Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Kosovo
Kosovo: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 9.5 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Kosovo, 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 Kosovo is 9.5 DB16-20 methodology, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of down 21.5% on the previous year and down 36.7% over ten years.
Kosovo ranks 149th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Kosovo, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 15 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 16.3 DB16-20 methodology | +8.7% |
| 2016 | 13.5 DB16-20 methodology | -17.2% |
| 2017 | 12.8 DB16-20 methodology | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 12.1 DB16-20 methodology | -5.5% |
| 2019 | 9.5 DB16-20 methodology | -21.5% |
Countries ranked near Kosovo
- 146 Bangladesh 9.7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 146 Egypt 9.7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 148 Mozambique 9.6 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 149 Lithuania 9.5 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 149 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 9.5 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 152 Albania 9.4 DB16-20 methodology compare
More private sector data for Kosovo
- Commercial service exports (current US$), per capita 3,088 current US$ per person (2025)
- Commercial service exports 4.87 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3909 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Transport services 20.0% (2025)
- Commercial service imports (current US$), per capita 1,385 current US$ per person (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services 18.0% (2025)
- Commercial service imports 2.18 billion current US$ (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services 19.3% (2025)
- Commercial service imports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1753 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Travel services 55.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Kosovo?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Kosovo was 9.5 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 Kosovo?
- The highest recorded value was 16.3 DB16-20 methodology in 2015.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Kosovo?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.5 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- How does Kosovo rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Kosovo ranks 149th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Kosovo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kosovo 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.