Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Russian Federation
Russian Federation: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 8.4 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Russian Federation, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Russian Federation recorded 8.4 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in 2019.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and down 30.0% over ten years.
Russian Federation ranks 157th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Russian Federation, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 12 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 11.2 DB16-20 methodology | -6.7% |
| 2016 | 9.8 DB16-20 methodology | -12.5% |
| 2017 | 7.8 DB16-20 methodology | -20.4% |
| 2018 | 8.2 DB16-20 methodology | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 8.4 DB16-20 methodology | +2.4% |
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More private sector data for Russian Federation
- Merchandise trade 28.2% (2025)
- Food imports 10.9% (2021)
- Manufactures imports 79.8% (2021)
- Merchandise imports 302.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 6.6% (2021)
- Manufactures exports 22.1% (2021)
- Merchandise exports 419.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,922 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1637 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -3.28 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Russian Federation?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Russian Federation was 8.4 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 Russian Federation?
- The highest recorded value was 12 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Russian Federation?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.8 DB16-20 methodology in 2017.
- How does Russian Federation rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Russian Federation ranks 157th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Russian Federation?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Russian Federation 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.