Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Oman
Oman: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 6 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Oman, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Oman stood at 6 DB16-20 methodology. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 17.6% on the previous year and up 13.2% over ten years.
That places Oman 170th out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Oman, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5.3 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 5.3 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 5.9 DB16-20 methodology | +11.3% |
| 2017 | 5.3 DB16-20 methodology | -10.2% |
| 2018 | 5.1 DB16-20 methodology | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 6 DB16-20 methodology | +17.6% |
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More private sector data for Oman
- Merchandise trade 91.0% (2025)
- Food imports 13.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 53.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 44.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 3.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 13.8% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 55.28 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 10,060 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5043 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -15.17 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Oman?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Oman was 6 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 Oman?
- The highest recorded value was 6 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Oman?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.1 DB16-20 methodology in 2018.
- How does Oman rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Oman ranks 170th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Oman?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Oman 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.