Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 12.4 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Zimbabwe, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 12.4 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in 2019.
The figure is up 4.2% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
That places Zimbabwe 118th 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 Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 12.5 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 10.5 DB16-20 methodology | -16.0% |
| 2016 | 12.5 DB16-20 methodology | +19.0% |
| 2017 | 12.1 DB16-20 methodology | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 11.9 DB16-20 methodology | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 12.4 DB16-20 methodology | +4.2% |
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More private sector data for Zimbabwe
- Merchandise trade 38.7% (2025)
- Food imports 19.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 58.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 10.11 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 6.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 9.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 572.66 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1895 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 30.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Zimbabwe?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Zimbabwe was 12.4 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 12.5 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.5 DB16-20 methodology in 2015.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Zimbabwe ranks 118th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.