Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Belize
Belize: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 22.6 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Belize, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Belize recorded 22.6 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 15.9% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Belize ranks 39th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Belize, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 22.6 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 22.3 DB16-20 methodology | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 19.5 DB16-20 methodology | -12.6% |
| 2017 | 19.4 DB16-20 methodology | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 19.5 DB16-20 methodology | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 22.6 DB16-20 methodology | +15.9% |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 36 Burkina Faso 23.8 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 37 Ghana 23.6 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 38 Timor-Leste 23.4 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 40 Portugal 22.2 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 41 Fiji 21.8 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 42 Pakistan 21.7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 42 Kenya 21.7 DB16-20 methodology compare
More private sector data for Belize
- Merchandise trade 56.4% (2025)
- Food imports 19.3% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 64.2% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 1.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 95.3% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 3.2% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 444.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,050 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1335 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -7.88 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Belize?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Belize was 22.6 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 Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 22.6 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.4 DB16-20 methodology in 2017.
- How does Belize rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Belize ranks 39th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belize 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.