Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Rwanda
Rwanda: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 76.3% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Rwanda, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 76.3% for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 230.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Rwanda peaked at 76.3% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 23.0%, in 2009.
That places Rwanda 162nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 Rwanda, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 23.0% | — |
| 2010 | 31.9% | +38.6% |
| 2011 | 42.0% | +31.6% |
| 2012 | 51.3% | +22.0% |
| 2013 | 50.4% | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 62.1% | +23.1% |
| 2015 | 63.8% | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 66.4% | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 66.4% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 74.3% | +11.9% |
| 2019 | 76.3% | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23.0% | 23.0% | 23.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 58.5% | 31.9% | 76.3% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
More private sector data for Rwanda
- Merchandise trade 45.9% (2025)
- Food imports 22.4% (2022)
- Manufactures imports 50.0% (2022)
- Merchandise imports 5.07 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 27.2% (2022)
- Manufactures exports 10.4% (2022)
- Merchandise exports 2.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 168.16 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1496 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -23.46 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Rwanda?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Rwanda was 76.3% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 76.3% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.0% in 2009.
- How does Rwanda rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Rwanda ranks 162nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 230.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda 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.