Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Guyana
Guyana: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 32.8 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Guyana, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Guyana stood at 32.8 DB16-20 methodology. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.3% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
That places Guyana 15th out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Guyana, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 32.2 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 29.3 DB16-20 methodology | -9.0% |
| 2016 | 30.1 DB16-20 methodology | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 28.9 DB16-20 methodology | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 30 DB16-20 methodology | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 32.8 DB16-20 methodology | +9.3% |
Countries ranked near Guyana
- 12 Tonga 36.2 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 13 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 34.6 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 14 Nicaragua 33.4 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 16 Palau 32.1 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 16 Seychelles 32.1 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 16 Saint Lucia 32.1 DB16-20 methodology compare
More private sector data for Guyana
- Merchandise trade 106.7% (2025)
- Food imports 6.5% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 83.1% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 10.22 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 1.5% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 0.5% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 18.69 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 22,360 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.6898 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -5.52 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Guyana?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Guyana was 32.8 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 Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 32.8 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.9 DB16-20 methodology in 2017.
- How does Guyana rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Guyana ranks 15th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Guyana 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.