Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Canada
Canada: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 12.3 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Canada, 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 Canada is 12.3 DB16-20 methodology, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.5% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Canada ranks 120th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Canada, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 12.9 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 12.6 DB16-20 methodology | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 15.5 DB16-20 methodology | +23.0% |
| 2017 | 14.2 DB16-20 methodology | -8.4% |
| 2018 | 13.3 DB16-20 methodology | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 12.3 DB16-20 methodology | -7.5% |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 117 Viet Nam 12.5 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 118 Morocco 12.4 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 118 Zimbabwe 12.4 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 121 Iceland 12.2 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 122 Luxembourg 12.1 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 123 Malaysia 12 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 123 Nepal 12 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 123 New Zealand 12 DB16-20 methodology compare
More private sector data for Canada
- Merchandise trade 48.8% (2025)
- Food imports 9.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 75.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 577.44 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 42.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 554.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 13,317 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2391 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -2.3 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Canada?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Canada was 12.3 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 Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 15.5 DB16-20 methodology in 2016.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.3 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- How does Canada rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Canada ranks 120th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Canada 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.