According to the MTF survey data, as of 2017, 37.7% of households have access to electricity through the national grid, 4.7% of households primarily use off-grid solutions and the remaining 57.6% of households don’t have access to electricity. Using the MTF definition, 40.3% of the households are in Tier 1 or above. The discrepancy between urban and rural access is substantial. 74.8% of urban households access electricity through the national grid, yet the majority of rural households (88.1%) have no access to any electricity sources.
To learn more about energy access in Zambia, download MTF’s Country Diagnostic Report, here.
As of 2017, in Zambia, three types of cookstoves are most commonly used by households as primary cooking solutions: open-fire stoves (46.7%), manufactured traditional mbaula (36.2%) and electric stoves (16.5%). Only a negligible portion of households use improved stoves (0.4%) or LPG/natural gas (0.1%). Based on the MTF definition for cooking, 16.8% of households are in Tier 3 and above.
any electricity sources.
To learn more about energy access in Zambia, download MTF’s Country Diagnostic Report, here.