Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 9.7 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Bangladesh, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Bangladesh stood at 9.7 DB16-20 methodology. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.4% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Bangladesh ranks 146th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 9.3 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 9 DB16-20 methodology | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 9.3 DB16-20 methodology | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 9.2 DB16-20 methodology | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 9.2 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 9.7 DB16-20 methodology | +5.4% |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 144 Norway 10.1 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 145 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 10 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 146 Egypt 9.7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 148 Mozambique 9.6 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 149 Kosovo 9.5 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 149 Lithuania 9.5 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 149 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 9.5 DB16-20 methodology compare
More private sector data for Bangladesh
- Merchandise trade 25.8% (2025)
- Food imports 13.0% (2018)
- Manufactures imports 67.0% (2018)
- Merchandise imports 69.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 3.4% (2018)
- Manufactures exports 94.5% (2018)
- Merchandise exports 48.17 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 274.16 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1056 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Bangladesh?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Bangladesh was 9.7 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 9.7 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 DB16-20 methodology in 2015.
- How does Bangladesh rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Bangladesh ranks 146th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) (DB16-20 methodology). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The price of electricity is measured in U.S. cents per kWh. A monthly electricity consumption is assumed, for which a bill is then computed for a warehouse based in the largest business city of the economy for the month of March. The bill is then expressed back as a unit of kWh. The index is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.