Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 12.5 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Viet Nam, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Viet Nam is 12.5 DB16-20 methodology, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
That places Viet Nam 117th out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 12 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 11.6 DB16-20 methodology | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 11.6 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 12 DB16-20 methodology | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 12.3 DB16-20 methodology | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 12.5 DB16-20 methodology | +1.6% |
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More private sector data for Viet Nam
- Merchandise trade 180.0% (2025)
- Food imports 8.8% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 74.7% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 453.78 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 9.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 85.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 472.93 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,655 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9188 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 16.82 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Viet Nam?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Viet Nam was 12.5 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 Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 12.5 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.6 DB16-20 methodology in 2015.
- How does Viet Nam rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Viet Nam ranks 117th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Viet Nam 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.