Swaziland electricity prices
The residential electricity price in Swaziland is
SZL 2.100 per kWh or USD 0.118.
The electricity price for businesses is
SZL 1.500 kWh or
USD 0.084.
These retail prices were collected in March 2024 and include the cost of power, distribution and transmission, and all taxes and fees.
Compare Swaziland with 150 other countries.
Historical quarterly data, along with the latest update from September 2024 are available for download.
Sources: Eswathini Electricity Company (EEC), Eswatini Energy Regulatory Authority (ESERA)
Electricity price analysis for Swaziland
- Residential electricity prices in Swaziland are 72.66% of the world average electricity price and 93.50% of the average price in Africa.
- Business electricity rates in Swaziland are 53.19% of the world average price and 73.33% of the average in Africa.
- Household rates are 140.00% of the business rates.
- Electricity prices paid by small businesses in Swaziland are 180.27% of the prices paid by big businesses.
- The price paid by households with low electricity consumption is 100.00% of the price paid by households with high electricity consumption.
- Fossil fuels: 11.76%
- Wind: 0.00%
- Solar: 0.00%
- Hydro: 88.24%
- Nuclear: 0.00%
- Geothermal: 0.00%
