Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Burundi
Burundi: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 17.3 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Burundi, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Burundi is 17.3 DB16-20 methodology, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.2% on the previous year and up 47.9% over ten years.
That places Burundi 80th 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 Burundi, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 11.7 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 11.3 DB16-20 methodology | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 11.3 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 11.1 DB16-20 methodology | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 15.7 DB16-20 methodology | +41.4% |
| 2019 | 17.3 DB16-20 methodology | +10.2% |
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More private sector data for Burundi
- Merchandise trade 45.2% (2025)
- Food imports 13.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 61.1% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 1.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 46.0% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 15.2% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 332.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 23.07 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0987 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 89.71 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Burundi?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Burundi was 17.3 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 Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 17.3 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.1 DB16-20 methodology in 2017.
- How does Burundi rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Burundi ranks 80th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burundi 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.