Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Panama
Panama: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 25.4 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Panama, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Panama is 25.4 DB16-20 methodology, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is up 35.1% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Panama ranks 32nd of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Panama, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 24.7 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 24.2 DB16-20 methodology | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 24.9 DB16-20 methodology | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 21.2 DB16-20 methodology | -14.9% |
| 2018 | 18.8 DB16-20 methodology | -11.3% |
| 2019 | 25.4 DB16-20 methodology | +35.1% |
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More private sector data for Panama
- Merchandise trade 41.6% (2025)
- Food imports 18.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 60.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 25.76 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 73.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 10.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 11.90 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,604 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -9.7 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Panama?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Panama was 25.4 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 Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 25.4 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.8 DB16-20 methodology in 2018.
- How does Panama rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Panama ranks 32nd out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Panama 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.