Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Denmark
Denmark: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 24.2 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Denmark, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Denmark recorded 24.2 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.
The figure is up 19.2% on the previous year and up 64.6% over ten years.
Denmark ranks 35th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Denmark, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 14.7 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 14.5 DB16-20 methodology | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 22.5 DB16-20 methodology | +55.2% |
| 2017 | 21.4 DB16-20 methodology | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 20.3 DB16-20 methodology | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 24.2 DB16-20 methodology | +19.2% |
Countries ranked near Denmark
- 32 Panama 25.4 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 33 Jordan 24.6 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 34 Puerto Rico 24.3 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 36 Burkina Faso 23.8 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 37 Ghana 23.6 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 38 Timor-Leste 23.4 DB16-20 methodology compare
More private sector data for Denmark
- Merchandise trade 61.5% (2025)
- Food imports 13.6% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 75.9% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 136.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 17.1% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 73.9% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 148.38 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 24,692 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3208 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.28 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Denmark?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Denmark was 24.2 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 Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 24.2 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.5 DB16-20 methodology in 2015.
- How does Denmark rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Denmark ranks 35th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Denmark 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.