Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 28.9 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Papua New Guinea, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Papua New Guinea stood at 28.9 DB16-20 methodology. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is down 4.6% on the previous year and down 34.8% over ten years.
Papua New Guinea ranks 21st of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 44.3 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 40.1 DB16-20 methodology | -9.5% |
| 2016 | 35.7 DB16-20 methodology | -11.0% |
| 2017 | 31.5 DB16-20 methodology | -11.8% |
| 2018 | 30.3 DB16-20 methodology | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 28.9 DB16-20 methodology | -4.6% |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 19 Grenada 30.9 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 20 Saint Kitts and Nevis 30.6 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 22 Bahamas 28.5 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 23 Comoros 28.1 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 24 Guinea-Bissau 27.3 DB16-20 methodology compare
More private sector data for Papua New Guinea
- Merchandise trade 62.0% (2025)
- Food imports 16.5% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 64.7% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 4.62 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 19.7% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 1.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 15.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,444 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4782 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.21 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Papua New Guinea?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Papua New Guinea was 28.9 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 44.3 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.9 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 21st out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.