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Zambia: Carbon intensity of electricity generation

125.76gCO2e per kWh · 2024+195.0% since 2014

Emissions per unit of electricity generated, as estimated by Ember. Annual figures for Zambia from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (gCO2e per kWh)Note
2024125.761
2023116.341
2022117.257
202190.293
2020141.825
2019144.76
2018146.99
2017129.052
201666.78
201543.523
201442.631
201324.737
201224.818
201124.282
201024.402
200924.368
200824.449
200724.378
200624.38
200528.412
200427.732
200328.846
200228.922
200127.96
200027.367

Source

Published by Ember, produced by Ember. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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Ember (2026). Carbon intensity of electricity generation. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ember-carbon-intensity (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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