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Getting electricity (DB16-20 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
188
Highest
100
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
0
Yemen
Median
73.18
Years covered
6
2014–2019
Data points
1,139

What the numbers show

Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 100 in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 0 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 73.18, and the mean is 69.53.

Over the past decade 157 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Senegal (up 150.9%), and the largest decrease in Eritrea (down 100.0%).

Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United Arab Emirates 100 2019 up 5.3% rising
2 South Korea 99.89 2019 up 0.0% flat
3 Hong Kong 99.34 2019 up 6.1% rising
4 Malaysia 99.27 2019 up 5.2% rising
5 Germany 98.8 2019 up 0.0% flat
6 Thailand 98.68 2019 up 18.6% rising
7 Russia 97.52 2019 up 25.2% rising
8 United Kingdom 96.89 2019 up 3.9% flat
9 Taiwan 96.33 2019 up 0.3% flat
10 Sweden 96.21 2019 up 3.4% flat
11 Czechia 95.58 2019 up 1.1% flat
12 China 95.35 2019 up 45.8% rising
13 Switzerland 94.42 2019 up 0.0% flat
14 Japan 93.16 2019 up 1.7% flat
15 Lithuania 92.94 2019 up 17.9% rising
16 Iceland 92.24 2019 up 0.0% flat
17 France 92.01 2019 up 7.1% rising
18 Saudi Arabia 91.82 2019 up 19.6% rising
19 Singapore 91.77 2019 up 0.6% flat
20 Belarus 90.28 2019 up 25.4% rising
21 Denmark 90.23 2019 up 0.1% flat
22 India 89.38 2019 up 28.1% rising
23 Slovenia 89.21 2019 up 0.1% flat
24 Finland 88.97 2019 up 0.0% flat
25 Costa Rica 88.9 2019 up 5.9% flat
26 San Marino 88.33 2019 down 3.4% flat
27 Vietnam 88.23 2019 up 55.0% rising
28 Mauritius 87.98 2019 up 4.2% rising
29 Austria 87.73 2019 up 0.1% flat
30 Armenia 87.67 2019 up 22.3% rising
31 Brunei 87.67 2019 up 29.6% rising
32 Philippines 87.44 2019 up 4.4% rising
33 Indonesia 87.31 2019 up 16.4% rising
34 Morocco 87.26 2019 up 8.0% flat
35 Oman 87.08 2019 up 40.9% rising
36 Uzbekistan 86.86 2019 up 23.4% rising
37 Croatia 86.79 2019 up 8.7% rising
38 Italy 86.08 2019 up 6.7% rising
39 Azerbaijan 85.98 2019 up 30.0% rising
40 Chile 85.67 2019 up 0.0% flat
41 Greece 84.74 2019 up 5.2% rising
42 Turkey 84.53 2019 up 1.3% flat
43 Georgia 84.42 2019 up 9.5% rising
44 Trinidad and Tobago 84.34 2019 down 0.6% flat
45 Norway 84.33 2019 up 0.0% flat
46 Luxembourg 84.31 2019 up 0.0% flat
47 Guatemala 84.24 2019 up 0.1% flat
48 Ireland 84.21 2019 up 0.1% flat
49 New Zealand 83.98 2019 up 0.8% flat
50 Qatar 83.6 2019 up 6.4% flat
51 Antigua and Barbuda 83.54 2019 up 4.0% flat
52 Panama 83.52 2019 down 3.6% flat
53 Portugal 83.33 2019 up 0.9% flat
54 Estonia 83.3 2019 up 0.1% flat
55 Slovakia 83.27 2019 up 4.1% flat
56 Spain 83.01 2019 up 18.2% rising
57 Saint Lucia 82.98 2019 down 1.2% flat
58 Dominica 82.47 2019 up 4.1% flat
59 Netherlands 82.46 2019 up 1.1% flat
60 Rwanda 82.34 2019 up 38.1% rising
61 Poland 82.33 2019 up 5.7% flat
62 Latvia 82.31 2019 up 4.3% flat
63 Australia 82.31 2019 up 0.0% flat
64 Tunisia 82.26 2019 up 0.1% flat
65 United States 82.15 2019 up 0.0% flat
66 Uruguay 82.12 2019 up 0.0% flat
67 Kuwait 81.88 2019 up 19.2% rising
68 Kazakhstan 81.63 2019 up 11.1% rising
69 North Macedonia 81.47 2019 up 0.8% flat
70 Jordan 80.51 2019 up 3.8% flat
71 Kenya 80.14 2019 up 48.7% rising
72 Samoa 79.74 2019 up 0.5% flat
73 Bahrain 79.7 2019 up 6.5% flat
74 Malta 79.28 2019 up 0.1% flat
75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 78.98 2019 up 9.4% rising
76 Cyprus 78.37 2019 up 16.0% rising
77 Namibia 78.34 2019 up 32.3% rising
78 Egypt 77.93 2019 up 25.9% rising
79 Bhutan 77.48 2019 down 1.8% flat
80 Ghana 77.36 2019 up 31.8% rising
81 Bahamas 76.7 2019 up 25.8% rising
82 Colombia 76.28 2019 up 2.1% flat
83 Israel 76.25 2019 down 0.0% flat
84 Moldova 75.28 2019 up 12.0% rising
85 Tanzania 74.87 2019 up 3.9% flat
