Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Romania
Romania: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 9.2 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Romania, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Romania recorded 9.2 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.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 55.9% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
That places Romania 153rd out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Romania, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 9.1 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 8.7 DB16-20 methodology | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 8.5 DB16-20 methodology | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 8 DB16-20 methodology | -5.9% |
| 2018 | 5.9 DB16-20 methodology | -26.2% |
| 2019 | 9.2 DB16-20 methodology | +55.9% |
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More private sector data for Romania
- Merchandise trade 59.5% (2025)
- Food imports 10.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 77.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 146.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 79.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 109.13 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,738 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2546 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 8.82 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Romania?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Romania was 9.2 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 Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 9.2 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.9 DB16-20 methodology in 2018.
- How does Romania rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Romania ranks 153rd out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania 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.