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Getting electricity (DB10-15 methodology) - Score by country

The score for getting electricity is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time, cost for a business to obtain a permanent electricity connection and supply for a standardized warehouse, as well as the reliability of supply and transparency of tariffs index. The...

Countries reporting
181
Highest
99.83
South Korea
Lowest
22.14
Bangladesh
Median
74.6
Years covered
6
2009–2014
Data points
1,098

What the numbers show

Getting electricity (DB10-15 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 99.83 in South Korea; the lowest is 22.14 in Bangladesh.

The median across all reporting countries is 74.6, and the mean is 71.61.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 148 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Russia (up 314.5%), and the largest decrease in Bangladesh (down 32.1%).

Getting electricity (DB10-15 methodology) - Score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Korea 99.83 2014 up 0.0% flat
2 Taiwan 98.94 2014 up 6.0% flat
3 Germany 98.37 2014 up 0.0% flat
4 United Arab Emirates 97.44 2014 up 9.5% rising
5 Switzerland 96.71 2014 up 0.0% flat
6 Sweden 94.92 2014 down 0.1% flat
7 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 94.83 2014 up 0.8% flat
8 Iceland 93.81 2014 down 0.0% flat
9 Saint Kitts and Nevis 93.25 2014 up 0.4% flat
10 Czechia 92.77 2014 up 15.6% rising
11 Singapore 92.45 2014 up 0.0% flat
12 Malaysia 92.45 2014 up 2.3% flat
13 Hong Kong 91.54 2014 up 9.5% rising
14 Denmark 91.07 2014 up 0.0% flat
15 United Kingdom 91.04 2014 up 12.3% rising
16 East Timor 91.02 2014 down 0.9% flat
17 Philippines 90.84 2014 up 3.7% flat
18 Antigua and Barbuda 90.46 2014 down 0.0% flat
19 Georgia 90.25 2014 up 21.5% rising
20 Samoa 89.1 2014 up 0.8% flat
21 Japan 88.79 2014 up 1.6% flat
22 Trinidad and Tobago 88.18 2014 up 0.2% flat
23 Austria 87.75 2014 up 0.0% flat
24 Mauritius 87.56 2014 up 1.0% flat
25 Norway 87.44 2014 up 0.0% flat
26 Papua New Guinea 87.27 2014 up 0.1% flat
27 Saint Lucia 86.94 2014 up 0.0% flat
28 North Macedonia 86.93 2014 up 19.2% rising
29 Lebanon 86.78 2014 up 0.4% flat
30 Panama 86.38 2014 up 0.0% flat
31 Turkey 86.28 2014 up 8.5% rising
32 Thailand 85.94 2014 up 0.2% flat
33 Micronesia (country) 85.89 2014 up 0.8% falling
34 Croatia 85.6 2014 up 0.0% flat
35 Slovenia 85.5 2014 down 0.0% flat
36 Puerto Rico 85.43 2014 up 0.4% flat
37 Finland 85.29 2014 down 0.0% flat
38 Chile 85.04 2014 up 0.1% flat
39 Tonga 85.03 2014 up 1.6% flat
40 Grenada 85.02 2014 up 0.4% flat
41 Tunisia 84.59 2014 up 2.4% flat
42 Uruguay 84.48 2014 up 0.0% flat
43 Bhutan 84.36 2014 up 14.3% rising
44 Qatar 83.97 2014 up 0.0% flat
45 Luxembourg 83.22 2014 up 12.6% rising
46 Guatemala 83 2014 up 0.6% flat
