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
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Spain, 2014–2019
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
| 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% |
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More private sector data for Spain
- Merchandise trade 50.3% (2025)
- Food imports 12.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 65.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 513.32 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 18.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 65.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 445.11 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 9,018 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2335 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 3.87 % change on previous year (2025)
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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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.