Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) by country
The cost is the total median cost associated with completing the procedures to connect a warehouse to electricity. It is calculated as a percentage of income per capita. All the fees and costs associated with completing the procedures to connect a warehouse to electricity are recorded, including those related to...
Countries reporting
188
Highest
14,977.6%
Burundi
Lowest
0.0%
China
Median
300.5%
Years covered
11
2009–2019
Data points
2,056
What the numbers show
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 14,977.6% in Burundi; the lowest is 0.0% in China.
The median across all reporting countries is 300.5%, and the mean is 1,075.7%.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 165 fell. The largest increase was in Zambia (up 582.4%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 100.0%).
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 14,977.6% | 2019 | down 65.2% | falling |
| 2 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 13,108.0% | 2019 | down 68.8% | falling |
| 3 | Benin | 11,584.3% | 2019 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 10,000.5% | 2019 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 5 | Chad | 9,628.6% | 2019 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 6 | Burkina Faso | 8,977.4% | 2019 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 7 | Uganda | 6,930.1% | 2019 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 8 | Congo | 5,569.3% | 2019 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 9 | Sierra Leone | 5,057.2% | 2019 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 10 | Niger | 4,664.2% | 2019 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 11 | Madagascar | 4,336.4% | 2019 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 12 | Mauritania | 3,929.3% | 2019 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 13 | Yemen | 3,492.6% | 2014 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 14 | Guinea | 3,232.2% | 2019 | down 74.1% | falling |
| 15 | Sudan | 3,154.2% | 2019 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 16 | Eritrea | 3,078.5% | 2014 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 17 | Mozambique | 3,008.7% | 2019 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 18 | Kiribati | 2,966.3% | 2019 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 19 | Haiti | 2,946.7% | 2019 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 20 | Gambia | 2,613.6% | 2019 | down 69.7% | falling |
| 21 | Mali | 2,573.6% | 2019 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 22 | Afghanistan | 2,546.4% | 2019 | up 311.9% | falling |
| 23 | Senegal | 2,421.1% | 2019 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 24 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2,194.1% | 2019 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 25 | Liberia | 2,190.5% | 2019 | down 72.6% | falling |
| 26 | Togo | 2,120.4% | 2019 | down 67.3% | falling |
| 27 | Zambia | 2,035.6% | 2019 | up 582.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Rwanda | 1,923.1% | 2019 | down 69.1% | falling |
| 29 | Bangladesh | 1,745.8% | 2019 | down 70.6% | falling |
| 30 | Malawi | 1,709.2% | 2019 | down 85.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Cambodia | 1,701.9% | 2019 | down 55.8% | falling |
| 32 | Cameroon | 1,470.7% | 2019 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 33 | Zimbabwe | 1,400.6% | 2019 | down 79.9% | falling |
| 34 | Palestine, State of | 1,383.9% | 2019 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 35 | Cape Verde | 1,309.8% | 2019 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 36 | Morocco | 1,308.8% | 2019 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 37 | Timor-Leste | 1,255.7% | 2019 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 38 | Gabon | 1,235.5% | 2019 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 39 | Pakistan | 1,234.5% | 2019 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 40 | Comoros | 1,212.3% | 2019 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 41 | Solomon Islands | 1,205.9% | 2019 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 42 | Fiji | 1,191.4% | 2019 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 43 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,177.7% | 2019 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 44 | Lesotho | 1,120.0% | 2019 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 45 | Myanmar | 1,067.2% | 2019 | down 68.3% | falling |
| 46 | Vanuatu | 1,037.6% | 2019 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 47 | Viet Nam | 994.2% | 2019 | down 69.6% | falling |
| 48 | Algeria | 967.0% | 2019 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 49 | Suriname | 895.8% | 2019 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 50 | Equatorial Guinea | 892.0% | 2019 | up 84.1% | rising |
| 51 | Nicaragua | 879.7% | 2019 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 52 | Tajikistan | 867.8% | 2019 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 53 | Djibouti | 831.2% | 2019 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Nepal | 785.8% | 2019 | down 71.2% | falling |
| 55 | Ethiopia | 768.5% | 2019 | down 84.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Honduras | 766.7% | 2019 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 57 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 746.0% | 2019 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 58 | Tunisia | 719.1% | 2019 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 59 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 705.2% | 2019 | down 78.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 690.8% | 2019 | down 75.9% | falling |
