Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Eswatini
Eswatini: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 16.5 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Eswatini, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 16.5 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and down 19.9% over ten years.
Eswatini ranks 89th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 20.6 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 20 DB16-20 methodology | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 13.6 DB16-20 methodology | -32.0% |
| 2017 | 15 DB16-20 methodology | +10.3% |
| 2018 | 16.2 DB16-20 methodology | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 16.5 DB16-20 methodology | +1.9% |
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More private sector data for Eswatini
- Merchandise trade 86.4% (2025)
- Food imports 19.6% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 58.1% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 2.09 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 29.7% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 59.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 2.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,887 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4592 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.85 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Eswatini?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Eswatini was 16.5 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 Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 20.6 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.6 DB16-20 methodology in 2016.
- How does Eswatini rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Eswatini ranks 89th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.