Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Singapore
Singapore: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 5.5 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Singapore, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Singapore recorded 5.5 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is down 46.1% on the previous year and down 67.3% over ten years.
That places Singapore 174th out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Singapore, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 16.8 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 11.3 DB16-20 methodology | -32.7% |
| 2016 | 8.1 DB16-20 methodology | -28.3% |
| 2017 | 10 DB16-20 methodology | +23.5% |
| 2018 | 10.2 DB16-20 methodology | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 5.5 DB16-20 methodology | -46.1% |
Countries ranked near Singapore
- 172 Bhutan 5.9 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 173 Mongolia 5.6 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 175 Iran, Islamic Republic of 5.2 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 175 Uzbekistan 5.2 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 177 Brunei Darussalam 5 DB16-20 methodology compare
More private sector data for Singapore
- Merchandise trade 177.6% (2025)
- Food imports 3.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 70.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 505.84 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 2.8% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 74.5% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 566.87 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 92,760 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9387 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 12.11 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Singapore?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Singapore was 5.5 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 Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 16.8 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.5 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- How does Singapore rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Singapore ranks 174th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is down 67.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Singapore 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.