Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Madagascar
Madagascar: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 46.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Madagascar, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 46.5% for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 25.4% on the previous year and up 61.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Madagascar peaked at 46.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 13.9%, in 2012.
Madagascar ranks 177th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Madagascar, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 28.7% | — |
| 2010 | 14.7% | -48.7% |
| 2011 | 22.9% | +55.6% |
| 2012 | 13.9% | -39.2% |
| 2013 | 14.5% | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 20.2% | +39.3% |
| 2015 | 24.3% | +20.5% |
| 2016 | 30.7% | +26.5% |
| 2017 | 33.4% | +8.7% |
| 2018 | 37.0% | +10.8% |
| 2019 | 46.5% | +25.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28.7% | 28.7% | 28.7% | 1 |
| 2010s | 25.8% | 13.9% | 46.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
More private sector data for Madagascar
- Merchandise trade 39.4% (2025)
- Food imports 18.4% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 58.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 5.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 30.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 32.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 2.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 76.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1273 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -3.25 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Madagascar?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Madagascar was 46.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 46.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.9% in 2012.
- How does Madagascar rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Madagascar ranks 177th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.