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Zambia - Electricity Access 2025

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Access to electricity as % of population · World Bank

54.40% +3.30pp from 2024 Global rank: 194th

Zambia's electricity access was 54.40% in 2025. This was the 194th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2025▾

Electricity Access by Country - 2025
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Timor-Leste	106.26%	6.3%
2nd	Bangladesh	104.38%	4.9%
3rd	Belize	103.32%	3.7%
4th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	102.96%	3.2%
5th	Guatemala	102.48%	2.5%
6th	Cabo Verde	102.38%	3.8%
7th	Marshall Islands	102.22%	2.2%
8th	India	102.10%	2.6%
9th	Tonga	100.98%	1.0%
10th	Mongolia	100.76%	0.8%
11th	Bulgaria	100.50%	0.5%
12th	Indonesia	100.50%	1.1%
13th	Tajikistan	100.38%	0.4%
14th	Suriname	100.34%	0.7%
15th	Algeria	100.32%	0.3%
16th	Morocco	100.24%	0.2%
17th	Tuvalu	100.24%	0.2%
18th	Costa Rica	100.20%	0.2%
19th	Viet Nam	100.20%	0.4%
20th	Cuba	100.14%	0.1%
21st	Russian Federation	100.14%	0.1%
22nd	Sri Lanka	100.12%	0.1%
23rd	Serbia	100.12%	0.1%
24th	Dominica	100.06%	0.1%
25th	Jordan	100.06%	0.1%
26th	Mexico	100.06%	0.4%
27th	Turks and Caicos Islands	100.06%	0.1%
28th	Turkmenistan	100.06%	0.1%
29th	Uruguay	100.06%	0.1%
30th	Paraguay	100.04%	0.2%
31st	Mauritius	100.02%	0.0%
32nd	European Union	100.01%	0.0%
33rd	Albania	100.00%	0.0%
34th	Andorra	100.00%	0.0%
35th	United Arab Emirates	100.00%	0.0%
36th	Argentina	100.00%	0.0%
37th	Armenia	100.00%	0.0%
38th	Antigua and Barbuda	100.00%	0.0%
39th	Australia	100.00%	0.0%
40th	Austria	100.00%	0.0%
41st	Azerbaijan	100.00%	0.0%
42nd	Belgium	100.00%	0.0%
43rd	Bahrain	100.00%	0.0%
44th	Bahamas, The	100.00%	0.0%
45th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	100.00%	0.0%
46th	Belarus	100.00%	0.0%
47th	Bermuda	100.00%	0.0%
48th	Barbados	100.00%	0.0%
49th	Brunei Darussalam	100.00%	0.0%
50th	Bhutan	100.00%	0.0%
51st	Canada	100.00%	0.0%
52nd	Switzerland	100.00%	0.0%
53rd	Channel Islands	100.00%	0.0%
54th	Chile	100.00%	0.0%
55th	China	100.00%	0.0%
56th	Curaçao	100.00%	0.0%
57th	Cayman Islands	100.00%	0.0%
58th	Cyprus	100.00%	0.0%
59th	Czechia	100.00%	0.0%
60th	Germany	100.00%	0.0%
61st	Denmark	100.00%	0.0%
62nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	100.00%	0.0%
63rd	Spain	100.00%	0.0%
64th	Estonia	100.00%	0.0%
65th	Finland	100.00%	0.0%
66th	France	100.00%	0.0%
67th	Faroe Islands	100.00%	0.0%
68th	United Kingdom	100.00%	0.0%
69th	Georgia	100.00%	0.0%
70th	Gibraltar	100.00%	0.0%
71st	Greece	100.00%	0.0%
72nd	Greenland	100.00%	0.0%
73rd	Guam	100.00%	0.0%
74th	Hong Kong SAR, China	100.00%	0.0%
75th	Croatia	100.00%	0.0%
76th	Hungary	100.00%	0.0%
77th	Isle of Man	100.00%	0.0%
78th	Ireland	100.00%	0.0%
79th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	100.00%	0.0%
80th	Iraq	100.00%	0.0%
81st	Iceland	100.00%	0.0%
82nd	Israel	100.00%	0.0%
83rd	Italy	100.00%	0.0%
84th	Japan	100.00%	0.0%
85th	Kazakhstan	100.00%	0.0%
86th	St. Kitts and Nevis	100.00%	0.0%
87th	Korea	100.00%	0.0%
88th	Kuwait	100.00%	0.0%
89th	Lebanon	100.00%	0.0%
90th	St. Lucia	100.00%	0.0%
91st	Liechtenstein	100.00%	0.0%
92nd	Lithuania	100.00%	0.0%
93rd	Luxembourg	100.00%	0.0%
94th	Latvia	100.00%	0.0%
95th	Macao SAR, China	100.00%	0.0%
96th	St. Martin (French part)	100.00%	0.0%
97th	Monaco	100.00%	0.0%
98th	Moldova	100.00%	0.0%
99th	Maldives	100.00%	0.0%
100th	North Macedonia	100.00%	0.0%
101st	Malta	100.00%	0.0%
102nd	Northern Mariana Islands	100.00%	0.0%
103rd	Malaysia	100.00%	0.0%
104th	New Caledonia	100.00%	0.0%
105th	Netherlands	100.00%	0.0%
106th	Norway	100.00%	0.0%
107th	Nauru	100.00%	0.0%
108th	New Zealand	100.00%	0.0%
109th	Oman	100.00%	0.0%
110th	Palau	100.00%	0.0%
111th	Poland	100.00%	0.0%
