Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 33.4 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Nicaragua, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 33.4 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in 2019.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Nicaragua ranks 14th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 36.1 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 35.9 DB16-20 methodology | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 33.2 DB16-20 methodology | -7.5% |
| 2017 | 33.2 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 33.7 DB16-20 methodology | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 33.4 DB16-20 methodology | -0.9% |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 11 Dominica 36.8 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 12 Tonga 36.2 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 13 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 34.6 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 15 Guyana 32.8 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 16 Palau 32.1 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 16 Seychelles 32.1 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 16 Saint Lucia 32.1 DB16-20 methodology compare
More private sector data for Nicaragua
- Merchandise trade 95.9% (2025)
- Food imports 16.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 68.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 12.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 42.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 37.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 8.89 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,269 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3999 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 18.23 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Nicaragua?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Nicaragua was 33.4 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 Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 36.1 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.2 DB16-20 methodology in 2016.
- How does Nicaragua rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Nicaragua ranks 14th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nicaragua 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.