Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Congo
Congo: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 31.2% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Congo, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Congo recorded 31.2% for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 90.1% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Congo peaked at 42.5% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 14.1%, in 2017.
That places Congo 180th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Congo, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 29.3% | — |
| 2010 | 18.8% | -36.0% |
| 2011 | 35.5% | +89.1% |
| 2012 | 41.0% | +15.6% |
| 2013 | 42.5% | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 41.9% | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 42.3% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 32.5% | -23.1% |
| 2017 | 14.1% | -56.6% |
| 2018 | 16.4% | +16.5% |
| 2019 | 31.2% | +90.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29.3% | 29.3% | 29.3% | 1 |
| 2010s | 31.6% | 14.1% | 42.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 177 Madagascar 46.5% compare
- 178 Niger 42.4% compare
- 179 Sierra Leone 37.6% compare
- 181 Uganda 14.4% compare
- 182 Benin 0.0%
- 182 Burkina Faso 0.0%
- 182 Burundi 0.0%
- 182 Central African Republic 0.0%
- 182 Chad 0.0% compare
- 182 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.0%
- 182 Eritrea 0.0% compare
- 182 Somalia 0.0%
- 182 South Sudan 0.0% compare
- 182 Yemen 0.0% compare
More private sector data for Congo
- Merchandise trade 94.4% (2025)
- Food imports 21.2% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 71.4% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 7.90 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.2% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 10.3% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 7.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,157 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4599 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -4.57 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Congo?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Congo was 31.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 42.5% in 2013.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.1% in 2017.
- How does Congo rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Congo ranks 180th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Congo 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.