112th	Puerto Rico (US)	100.00%	0.0%
113th	Portugal	100.00%	0.0%
114th	West Bank and Gaza	100.00%	0.0%
115th	French Polynesia	100.00%	0.0%
116th	Qatar	100.00%	0.0%
117th	Romania	100.00%	0.0%
118th	Saudi Arabia	100.00%	0.0%
119th	Singapore	100.00%	0.0%
120th	San Marino	100.00%	0.0%
121st	Slovak Republic	100.00%	0.0%
122nd	Slovenia	100.00%	0.0%
123rd	Sweden	100.00%	0.0%
124th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	100.00%	0.0%
125th	Seychelles	100.00%	0.0%
126th	Thailand	100.00%	0.0%
127th	Tunisia	100.00%	0.0%
128th	Türkiye	100.00%	0.0%
129th	Ukraine	100.00%	0.0%
130th	United States	100.00%	0.0%
131st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	100.00%	0.0%
132nd	British Virgin Islands	100.00%	0.0%
133rd	Virgin Islands (US)	100.00%	0.0%
134th	Montenegro	99.98%	0.0%
135th	Uzbekistan	99.98%	0.0%
136th	Aruba	99.94%	-0.1%
137th	Brazil	99.88%	0.1%
138th	Guyana	99.86%	1.0%
139th	Kyrgyz Republic	99.84%	-0.2%
140th	El Salvador	99.50%	1.2%
141st	Ecuador	99.46%	0.8%
142nd	Kiribati	99.32%	3.6%
143rd	Cambodia	99.20%	4.4%
144th	Colombia	99.12%	0.4%
145th	Samoa	99.12%	-0.9%
146th	Trinidad and Tobago	98.70%	0.0%
147th	Dominican Republic	98.68%	-0.9%
148th	Jamaica	98.42%	0.7%
149th	Philippines	97.92%	-0.1%
150th	Honduras	97.78%	2.3%
151st	Panama	97.66%	0.7%
152nd	Lao PDR	97.60%	1.1%
153rd	Peru	96.44%	0.2%
154th	Pakistan	96.34%	0.8%
155th	Gabon	96.16%	2.2%
156th	Fiji	95.84%	-3.5%
157th	Grenada	95.18%	0.8%
158th	Nepal	94.84%	0.9%
159th	Comoros	94.22%	4.9%
160th	Ghana	90.64%	1.3%
161st	Micronesia, Federated States of	90.36%	4.0%
162nd	Eswatini	90.16%	4.4%
163rd	Nicaragua	88.84%	0.6%
164th	South Africa	88.46%	0.9%
165th	Syrian Arab Republic	88.24%	-0.2%
166th	Solomon Islands	85.94%	5.7%
167th	Yemen, Republic of	85.72%	2.5%
168th	São Tomé and Principe	83.38%	2.6%
169th	Kenya	80.98%	6.3%
170th	Myanmar	80.40%	4.7%
171st	Botswana	79.86%	5.1%
172nd	Afghanistan	77.86%	-8.7%
173rd	Cameroon	76.90%	6.8%
174th	Côte d'Ivoire	74.68%	3.1%
175th	Libya	74.26%	1.4%
176th	Senegal	73.44%	-1.0%
177th	Sudan	69.78%	5.7%
178th	Gambia, The	69.18%	3.4%
179th	Equatorial Guinea	67.16%	0.4%
180th	Benin	67.10%	17.7%
181st	Rwanda	67.00%	4.9%
182nd	Vanuatu	66.40%	7.8%
183rd	Djibouti	65.56%	0.6%
184th	Nigeria	65.08%	6.3%
185th	Zimbabwe	63.30%	2.1%
186th	Togo	62.34%	5.3%
187th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	61.70%	7.3%
188th	Lesotho	61.12%	6.7%
189th	Namibia	59.02%	4.1%
190th	Mali	58.12%	6.6%
191st	Eritrea	56.48%	3.8%
192nd	Uganda	55.60%	8.0%
193rd	Guinea	54.82%	7.3%
194th	Zambia	54.40%	6.5%
195th	Haiti	53.82%	4.9%
196th	Tanzania	53.72%	11.2%
197th	Congo, Republic of	53.24%	3.8%
198th	Mauritania	53.22%	5.8%
199th	Angola	53.08%	3.9%
200th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	50.00%	-0.6%
201st	Guinea-Bissau	44.88%	10.8%
202nd	Madagascar	43.08%	9.3%
203rd	Sierra Leone	39.76%	12.0%
204th	Mozambique	38.28%	6.3%
205th	Liberia	38.16%	17.4%
206th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	23.68%	7.1%
207th	Burkina Faso	22.94%	5.7%
208th	Niger	20.68%	2.9%
209th	Central African Republic	18.50%	5.1%
210th	Malawi	17.82%	14.2%
211th	Papua New Guinea	17.82%	-13.1%
212th	Chad	14.06%	17.2%
213th	Burundi	12.12%	4.5%
214th	South Sudan	6.44%	19.3%

FAQ

What was Zambia's electricity access in 2025?▾

Zambia's electricity access in 2025 was 54.40%. This ranked 194th globally.

How did Zambia's electricity access change in 2025?▾

Zambia's electricity access increased by 6.5% in 2025 compared to 2024.

Which country had the highest electricity access in 2025?▾

Timor-Leste had the highest electricity access in 2025 at 106.26%.

What is the electricity access of Zambia in 2025?▾

The electricity access of Zambia in 2025 was 54.40%. This ranked 194th globally.

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