Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Iran, Islamic Republic of
Iran, Islamic Republic of: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 5.2 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Iran, Islamic Republic of, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Iran, Islamic Republic of recorded 5.2 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 48.0% over ten years.
That places Iran, Islamic Republic of 175th out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Iran, Islamic Republic of, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 10 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 8.1 DB16-20 methodology | -19.0% |
| 2016 | 6.2 DB16-20 methodology | -23.5% |
| 2017 | 5.8 DB16-20 methodology | -6.5% |
| 2018 | 5.3 DB16-20 methodology | -8.6% |
| 2019 | 5.2 DB16-20 methodology | -1.9% |
Countries ranked near Iran, Islamic Republic of
- 172 Bhutan 5.9 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 173 Mongolia 5.6 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 174 Singapore 5.5 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 175 Uzbekistan 5.2 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 177 Brunei Darussalam 5 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 178 Azerbaijan 4.8 DB16-20 methodology compare
More private sector data for Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Merchandise trade 49.3% (2025)
- Food imports 29.5% (2022)
- Manufactures imports 58.1% (2022)
- Merchandise imports 65.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 5.9% (2022)
- Manufactures exports 31.3% (2022)
- Merchandise exports 113.22 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,225 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3122 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 0.5069 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Iran, Islamic Republic of?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Iran, Islamic Republic of was 5.2 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 Iran, Islamic Republic of?
- The highest recorded value was 10 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Iran, Islamic Republic of?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.2 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- How does Iran, Islamic Republic of rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Iran, Islamic Republic of ranks 175th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Iran, Islamic Republic of?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iran, Islamic Republic of 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.