Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Botswana
Botswana: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 16.3 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Botswana, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Botswana recorded 16.3 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 13.2% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
That places Botswana 91st out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Botswana, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 15.7 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 14 DB16-20 methodology | -10.8% |
| 2016 | 11.8 DB16-20 methodology | -15.7% |
| 2017 | 13.2 DB16-20 methodology | +11.9% |
| 2018 | 14.4 DB16-20 methodology | +9.1% |
| 2019 | 16.3 DB16-20 methodology | +13.2% |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 89 Mexico 16.5 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 89 Eswatini 16.5 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 92 Hong Kong, China 16.1 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 92 South Africa 16.1 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 94 Slovakia 15.6 DB16-20 methodology compare
More private sector data for Botswana
- Merchandise trade 57.8% (2025)
- Food imports 16.2% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 61.8% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 6.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 1.9% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 86.3% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 5.12 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,998 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2569 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 9.73 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Botswana?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Botswana was 16.3 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 Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 16.3 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.8 DB16-20 methodology in 2016.
- How does Botswana rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Botswana ranks 91st out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana 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.