Bangladesh electricity prices
The residential electricity price in Bangladesh is
BDT 6.497 per kWh or USD 0.054.
The electricity price for businesses is
BDT 10.390 kWh or
USD 0.087.
These retail prices were collected in March 2024 and include the cost of power, distribution and transmission, and all taxes and fees.
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Historical quarterly data, along with the latest update from September 2024 are available for download.
Sources: Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC), Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited (DPDC)
Electricity price analysis for Bangladesh
- Residential electricity prices in Bangladesh are 38.63% of the world average electricity price and 72.42% of the average price in Asia.
- Business electricity rates in Bangladesh are 63.31% of the world average price and 88.74% of the average in Asia.
- Household rates are 62.53% of the business rates.
- Electricity prices paid by small businesses in Bangladesh are 100.48% of the prices paid by big businesses.
- The price paid by households with low electricity consumption is 63.37% of the price paid by households with high electricity consumption.
- Fossil fuels: 98.70%
- Wind: 0.01%
- Solar: 0.52%
- Hydro: 0.77%
- Nuclear: 0.00%
- Geothermal: 0.00%
