Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 27.3 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Guinea-Bissau, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Guinea-Bissau recorded 27.3 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in 2019.
The figure is up 9.6% on the previous year and down 17.5% over ten years.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 24th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 33.1 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 31.2 DB16-20 methodology | -5.7% |
| 2016 | 27.6 DB16-20 methodology | -11.5% |
| 2017 | 26.9 DB16-20 methodology | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 24.9 DB16-20 methodology | -7.4% |
| 2019 | 27.3 DB16-20 methodology | +9.6% |
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More private sector data for Guinea-Bissau
- Merchandise trade 31.7% (2025)
- Food imports 41.7% (2018)
- Manufactures imports 38.6% (2018)
- Merchandise imports 489.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 68.5% (2018)
- Manufactures exports 0.0% (2015)
- Merchandise exports 313.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 139.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1238 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 36.68 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Guinea-Bissau?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Guinea-Bissau was 27.3 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 Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 33.1 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.9 DB16-20 methodology in 2018.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 24th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau 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.