Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in China
China: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 14.6 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in China, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in China stood at 14.6 DB16-20 methodology.
The figure is down 5.8% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
China ranks 99th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in China, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 14.3 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 14.5 DB16-20 methodology | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 14.3 DB16-20 methodology | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 15.4 DB16-20 methodology | +7.7% |
| 2018 | 15.5 DB16-20 methodology | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 14.6 DB16-20 methodology | -5.8% |
Countries ranked near China
- 97 Namibia 15.1 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 98 Belarus 14.7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 100 Costa Rica 14.4 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 100 Netherlands 14.4 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 102 Mali 14.2 DB16-20 methodology compare
More private sector data for China
- Merchandise trade 32.6% (2025)
- Food imports 8.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 49.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 2.58 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 2.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 91.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.77 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,682 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1934 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 5.48 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in China?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in China was 14.6 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 China?
- The highest recorded value was 15.5 DB16-20 methodology in 2018.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.3 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- How does China rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- China ranks 99th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.