Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 3.6 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Ethiopia, 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 Ethiopia is 3.6 DB16-20 methodology, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.7% on the previous year and down 23.4% over ten years.
That places Ethiopia 183rd out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 4.7 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 4.7 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 4.4 DB16-20 methodology | -6.4% |
| 2017 | 4.1 DB16-20 methodology | -6.8% |
| 2018 | 3.9 DB16-20 methodology | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 3.6 DB16-20 methodology | -7.7% |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More private sector data for Ethiopia
- Merchandise trade 24.2% (2025)
- Food imports 13.8% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 69.2% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 23.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 80.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 9.2% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 7.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 55.99 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.06 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 38.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Ethiopia?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Ethiopia was 3.6 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 Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.7 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.6 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- How does Ethiopia rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Ethiopia ranks 183rd out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.