Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Brazil
Brazil: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 97.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Brazil, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Brazil is 97.5%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Brazil peaked at 97.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 91.8%, in 2009.
Brazil ranks 79th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Brazil, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 91.8% | — |
| 2010 | 92.5% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 94.0% | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 94.2% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 96.6% | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 96.6% | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 97.0% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 97.1% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 97.3% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 97.4% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 97.5% | +0.1% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 97.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 96.6%, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 97.5% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 97.4%, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 91.8% | 91.8% | 91.8% | 1 |
| 2010s | 96.0% | 92.5% | 97.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 76 Serbia 97.7% compare
- 77 North Macedonia 97.7% compare
- 78 Trinidad and Tobago 97.7% compare
- 80 Jamaica 97.5% compare
- 81 Saint Kitts and Nevis 97.4% compare
- 82 Dominican Republic 97.4% compare
More private sector data for Brazil
- Merchandise trade 28.2% (2025)
- Food imports 5.5% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 79.7% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 293.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 40.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 23.8% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 348.28 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,637 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1528 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 3.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Brazil?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Brazil was 97.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 97.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 91.8% in 2009.
- How does Brazil rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Brazil ranks 79th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.