47 Solomon Islands 82.94 2014 up 26.0% rising
48 Costa Rica 82.72 2014 up 1.9% flat
49 Jordan 82.57 2014 up 0.4% flat
50 Egypt 82.56 2014 up 1.4% flat
51 Oman 82.38 2014 up 0.1% flat
52 Sao Tome and Principe 82.29 2014 up 1.3% flat
53 New Zealand 81.9 2014 up 1.0% flat
54 Saudi Arabia 81.54 2014 down 0.0% flat
55 Bahamas 81.31 2014 down 0.0% flat
56 France 81.18 2014 down 0.0% flat
57 Paraguay 81.13 2014 up 0.7% flat
58 Portugal 80.91 2014 up 2.3% flat
59 Cameroon 80.84 2014 up 0.9% flat
60 Belize 80.66 2014 down 0.1% flat
61 Dominica 80.6 2014 up 1.0% flat
62 Australia 80.58 2014 up 0.0% flat
63 Latvia 80.28 2014 up 10.7% rising
64 United States 79.52 2014 down 9.9% falling
65 Rwanda 79.48 2014 up 19.6% rising
66 Bahrain 78.98 2014 up 0.0% flat
67 Namibia 78.94 2014 up 4.6% rising
68 Ireland 78.83 2014 up 28.2% rising
69 Marshall Islands 78.79 2014 up 1.0% flat
70 Suriname 78.68 2014 up 5.2% flat
71 Italy 78.41 2014 up 0.3% flat
72 Ghana 78.29 2014 up 27.7% rising
73 Greece 78.26 2014 down 0.1% flat
74 Indonesia 78.23 2014 up 31.5% rising
75 Fiji 77.97 2014 up 1.8% flat
76 Syria 77.91 2014 up 1.0% flat
77 Brunei 77.67 2014 up 4.5% flat
78 Estonia 77.61 2014 down 3.1% flat
79 Slovakia 77.47 2014 up 0.4% flat
80 Israel 76.67 2014 up 0.0% flat
81 Comoros 76.46 2014 up 2.5% flat
82 Ethiopia 76.39 2014 up 15.8% rising
83 Serbia 76.2 2014 up 0.7% flat
84 Nepal 76.07 2014 up 9.4% rising
85 Palestine 75.85 2014 up 0.5% flat
86 Netherlands 75.42 2014 down 0.0% flat
87 Bosnia and Herzegovina 75.39 2014 up 41.2% rising
88 Tanzania 75.28 2014 up 52.6% rising
89 Poland 74.65 2014 up 21.5% rising
90 Colombia 74.64 2014 up 15.4% rising
91 Vanuatu 74.6 2014 up 34.8% rising
92 Morocco 74.39 2014 down 0.8% flat
93 Haiti 73.97 2014 up 1.1% flat
94 Peru 73.91 2014 up 1.4% flat
95 Equatorial Guinea 73.84 2014 down 0.4% flat
96 Nicaragua 73.83 2014 up 7.1% rising
97 Brazil 73.59 2014 up 2.5% flat
98 Palau 73.04 2014 up 0.1% flat
99 Kazakhstan 72.96 2014 up 0.3% flat
100 Iraq 72.72 2014 down 4.4% flat
101 Botswana 72.56 2014 up 0.7% flat
102 Argentina 72.44 2014 down 0.2% flat
103 Sri Lanka 72.18 2014 up 9.4% rising
104 Kenya 71.88 2014 up 3.3% flat
105 Lithuania 71.75 2014 up 2.9% flat
106 Maldives 71.14 2014 up 3.5% flat
107 Kuwait 70.77 2014 up 0.0% flat
108 Honduras 70.73 2014 up 1.0% flat
109 Armenia 70.59 2014 up 25.0% rising
110 Russia 70.52 2014 up 314.5% volatile
111 Eritrea 70.28 2014 up 13.1% rising
112 El Salvador 69.17 2014 down 0.4% flat
113 India 68.28 2014 down 5.1% falling
114 Lesotho 68.2 2014 up 13.3% rising
115 Azerbaijan 67.34 2014 up 29.2% rising
116 Dominican Republic 67.24 2014 up 1.3% flat
117 Ecuador 67.11 2014 up 5.5% rising
118 Iran 67.01 2014 up 10.3% rising
119 Yemen 66.74 2014 down 6.4% falling
120 China 66.35 2014 down 1.0% flat
121 Bulgaria 65.69 2014 up 1.9% flat
122 Jamaica 65.48 2014 up 0.6% flat
