Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Spain

Spain: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 26 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
26 DB16-20 methodology
Change on year
up 4.8%
World rank
30th
of 187 countries
All-time high
26 DB16-20 methodology
in 2019
All-time low
15.9 DB16-20 methodology
in 2016
Years of data
6
2014–2019

Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Spain, 2014–2019

01020302014201620192014: 23.1 DB16-20 methodology2015: 25.1 DB16-20 methodology2016: 15.9 DB16-20 methodology2017: 19.1 DB16-20 methodology2018: 24.8 DB16-20 methodology2019: 26 DB16-20 methodology

Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.

Analysis

Spain recorded 26 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.

That represents a change of up 4.8% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.

Spain ranks 30th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Spain, year by year

Annual values for Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) (DB16-20 methodology) in Spain, 2014 to 2019.
Year DB16-20 methodology Change
2014 23.1 DB16-20 methodology
2015 25.1 DB16-20 methodology +8.7%
2016 15.9 DB16-20 methodology -36.7%
2017 19.1 DB16-20 methodology +20.1%
2018 24.8 DB16-20 methodology +29.8%
2019 26 DB16-20 methodology +4.8%

Countries ranked near Spain

  1. 27 Jamaica 26.4 DB16-20 methodology compare
  2. 28 Cape Verde 26.3 DB16-20 methodology compare
  3. 29 Djibouti 26.2 DB16-20 methodology compare
  4. 31 Germany 25.6 DB16-20 methodology compare
  5. 32 Panama 25.4 DB16-20 methodology compare
  6. 33 Jordan 24.6 DB16-20 methodology compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Spain?
Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Spain was 26 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 Spain?
The highest recorded value was 26 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Spain?
The lowest recorded value was 15.9 DB16-20 methodology in 2016.
How does Spain rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
Spain ranks 30th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Spain?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Spain 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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Indicator
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) (DB16-20 methodology)
Unit
DB16-20 methodology
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
187 places, 1,122 data points, 2014–2019
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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.