Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income) … Score in Myanmar
Myanmar: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income) … Score was 86.8% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Myanmar, 2012–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Myanmar recorded 86.8% for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 48.7% over ten years.
That places Myanmar 145th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income) … Score in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 58.4% | — |
| 2013 | 64.6% | +10.7% |
| 2014 | 68.8% | +6.4% |
| 2015 | 79.3% | +15.3% |
| 2016 | 84.3% | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 85.7% | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 85.8% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 86.8% | +1.1% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's 86.8% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 89.1%, 97% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Myanmar's 86.8% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 98.1%, 89% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Myanmar
More private sector data for Myanmar
- Merchandise trade 36.3% (2025)
- Food imports 10.4% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 60.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 14.33 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 3.58 billion current US$ (2019)
- Food exports 28.6% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 40.0% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 15.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 6.46 billion current US$ (2019)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 278.9 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Myanmar?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Myanmar was 86.8% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was 86.8% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.4% in 2012.
- How does Myanmar rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Myanmar ranks 145th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Myanmar 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.