Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Romania
Romania: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 95.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Romania, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Romania recorded 95.0% 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 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Romania peaked at 95.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 89.0%, in 2009.
That places Romania 106th 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 Romania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 89.0% | — |
| 2010 | 89.3% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 89.5% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 90.3% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 90.9% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 92.3% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 92.8% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 93.3% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 93.7% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 94.4% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 95.0% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 89.0% | 89.0% | 89.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 92.1% | 89.3% | 95.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More private sector data for Romania
- Merchandise trade 59.5% (2025)
- Food imports 10.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 77.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 146.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 79.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 109.13 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,738 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2546 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 8.82 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Romania?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Romania was 95.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 95.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.0% in 2009.
- How does Romania rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Romania ranks 106th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania 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.