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Zimbabwe — Electricity access
Access to Electricity (% of Population) for Zimbabwe, 1992–2024.
Latest value · 2024
62.00%
Access to Electricity (% of Population) · % of population · +119.9% since 1992
Electricity access for Zimbabwe was 62.00% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 33 years, from 1992 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 62.00% in 2023. The lowest was 28.10% in 1994 (about 2.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.49% per year.
Zimbabwe ranks 184 of 215 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 86%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 59.00%, so Zimbabwe sits above it. It peaked in 2023 and has risen 0% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 92%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
62.00%
First (1992)
28.20%
Change
+119.9%
Highest
62.00%
in 2023
Lowest
28.10%
in 1994
Average
39.43%
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.49%
Years of data
33
Recent years
| Year | % of population |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 62% |
| 2023 | 62% |
| 2022 | 50.1% |
| 2021 | 49% |
| 2020 | 52.7% |
| 2019 | 46.7% |
| 2018 | 45.4% |
| 2017 | 44% |
| 2016 | 42.5% |
| 2015 | 33.7% |
| 2014 | 32.3% |
| 2013 | 40.6% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the population with access to electricity. Access means the household is connected to a source that provides a reliable supply. Figures are in % of population. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS — Access to Electricity (% of Population). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.