Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income) … Score in Philippines
Philippines: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income) … Score was 99.7% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Philippines, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Philippines stood at 99.7%.
That represents a change of up 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Philippines peaked at 99.9% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 89.2%, in 2010.
Philippines ranks 21st of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income) … Score in Philippines, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 90.0% | — |
| 2010 | 89.2% | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 99.8% | +11.8% |
| 2012 | 99.9% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 99.5% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 99.6% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 99.6% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 99.7% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.7% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.7% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.7% | -0.0% |
Philippines compared with similar countries
- Philippines's 99.7% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 96.6%, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Philippines's 99.7% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 98.1%, 1.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 90.0% | 90.0% | 90.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 98.6% | 89.2% | 99.9% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Philippines
- 18 Singapore 99.7% compare
- 19 Czechia 99.7% compare
- 20 United Kingdom 99.7% compare
- 22 Netherlands 99.7% compare
- 23 Malaysia 99.7% compare
- 24 Papua New Guinea 99.7% compare
More private sector data for Philippines
- Merchandise trade 46.2% (2025)
- Food imports 14.8% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 69.5% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 141.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 37.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.8% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 76.5% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 83.72 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 51.47 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 716.89 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Philippines?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Philippines was 99.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 99.9% in 2012.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.2% in 2010.
- How does Philippines rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Philippines ranks 21st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Philippines 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.