| 61 | Kyrgyzstan | 683.9% | 2019 | down 64.7% | falling |
| 62 | Sri Lanka | 663.5% | 2019 | down 62.3% | falling |
| 63 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 650.7% | 2019 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 638.7% | 2019 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 65 | Marshall Islands | 637.9% | 2019 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 66 | Ghana | 632.0% | 2019 | down 89.3% | volatile |
| 67 | Angola | 623.3% | 2019 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 68 | Kenya | 615.4% | 2019 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 69 | Mongolia | 603.5% | 2019 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 70 | Ecuador | 602.4% | 2019 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 71 | Samoa | 601.8% | 2019 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 72 | Eswatini | 542.6% | 2019 | down 64.5% | falling |
| 73 | El Salvador | 517.9% | 2019 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 74 | Republic of Moldova | 515.8% | 2019 | down 62.9% | falling |
| 75 | Colombia | 494.9% | 2019 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 76 | Guatemala | 477.3% | 2019 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 77 | Dominica | 452.1% | 2019 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 78 | Albania | 448.6% | 2019 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 79 | Peru | 448.5% | 2019 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 80 | Uzbekistan | 441.2% | 2019 | down 91.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Guyana | 423.8% | 2019 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 82 | Kosovo | 406.2% | 2019 | down 56.8% | falling |
| 82 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 406.2% | 2019 | down 56.8% | falling |
| 84 | Romania | 405.8% | 2019 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 85 | Bulgaria | 386.8% | 2019 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 86 | Iraq | 384.7% | 2019 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 87 | Bhutan | 381.6% | 2019 | down 62.6% | falling |
| 88 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 358.6% | 2019 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 89 | Ukraine | 353.2% | 2019 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Seychelles | 343.8% | 2019 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 91 | Sao Tome and Principe | 339.4% | 2019 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 92 | Puerto Rico | 318.3% | 2019 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 93 | Belize | 307.2% | 2019 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 94 | Libya | 304.6% | 2019 | down 32.6% | flat |
| 95 | Nigeria | 296.4% | 2019 | down 79.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 289.0% | 2019 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 97 | Jordan | 285.3% | 2019 | down 31.7% | flat |
| 98 | Malta | 273.8% | 2019 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 99 | Namibia | 272.2% | 2019 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 100 | Mexico | 264.4% | 2019 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 101 | Croatia | 261.4% | 2019 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 102 | Syrian Arab Republic | 260.2% | 2019 | down 73.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Botswana | 251.5% | 2019 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 104 | Maldives | 234.6% | 2019 | down 62.3% | falling |
| 105 | Indonesia | 233.8% | 2019 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Latvia | 233.4% | 2019 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 107 | Slovakia | 219.6% | 2019 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 108 | Dominican Republic | 209.5% | 2019 | down 59.5% | falling |
| 109 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 207.3% | 2019 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 110 | Brazil | 203.4% | 2019 | down 69.3% | falling |
| 110 | Jamaica | 203.4% | 2019 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 112 | Trinidad and Tobago | 185.3% | 2019 | up 240.0% | volatile |
| 113 | North Macedonia | 184.1% | 2019 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Serbia | 182.4% | 2019 | down 69.1% | falling |
| 115 | Egypt | 180.2% | 2019 | down 68.7% | falling |
| 116 | Saint Lucia | 171.1% | 2019 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 117 | South Africa | 158.4% | 2019 | down 81.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Costa Rica | 158.0% | 2019 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 119 | Grenada | 157.4% | 2019 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 120 | Georgia | 145.0% | 2019 | down 81.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Montenegro | 144.4% | 2019 | down 70.2% | falling |
| 122 | Mauritius | 143.6% | 2019 | down 62.7% | falling |
| 123 | Italy | 138.9% | 2019 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 124 | Estonia | 138.7% | 2019 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 125 | Lebanon | 128.0% | 2019 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 126 | Azerbaijan | 125.7% | 2019 | down 83.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Canada | 116.9% | 2019 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 128 | Cyprus | 116.6% | 2019 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 129 | Paraguay | 113.4% | 2019 | down 62.2% | falling |
