Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Pakistan
Pakistan: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 21.7 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Pakistan, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Pakistan recorded 21.7 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.
The figure is up 16.0% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Pakistan ranks 42nd of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 20.8 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 19.3 DB16-20 methodology | -7.2% |
| 2016 | 19 DB16-20 methodology | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 18.8 DB16-20 methodology | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 18.7 DB16-20 methodology | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 21.7 DB16-20 methodology | +16.0% |
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More private sector data for Pakistan
- Merchandise trade 23.7% (2025)
- Food imports 14.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 46.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 65.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 24.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 67.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 30.55 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 119.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.075 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -5.49 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Pakistan?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Pakistan was 21.7 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 Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 21.7 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.7 DB16-20 methodology in 2018.
- How does Pakistan rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Pakistan ranks 42nd out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.