Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 90.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Ethiopia, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Ethiopia stood at 90.5%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 130.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Ethiopia peaked at 90.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 39.4%, in 2009.
Ethiopia ranks 135th 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 Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 39.4% | — |
| 2010 | 54.6% | +38.9% |
| 2011 | 58.9% | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 68.4% | +16.3% |
| 2013 | 76.7% | +12.1% |
| 2014 | 79.3% | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 82.5% | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 84.7% | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 87.3% | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 89.0% | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 90.5% | +1.7% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 90.5% is above the median for low income countries, which is 44.4%, 2.0× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 90.5% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 74.3%, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 39.4% | 39.4% | 39.4% | 1 |
| 2010s | 77.2% | 54.6% | 90.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More private sector data for Ethiopia
- Merchandise trade 24.2% (2025)
- Food imports 13.8% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 69.2% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 23.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 80.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 9.2% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 7.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 55.99 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.06 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 38.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Ethiopia?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Ethiopia was 90.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 90.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.4% in 2009.
- How does Ethiopia rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Ethiopia ranks 135th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 130.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.