Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 10.9 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in United Arab Emirates, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
United Arab Emirates recorded 10.9 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in 2019.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
United Arab Emirates ranks 134th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 10.6 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 11.7 DB16-20 methodology | +10.4% |
| 2016 | 12.2 DB16-20 methodology | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 12.3 DB16-20 methodology | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 11 DB16-20 methodology | -10.6% |
| 2019 | 10.9 DB16-20 methodology | -0.9% |
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More private sector data for United Arab Emirates
- Merchandise trade 208.2% (2024)
- Food imports 5.0% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 54.9% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 618.88 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 2.9% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 8.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 706.67 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 61,380 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 1.1 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 16.69 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in United Arab Emirates?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in United Arab Emirates was 10.9 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 United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 12.3 DB16-20 methodology in 2017.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.6 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 134th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.