Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Malawi
Malawi: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 17.2 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Malawi, 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 Malawi is 17.2 DB16-20 methodology, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 49.6% on the previous year and up 21.1% over ten years.
Malawi ranks 82nd of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Malawi, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 14.2 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 12.1 DB16-20 methodology | -14.8% |
| 2016 | 17.1 DB16-20 methodology | +41.3% |
| 2017 | 13.3 DB16-20 methodology | -22.2% |
| 2018 | 11.5 DB16-20 methodology | -13.5% |
| 2019 | 17.2 DB16-20 methodology | +49.6% |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 79 Equatorial Guinea 17.4 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 80 Burundi 17.3 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 80 Sri Lanka 17.3 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 83 Cameroon 17 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 84 Uganda 16.9 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 85 Croatia 16.8 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 85 Italy 16.8 DB16-20 methodology compare
More private sector data for Malawi
- Merchandise trade 30.9% (2025)
- Food imports 11.8% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 68.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 3.66 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 90.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 8.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 947.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 42.63 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0635 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -1.15 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Malawi?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Malawi was 17.2 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 17.2 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.5 DB16-20 methodology in 2018.
- How does Malawi rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Malawi ranks 82nd out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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.