Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Italy
Italy: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 16.8 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Italy, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Italy stood at 16.8 DB16-20 methodology. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of down 13.0% on the previous year and down 34.1% over ten years.
Italy ranks 85th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Italy, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 25.5 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 23.8 DB16-20 methodology | -6.7% |
| 2016 | 21.6 DB16-20 methodology | -9.2% |
| 2017 | 20.2 DB16-20 methodology | -6.5% |
| 2018 | 19.3 DB16-20 methodology | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 16.8 DB16-20 methodology | -13.0% |
Countries ranked near Italy
More private sector data for Italy
- Merchandise trade 54.7% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 66.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 668.67 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 79.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 726.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 12,331 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2847 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Italy?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Italy was 16.8 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 25.5 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.8 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- How does Italy rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Italy ranks 85th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.