| 130 | Antigua and Barbuda | 101.3% | 2019 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 131 | Denmark | 100.1% | 2019 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 132 | Belgium | 93.3% | 2019 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 133 | Spain | 93.1% | 2019 | down 56.6% | falling |
| 134 | Slovenia | 92.9% | 2019 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 135 | Bahamas | 87.1% | 2019 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 136 | Austria | 85.8% | 2019 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 137 | Belarus | 84.4% | 2019 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Tonga | 75.7% | 2019 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 139 | Hungary | 74.7% | 2019 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 140 | Greece | 68.2% | 2019 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 141 | New Zealand | 67.9% | 2019 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 142 | Armenia | 67.6% | 2019 | down 71.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Türkiye | 62.3% | 2019 | down 91.0% | falling |
| 144 | Barbados | 61.6% | 2019 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 145 | Bahrain | 57.4% | 2019 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 146 | Switzerland | 57.2% | 2019 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 147 | Ireland | 57.1% | 2019 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 148 | Kuwait | 55.7% | 2019 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 149 | Palau | 51.7% | 2019 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 150 | Oman | 50.0% | 2019 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 151 | Chile | 49.3% | 2019 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 152 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 46.6% | 2019 | down 81.3% | volatile |
| 153 | San Marino | 40.4% | 2019 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 154 | Germany | 37.0% | 2019 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 154 | Taiwan, China | 37.0% | 2019 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 156 | Brunei Darussalam | 36.7% | 2019 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 157 | Kazakhstan | 35.9% | 2019 | down 68.9% | falling |
| 158 | Republic of Korea | 34.3% | 2019 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 159 | Lithuania | 33.6% | 2019 | down 56.8% | falling |
| 159 | Portugal | 33.6% | 2019 | down 62.8% | falling |
| 161 | Luxembourg | 32.7% | 2019 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 162 | Sweden | 29.3% | 2019 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 163 | India | 28.6% | 2019 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Saudi Arabia | 27.9% | 2019 | up 67.1% | rising |
| 165 | Finland | 27.5% | 2019 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 166 | Malaysia | 25.6% | 2019 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 166 | Papua New Guinea | 25.6% | 2019 | down 65.3% | falling |
| 168 | Netherlands | 24.5% | 2019 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 169 | Philippines | 24.3% | 2019 | down 97.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Czechia | 23.1% | 2019 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 170 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 23.1% | 2019 | down 68.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Singapore | 22.0% | 2019 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 173 | United States of America | 21.7% | 2019 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 174 | Poland | 16.3% | 2019 | down 92.6% | volatile |
| 175 | Argentina | 15.5% | 2019 | down 66.1% | falling |
| 176 | Panama | 15.3% | 2019 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 177 | Israel | 13.3% | 2019 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 178 | Australia | 12.1% | 2019 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 179 | Iceland | 10.3% | 2019 | up 18.4% | flat |
| 179 | Norway | 10.3% | 2019 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 179 | Uruguay | 10.3% | 2019 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 182 | Qatar | 9.2% | 2019 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 183 | France | 5.0% | 2019 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 183 | Russian Federation | 5.0% | 2019 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 185 | Thailand | 3.9% | 2019 | down 95.1% | falling |
| 186 | Hong Kong, China | 1.3% | 2019 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 187 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 2019 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 187 | China | 0.0% | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
The cost is the total median cost associated with completing the procedures to connect a warehouse to electricity. It is calculated as a percentage of income per capita. All the fees and costs associated with completing the procedures to connect a warehouse to electricity are recorded, including those related to obtaining clearances from government agencies, applying for the connection, receiving inspections of both the site and the internal wiring, purchasing material, getting the actual connection works and paying a security deposit. Bribes are not included.