Fossil electricity share in Zimbabwe

Oil, gas and coal produced 77.1% of electricity in Zimbabwe in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Zimbabwe, 2024 77.1% % of total electricity production
Change from 2023 +24.1percentage points 2023: 53.0%
World, 2023 48.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Zimbabwe (2024).

Fossil electricity share in Zimbabwe over time

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% of total electricity production. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Electricity from oil, gas and coal (% of total electricity production), 2001 to 2024
Period ZimbabweWorld
2024 77.1% –
2023 53.0% 48.7%
2022 33.8% 60.7%
2021 35.3% 61.5%
2020 39.2% 61.4%
2019 46.3% 62.9%
2018 44.0% 64.1%
2017 45.4% 64.7%
2016 56.7% 65.3%
2015 47.3% 66.1%
2014 44.4% 66.7%
2013 46.1% 67.1%
2012 39.6% 67.7%
2011 42.3% 67.8%
2010 32.2% 66.9%
2009 24.4% 66.6%
2008 24.1% 67.3%
2007 28.4% 67.7%
2006 32.1% 66.5%
2005 47.6% 66.1%
2004 43.4% 65.8%
2003 39.3% 66.1%
2002 55.6% 64.9%
2001 62.5% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +24.1 percentage points from 53.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 44.4%, the figure has changed by +32.7 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Energy Agency
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EG.ELC.FOSL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for Zimbabwe
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Energy Agency