Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Singapore
Singapore: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 99.7% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Singapore, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Singapore stood at 99.7%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Singapore peaked at 99.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 99.6%, in 2009.
Singapore ranks 18th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Singapore, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 99.6% | — |
| 2010 | 99.6% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 99.6% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 99.6% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 99.7% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 99.7% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 99.7% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 99.7% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.7% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.7% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.7% | +0.0% |
Singapore compared with similar countries
- Singapore's 99.7% is above the median for high income countries, which is 99.3%, 1.0× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- Singapore'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 | 99.6% | 99.6% | 99.6% | 1 |
| 2010s | 99.7% | 99.6% | 99.7% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
- 15 Argentina 99.8% compare
- 16 Poland 99.8% compare
- 17 United States of America 99.7% compare
- 19 Czechia 99.7% compare
- 20 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 99.7% compare
- 21 Philippines 99.7% compare
More private sector data for Singapore
- Merchandise trade 177.6% (2025)
- Food imports 3.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 70.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 505.84 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 2.8% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 74.5% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 566.87 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 92,760 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9387 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 12.11 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Singapore?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Singapore 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 Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 99.7% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.6% in 2009.
- How does Singapore rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Singapore ranks 18th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Singapore 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.