Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Mexico
Mexico: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 16.5 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Mexico, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 16.5 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 43.5% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Mexico ranks 89th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Mexico, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 16.5 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 13.7 DB16-20 methodology | -17.0% |
| 2016 | 6.8 DB16-20 methodology | -50.4% |
| 2017 | 7.1 DB16-20 methodology | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 11.5 DB16-20 methodology | +62.0% |
| 2019 | 16.5 DB16-20 methodology | +43.5% |
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More private sector data for Mexico
- Merchandise trade 73.5% (2025)
- Food imports 6.3% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 78.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 683.02 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 7.5% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 81.2% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 664.84 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,039 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3628 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Mexico?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Mexico was 16.5 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 Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 16.5 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.8 DB16-20 methodology in 2016.
- How does Mexico rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Mexico ranks 89th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mexico 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.