GCC Residential Electricity Tariffs

Residential electricity prices data for Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait collected from multiple sources. 

Saudi Arabia electricity tariffs: KAPSARC data

Oman: Authority for Electricity Regulations - Link 2019 Annual Report 

Bahrain: Electricity & Water Authority - Link - ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Electricity Consumption Tariff for the years 2016-2019

UAE electricity prices: 

Dubai: Dubai Electricity & Water Authority - Link 

Sharjah: Sharjah Electricity & Water Authority - Link 

Access Abu Dhabi prices dataset Link, Source: Abu Dhabi Distribution Company - Link  Water & Electricity Tariffs 2017

Other emirates in UAE: Federal Electricity & Water Authority - Link 

Global average price - link 

World average price is 0.14 U.S. Dollar per kWh for household users and 0.13 U.S. Dollar per kWh for business users.

Note: Global average price for world countries include all items in the electricity bill such as the distribution and energy cost, various environmental and fuel cost charges and taxes.

All prices are converted to (US cent/KWh). 

Citation: Alghamdi, Abeer. 2020. “GCC Residential Electricity Tariffs.” [dataset]. https://datasource.kapsarc.org/explore/dataset/gcc-electricity/information/?disjunctive.country_city&disjunctive.category&disjunctive.slabs.