Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 17.3 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Sri Lanka, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 17.3 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in 2019.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and down 28.5% over ten years.
Sri Lanka ranks 80th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 24.2 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 20.3 DB16-20 methodology | -16.1% |
| 2016 | 20.1 DB16-20 methodology | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 20.1 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 16.9 DB16-20 methodology | -15.9% |
| 2019 | 17.3 DB16-20 methodology | +2.4% |
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More private sector data for Sri Lanka
- Merchandise trade 32.2% (2025)
- Food imports 15.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 21.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 27.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 66.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 13.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 624.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1248 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Sri Lanka?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Sri Lanka was 17.3 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 24.2 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.9 DB16-20 methodology in 2018.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Sri Lanka ranks 80th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.