Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Zambia
Zambia: Number of people without access to electricity, per capita was 0.464 people per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Zambia, 2000–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in people per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Zambia is 0.464 people per person, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 5.1% on the previous year and down 35.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Zambia peaked at 0.833 people per person in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.464 people per person, in 2024.
Zambia ranks 19th of 214 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Zambia, year by year
| Year | people per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.833 people per person | — |
| 2001 | 0.798 people per person | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 0.826 people per person | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 0.815 people per person | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.797 people per person | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 0.767 people per person | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 0.759 people per person | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.815 people per person | +7.4% |
| 2008 | 0.743 people per person | -8.8% |
| 2009 | 0.734 people per person | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.78 people per person | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 0.717 people per person | -8.1% |
| 2012 | 0.708 people per person | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.699 people per person | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.721 people per person | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 0.689 people per person | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 0.646 people per person | -6.2% |
| 2017 | 0.597 people per person | -7.6% |
| 2018 | 0.598 people per person | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.57 people per person | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 0.554 people per person | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 0.533 people per person | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 0.522 people per person | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 0.489 people per person | -6.3% |
| 2024 | 0.464 people per person | -5.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7887 people per person | 0.734 people per person | 0.833 people per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6725 people per person | 0.57 people per person | 0.78 people per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5124 people per person | 0.464 people per person | 0.554 people per person | 5 |
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- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 0.0312 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 22.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Zambia?
- Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Zambia was 0.464 people per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest number of people without access to electricity, per capita recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.833 people per person in 2000.
- What is the lowest number of people without access to electricity, per capita recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.464 people per person in 2024.
- How does Zambia rank for number of people without access to electricity, per capita?
- Zambia ranks 19th out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of people without access to electricity, per capita rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Number of people without access to electricity, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Number of people without access to electricity divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Number of people without access to electricity ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Number of people without access to electricity Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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Number of people without access to electricity divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.