Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Eritrea
Eritrea: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 0.0% in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Eritrea, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Eritrea stood at 0.0%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Eritrea peaked at 62.0% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2015.
Eritrea ranks 182nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 37.6% | — |
| 2010 | 48.7% | +29.4% |
| 2011 | 45.2% | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 56.7% | +25.3% |
| 2013 | 58.6% | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 62.0% | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | — |
| 2017 | 0.0% | — |
| 2018 | 0.0% | — |
| 2019 | 0.0% | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 37.6% | 37.6% | 37.6% | 1 |
| 2010s | 27.1% | 0.0% | 62.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 179 Sierra Leone 37.6% compare
- 180 Congo 31.2% 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 Somalia 0.0%
- 182 South Sudan 0.0% compare
- 182 Yemen 0.0% compare
More private sector data for Eritrea
- Merchandise trade 29.4% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 524.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports 631.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 174.94 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2082 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 145.27 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.46 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), annual growth rate -1.69 % change on previous year (2025)
- Commercial service exports (current US$), per capita 24.08 current US$ per person (2000)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Eritrea?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Eritrea was 0.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 62.0% in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2015.
- How does Eritrea rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Eritrea ranks 182nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eritrea 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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About this data
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.