Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 17.4 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Equatorial Guinea, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 17.4 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in 2019.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and down 20.9% over ten years.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 79th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 22 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 22.7 DB16-20 methodology | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 23.3 DB16-20 methodology | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 21.4 DB16-20 methodology | -8.2% |
| 2018 | 17 DB16-20 methodology | -20.6% |
| 2019 | 17.4 DB16-20 methodology | +2.4% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 17.4 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15.8 DB16-20 methodology, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 17.4 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 17.2 DB16-20 methodology, 1.0× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More private sector data for Equatorial Guinea
- Merchandise trade 33.5% (2025)
- Food imports 31.8% (1983)
- Manufactures imports 64.2% (1983)
- Merchandise imports 1.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 184.58 million current US$ (1996)
- Food exports 57.9% (1983)
- Manufactures exports 4.0% (1983)
- Merchandise exports 2.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 4.88 million current US$ (1996)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,341 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Equatorial Guinea?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Equatorial Guinea was 17.4 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 Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 23.3 DB16-20 methodology in 2016.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 17 DB16-20 methodology in 2018.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 79th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.