Zambia Energy - 2024

Electricity access

population without electricity: (2020) 12 million

electrification - total population: 46.6% (2021)

electrification - urban areas: 85.7% (2021)

electrification - rural areas: 14.5% (2021)

Electricity

installed generating capacity: 3.065 million kW (2020 est.)

consumption: 13,409,685,000 kWh (2019 est.)

exports: 976 million kWh (2019 est.)

imports: 198 million kWh (2019 est.)

transmission/distribution losses: 1,811,480,000 kWh (2019 est.)

Electricity generation sources

fossil fuels: 13% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

nuclear: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

solar: 0.9% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

wind: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

hydroelectricity: 85.5% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

tide and wave: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

geothermal: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

biomass and waste: 0.5% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

Coal

production: 1.116 million metric tons (2020 est.)

consumption: 1.176 million metric tons (2020 est.)

exports: 39,000 metric tons (2020 est.)

imports: 99,000 metric tons (2020 est.)

proven reserves: 45 million metric tons (2019 est.)

Petroleum

total petroleum production: 0 bbl/day (2021 est.)

refined petroleum consumption: 25,300 bbl/day (2019 est.)

crude oil and lease condensate exports: 0 bbl/day (2018 est.)

crude oil and lease condensate imports: 12,400 bbl/day (2018 est.)

crude oil estimated reserves: 0 barrels (2021 est.)

Refined petroleum products - production

13,120 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Refined petroleum products - exports

371 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Refined petroleum products - imports

10,150 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Natural gas

production: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)

consumption: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)

exports: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)

imports: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)

proven reserves: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)

Carbon dioxide emissions

6.798 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from coal and metallurgical coke: 3.186 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from petroleum and other liquids: 3.612 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from consumed natural gas: 0 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

Energy consumption per capita

11.595 million Btu/person (2019 est.)