Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in New Zealand
New Zealand: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 12 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in New Zealand, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 12 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in 2019.
That represents a change of up 4.3% on the previous year and down 13.0% over ten years.
That places New Zealand 123rd out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 13.8 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 14.3 DB16-20 methodology | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 13.2 DB16-20 methodology | -7.7% |
| 2017 | 12.2 DB16-20 methodology | -7.6% |
| 2018 | 11.5 DB16-20 methodology | -5.7% |
| 2019 | 12 DB16-20 methodology | +4.3% |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 120 Canada 12.3 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 121 Iceland 12.2 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 122 Luxembourg 12.1 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 123 Malaysia 12 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 123 Nepal 12 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 126 Nigeria 11.9 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 126 Ecuador 11.9 DB16-20 methodology compare
More private sector data for New Zealand
- Merchandise trade 35.7% (2025)
- Food imports 12.8% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 70.7% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 47.55 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 69.0% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 14.0% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 46.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 8,770 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1769 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 10.43 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in New Zealand?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in New Zealand was 12 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 14.3 DB16-20 methodology in 2015.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.5 DB16-20 methodology in 2018.
- How does New Zealand rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- New Zealand ranks 123rd out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.