Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income) … Score in Turkey
Turkey: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income) … Score was 99.2% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Turkey, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Turkey recorded 99.2% 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 4.2% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Turkey peaked at 99.2% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 91.2%, in 2010.
Turkey ranks 47th 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 Turkey, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 91.5% | — |
| 2010 | 91.2% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 92.3% | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 93.6% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 94.1% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 94.6% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 92.6% | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 92.6% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 94.3% | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 95.2% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 99.2% | +4.2% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 99.2% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 96.6%, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 99.2% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 98.9%, 1.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 91.5% | 91.5% | 91.5% | 1 |
| 2010s | 94.0% | 91.2% | 99.2% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More private sector data for Turkey
- Merchandise trade 40.0% (2025)
- Food imports 7.0% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 60.5% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 365.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 58.00 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.8% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 74.5% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 273.36 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 122.32 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,183 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Turkey?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Turkey was 99.2% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 99.2% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 91.2% in 2010.
- How does Turkey rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Turkey ranks 47th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkey 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.