Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Netherlands
Netherlands: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 14.4 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Netherlands, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 14.4 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 35.8% on the previous year and up 20.0% over ten years.
Netherlands ranks 100th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 12 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 11.7 DB16-20 methodology | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 11.6 DB16-20 methodology | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 10.8 DB16-20 methodology | -6.9% |
| 2018 | 10.6 DB16-20 methodology | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 14.4 DB16-20 methodology | +35.8% |
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More private sector data for Netherlands
- Merchandise trade 139.5% (2025)
- Food imports 13.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 64.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 870.44 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 16.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 62.8% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 989.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 54,691 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.7422 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.46 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Netherlands?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Netherlands was 14.4 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 Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 14.4 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.6 DB16-20 methodology in 2018.
- How does Netherlands rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Netherlands ranks 100th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands 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.