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Zambia: Electricity production from coal sources

17.39percent · 2024

The share of electricity production from coal sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category. Annual figures for Zambia from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202417.39
202310.923
202211.104
20217.312
202012.426
201911.271
201812.531
20178.793
20162.772
20150
20140
20130
20120
20110
20100
20090
20080
20070
20060
20050.178
20040.152
20030.204
20020.195
20010.188
20000.179
19990.18
19980.303
19970.302
19960.237
19950.151
19940.233
19930.5
19920.623
19910.464
19900.487

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Published by World Bank, produced by International Energy Agency. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Electricity production from coal sources. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-electricity-production-from-coal-sources (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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