Colombia electricity prices
The residential electricity price in Colombia is
COP 881.900 per kWh or USD 0.211.
The electricity price for businesses is
COP 881.930 kWh or
USD 0.211.
These retail prices were collected in March 2024 and include the cost of power, distribution and transmission, and all taxes and fees.
Compare Colombia with 150 other countries.
Historical quarterly data, along with the latest update from September 2024 are available for download.
Sources: Banco de la República, Colombia, Comisión de Regulación de Energía y Gas (CREG), Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM), Enel Colombia
Electricity price analysis for Colombia
- Residential electricity prices in Colombia are 146.96% of the world average electricity price and 175.60% of the average price in South America.
- Business electricity rates in Colombia are 150.61% of the world average price and 196.96% of the average in South America.
- Household rates are 100.00% of the business rates.
- Electricity prices paid by small businesses in Colombia are 118.49% of the prices paid by big businesses.
- The price paid by households with low electricity consumption is 33.97% of the price paid by households with high electricity consumption.
- Fossil fuels: 28.80%
- Wind: 0.07%
- Solar: 0.40%
- Hydro: 70.73%
- Nuclear: 0.00%
- Geothermal: 0.00%