123 Bolivia 65.33 2014 up 4.1% flat
124 Seychelles 64.32 2014 up 2.5% flat
125 Mexico 64.26 2014 up 52.8% rising
126 Mali 63.88 2014 up 2.6% flat
127 Vietnam 63.38 2014 up 13.6% rising
128 Sudan 63.3 2014 up 0.5% flat
129 Cape Verde 63.27 2014 up 1.4% flat
130 Belarus 62.66 2014 up 29.4% rising
131 Eswatini 61.81 2014 up 3.4% flat
132 Togo 61.24 2014 up 6.6% rising
133 Mongolia 60.91 2014 up 18.5% rising
134 Cyprus 60.9 2014 down 0.3% flat
135 Afghanistan 60.84 2014 up 3.9% rising
136 Cambodia 60.84 2014 up 14.6% rising
137 Hungary 60.65 2014 up 0.1% flat
138 Uzbekistan 60.54 2014 up 33.9% rising
139 Moldova 60.45 2014 up 16.9% rising
140 Spain 60.31 2014 up 3.9% flat
141 Algeria 59.98 2014 down 3.3% flat
142 Canada 59.27 2014 up 7.2% rising
143 Mozambique 59.21 2014 down 17.3% falling
144 Albania 58.34 2014 up 1.0% flat
145 Zimbabwe 58.26 2014 up 48.8% rising
146 Montenegro 57.84 2014 up 0.1% flat
147 Pakistan 57.81 2014 up 16.6% rising
148 Guinea 57.77 2014 up 19.9% rising
149 Zambia 57.59 2014 down 21.4% falling
150 Venezuela 57.21 2014 up 0.6% flat
151 Mauritania 57.14 2014 up 17.5% rising
152 Guyana 56.78 2014 up 0.8% flat
153 Angola 56.65 2014 up 35.8% rising
154 Kyrgyzstan 56.54 2014 up 55.1% rising
155 Belgium 56.43 2014 down 0.0% flat
156 South Africa 55.74 2014 down 2.0% flat
157 Gambia 55.62 2014 up 60.8% rising
158 Gabon 54.84 2014 up 11.2% rising
159 Cote d'Ivoire 54.66 2014 up 11.4% rising
160 Laos 53.96 2014 up 14.0% rising
161 Niger 52.99 2014 up 31.7% rising
162 Kiribati 51.96 2014 up 1.5% flat
163 Ukraine 51.92 2014 up 61.0% rising
164 Tajikistan 50.18 2014 up 31.0% rising
165 Congo 47.16 2014 up 9.8% rising
166 Sierra Leone 46.37 2014 — volatile
167 Liberia 46.18 2014 up 63.9% rising
168 Nigeria 45.57 2014 up 15.9% rising
169 Benin 45.12 2014 up 35.8% rising
170 Democratic Republic of Congo 44.64 2014 up 17.6% rising
171 Chad 44.64 2014 up 4.1% flat
172 Romania 41.48 2014 up 17.5% rising
173 Burkina Faso 40.82 2014 unchanged flat
174 Guinea-Bissau 35.96 2014 up 0.9% flat
175 Malawi 35.78 2014 up 75.1% rising
176 Burundi 35.27 2014 up 14.1% rising
177 Senegal 34.65 2014 up 12.6% rising
178 Uganda 33.48 2014 down 18.1% falling
179 Central African Republic 32.27 2014 up 45.9% rising
180 Madagascar 23.39 2014 down 10.8% falling
181 Bangladesh 22.14 2014 down 32.1% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Getting electricity (DB10-15 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
183 places, 1,098 data points, 2009–2014
Last refreshed

The score for getting electricity is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time, cost for a business to obtain a permanent electricity connection and supply for a standardized warehouse, as well as the reliability of supply and transparency of tariffs index. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB10-15 studies.