Sri Lanka electricity prices
The residential electricity price in Sri Lanka is
LKR 53.540 per kWh or USD 0.184.
The electricity price for businesses is
LKR 42.390 kWh or
USD 0.146.
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: Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), Lanka Electricity Company Limited (LECO), Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL)
Electricity price analysis for Sri Lanka
- Residential electricity prices in Sri Lanka are 111.46% of the world average electricity price and 208.95% of the average price in Asia.
- Business electricity rates in Sri Lanka are 90.43% of the world average price and 126.75% of the average in Asia.
- Household rates are 126.30% of the business rates.
- Electricity prices paid by small businesses in Sri Lanka are 67.21% of the prices paid by big businesses.
- The price paid by households with low electricity consumption is 26.35% of the price paid by households with high electricity consumption.
- Fossil fuels: 47.78%
- Wind: 5.87%
- Solar: 5.36%
- Hydro: 40.99%
- Nuclear: 0.00%
- Geothermal: 0.00%
