Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Brazil
Brazil: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 17.5 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Brazil, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Brazil stood at 17.5 DB16-20 methodology.
The figure is up 7.4% on the previous year and up 42.3% over ten years.
That places Brazil 77th 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 Brazil, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 12.3 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 15.7 DB16-20 methodology | +27.6% |
| 2016 | 18.2 DB16-20 methodology | +15.9% |
| 2017 | 15.4 DB16-20 methodology | -15.4% |
| 2018 | 16.3 DB16-20 methodology | +5.8% |
| 2019 | 17.5 DB16-20 methodology | +7.4% |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 74 Mauritania 17.6 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 74 Togo 17.6 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 74 Palestine, State of 17.6 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 77 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 17.5 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 79 Equatorial Guinea 17.4 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 80 Burundi 17.3 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 80 Sri Lanka 17.3 DB16-20 methodology compare
More private sector data for Brazil
- Merchandise trade 28.2% (2025)
- Food imports 5.5% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 79.7% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 293.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 40.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 23.8% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 348.28 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,637 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1528 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 3.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Brazil?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Brazil was 17.5 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 Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 18.2 DB16-20 methodology in 2016.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.3 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- How does Brazil rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Brazil ranks 77th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil 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.