0.1 pp
2012 85.4 −2.5 pp
2011 87.9 −1.3 pp
2010 89.2 +0 pp
2009 89.2 −0.6 pp
2008 89.8 −0.9 pp
2007 90.7 +1 pp
2006 89.7 +0.8 pp
2005 88.9 −0.5 pp
2004 89.4 +0.1 pp
2003 89.3 −0.3 pp
2002 89.6 −0.2 pp
2001 89.8 −0.2 pp
2000 90 +0.2 pp
1999 89.8 +2 pp
1998 87.8 +0.8 pp
1997 87 −2.6 pp
1996 89.6 +2.5 pp
1995 87.1 +0.2 pp
1994 86.9 +1.7 pp
1993 85.2 +2.5 pp
1992 82.7 +0.4 pp
1991 82.3 −0.7 pp
1990 83

About the indicator

The share of energy from renewable sources in total final energy consumption — not in electricity alone, but in heating and transport as well. High values in low-income countries are often explained not by “green” energy but by the traditional use of wood fuel for cooking.

Important: There is no aggregate for groups of countries: the correct denominator is final energy consumption itself, and that is published by the Energy Institute, whose terms prohibit republication. Weighting by population would be especially wrong here — in the poorest countries the renewable share is high because of firewood, and the world figure would come out overstated.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.