Zambia - Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)

Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) in Zambia was 82.38 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 82.38 in 2020, while its lowest value was 34.70 in 1990.

Definition: Access to electricity, urban is the percentage of urban population with access to electricity.

Source: World Bank, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) database from the SE4ALL Global Tracking Framework led jointly by the World Bank, International Energy Agency, and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program.

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Year Value
1990 34.70
1991 35.11
1992 39.20
1993 37.59
1994 38.82
1995 40.04
1996 44.10
1997 42.44
1998 48.00
1999 44.77
2000 44.10
2001 47.02
2002 45.10
2003 48.00
2004 47.60
2005 51.59
2006 52.78
2007 47.80
2008 55.21
2009 56.44
2010 49.80
2011 58.92
2012 60.14
2013 61.36
2014 61.50
2015 67.70
2016 69.96
2017 75.20
2018 76.46
2019 79.46
2020 82.38

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Data for access to electricity are collected among different sources: mostly data from nationally representative household surveys (including national censuses) were used. Survey sources include Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Living Standards Measurement Surveys (LSMS), Multi-Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), the World Health Survey (WHS), other nationally developed and implemented surveys, and various government agencies (for example, ministries of energy and utilities). Given the low frequency and the regional distribution of some surveys, a number of countries have gaps in available data. To develop the historical evolution and starting point of electrification rates, a simple modeling approach was adopted to fill in the missing data points - around 1990, around 2000, and around 2010. Therefore, a country can have a continuum of zero to three data points. There are 42 countries with zero data point and the weighted regional average was used as an estimate for electrification in each of the data periods. 170 countries have between one and three data points and missing data are estimated by using a model with region, country, and time variables. The model keeps the original observation if data is available for any of the time periods. This modeling approach allowed the estimation of electrification rates for 212 countries over these three time periods (Indicated as "Estimate"). Notation "Assumption" refers to the assumption of universal access in countries classified as developed by the United Nations. Data begins from the year in which the first survey data is available for each country.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use