Zambia
Electricity generation by source · TWh
2024
19.7 TWh- Coal generation · #52 of 203 2.1 10.8%
- Other fossil generation · #117 of 205 0.3 1.7%
- Gas generation · #118 of 202 0 0%
- Nuclear generation · #33 of 200 0 0%
- Hydro generation · #33 of 204 17 86.2%
- Solar generation · #101 of 205 0.2 0.9%
- Bioenergy generation · #87 of 205 0.1 0.4%
- Wind generation · #109 of 203 0 0%
- Other renewables generation · #28 of 182 0 0%
Since 2000
Table · 25 years, TWh
| Year | Coal generation | Other fossil generation | Gas generation | Nuclear generation | Hydro generation | Solar generation | Bioenergy generation | Wind generation | Other renewables generation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 19.5 |
| 2022 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 19.5 |
| 2021 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 16.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 |
| 2020 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 12.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 |
| 2019 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 14.8 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 16.3 |
| 2017 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 14.6 |
| 2016 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 11.8 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 14.5 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.4 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.9 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.6 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.9 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 |
p = provisional. — = the source printed no value for that year.
Electricity generated in the year, by the fuel or technology that generated it (Ember). The nine sources sum to total generation; net imports are not generation and are not in the mix.
Source: Ember — Yearly Electricity Data · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved as 2026-11-11
Ember (2026), Yearly Electricity Data, ember-energy.org, CC BY 4.0.
Indicators · as of 11 Nov 2026
- Bioenergy capacity0 GW2024 · #86 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Coal capacity0.3 GW2024 · #59 of 203 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Electricity demand16.6 TWh2024 · #90 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Electricity net imports-3.1 TWh2024 · #189 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Gas capacity0 GW2024 · #116 of 202 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Hydro capacity3.2 GW2024 · #43 of 204 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Nuclear capacity0 GW2024 · #32 of 200 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Other fossil capacity0.2 GW2024 · #93 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Other renewables capacity0 GW2024 · #28 of 182 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Power sector emissions2.5 MtCO2e2024 · #108 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Power emissions intensity125.8 gCO2e/kWh2024 · #172 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Solar capacity0.2 GW2024 · #96 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Total capacity3.9 GW2024 · #87 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Total generation19.7 TWh2024 · #85 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Wind capacity0 GW2024 · #97 of 203 · Ember, 2026-11-11