Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Eswatini
Eswatini: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 93.3% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Eswatini, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Eswatini stood at 93.3%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Eswatini peaked at 93.3% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 81.2%, in 2009.
That places Eswatini 118th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 Eswatini, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 81.2% | — |
| 2010 | 81.8% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 83.9% | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 86.8% | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 84.8% | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 87.2% | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 87.1% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 90.9% | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 90.7% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 91.5% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 93.3% | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 81.2% | 81.2% | 81.2% | 1 |
| 2010s | 87.8% | 81.8% | 93.3% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
More private sector data for Eswatini
- Merchandise trade 86.4% (2025)
- Food imports 19.6% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 58.1% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 2.09 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 29.7% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 59.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 2.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,887 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4592 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.85 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Eswatini?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Eswatini was 93.3% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 93.3% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.2% in 2009.
- How does Eswatini rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Eswatini ranks 118th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.