86 Palestine 74.87 2019 up 7.9% rising
87 El Salvador 74.54 2019 up 10.4% rising
88 Peru 74.54 2019 up 0.5% flat
89 Sri Lanka 74.46 2019 up 11.7% rising
90 Belize 73.65 2019 up 0.9% flat
91 Puerto Rico 73.54 2019 down 4.0% flat
92 Grenada 73.38 2019 up 0.3% flat
93 Serbia 73.22 2019 down 3.5% flat
94 Tonga 73.2 2019 up 0.1% flat
95 Bolivia 73.16 2019 up 13.2% rising
96 Fiji 72.81 2019 up 2.6% flat
97 Brazil 72.78 2019 up 0.1% flat
98 Togo 72.61 2019 up 58.1% rising
99 Ecuador 72.26 2019 up 4.6% rising
100 Vanuatu 72.17 2019 up 0.8% flat
101 Algeria 72.13 2019 up 25.5% rising
102 Mozambique 71.66 2019 up 61.3% rising
103 Seychelles 71.28 2019 up 30.8% rising
104 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 71.16 2019 up 0.1% flat
105 Mexico 71.14 2019 up 5.4% rising
106 Albania 70.98 2019 up 62.2% rising
107 Belgium 70.58 2019 up 4.8% rising
108 Paraguay 70.37 2019 up 4.9% rising
109 Saint Kitts and Nevis 70.19 2019 up 0.4% flat
110 Argentina 70.03 2019 up 0.1% flat
111 Solomon Islands 69.56 2019 up 6.5% rising
112 Iran 69.41 2019 up 5.4% flat
113 South Africa 68.79 2019 up 64.5% rising
114 Nicaragua 68.26 2019 up 0.6% flat
115 Dominican Republic 67.99 2019 up 8.0% rising
116 Barbados 66.2 2019 up 1.7% flat
117 Papua New Guinea 65.54 2019 up 0.1% flat
118 Senegal 65.22 2019 up 150.9% rising
119 Jamaica 64.96 2019 up 0.4% flat
120 Micronesia (country) 64.44 2019 up 0.0% flat
121 Pakistan 64.03 2019 up 47.7% rising
122 Canada 63.79 2019 up 0.9% flat
123 Hungary 63.31 2019 down 6.0% flat
124 East Timor 62.97 2019 down 7.8% falling
125 Lebanon 62.72 2019 down 3.6% flat
126 Ukraine 62.45 2019 up 14.4% rising
127 Zambia 62.12 2019 up 11.5% rising
128 Sao Tome and Principe 62.07 2019 up 0.6% flat
129 Iraq 61.89 2019 up 13.5% rising
130 Eswatini 61.69 2019 up 33.1% rising
131 Cameroon 61.29 2019 up 1.1% flat
132 Montenegro 61.23 2019 up 41.1% rising
133 Nepal 60.87 2019 up 6.7% rising
134 Comoros 60.17 2019 up 4.9% flat
135 Ethiopia 60.09 2019 up 4.9% flat
136 Honduras 59.93 2019 up 13.0% rising
137 Botswana 59.48 2019 up 9.3% rising
138 Marshall Islands 59.37 2019 up 0.5% flat
139 Cote d'Ivoire 59.22 2019 up 10.7% rising
140 Libya 59.02 2019 down 0.5% flat
141 Kyrgyzstan 58.61 2019 up 38.2% rising
142 Laos 58.03 2019 up 43.4% rising
143 Suriname 57.74 2019 down 2.1% flat
144 Cambodia 57.46 2019 up 25.9% rising
145 Haiti 57.17 2019 up 3.1% flat
146 Myanmar 56.68 2019 up 23.2% rising
147 Maldives 55.58 2019 up 4.2% flat
148 Guinea 55.31 2019 up 27.7% rising
149 Bulgaria 55.06 2019 down 10.9% falling
150 Mongolia 55.05 2019 down 0.0% flat
151 Palau 54.88 2019 up 0.2% flat
152 Cape Verde 54.73 2019 up 8.2% rising
153 Equatorial Guinea 54.35 2019 down 1.9% flat
154 Angola 54.07 2019 up 27.3% rising
155 Romania 53.67 2019 up 1.3% flat
156 Lesotho 52.77 2019 up 3.2% flat
157 Niger 52.74 2019 up 32.7% rising
158 Syria 51.95 2019 down 11.1% falling
159 Mali 51.8 2019 up 8.1% rising
160 Sudan 51.28 2019 down 14.5% falling
161 Tajikistan 51.13 2019 up 35.9% rising
162 Gabon 49.76 2019 up 21.0% rising
163 Gambia 49.58 2019 up 18.8% rising
164 Mauritania 49.21 2019 up 14.8% rising
165 Zimbabwe 48.61 2019 up 11.2% rising
166 Uganda 48.39 2019 up 92.7% rising
167 Nigeria 47.44 2019 up 38.8% rising
168 Guyana 45.9 2019 down 16.7% falling
169 Malawi 45.38 2019 up 69.1% rising
170 Kiribati 44.76 2019 up 14.9% rising
171 Afghanistan 44.21 2019 down 3.1% flat
172 Venezuela 39.84 2019 down 7.1% falling
173 Liberia 39.07 2019 up 12.8% rising
174 Bangladesh 34.87 2019 up 110.0% rising
175 Democratic Republic of Congo 34.67 2019 up 3.6% flat
176 Benin 33.84 2019 unchanged flat
177 Congo 32.7 2019 down 7.5% falling
178 Chad 32.17 2019 down 3.9% flat
179 Sierra Leone 31.6 2019 down 9.1% falling
180 Guinea-Bissau 29.7 2019 up 10.1% rising
181 Burkina Faso 29.42 2019 down 3.9% flat
182 Burundi 26.45 2019 unchanged flat
183 Central African Republic 24.64 2019 up 1.8% flat
184 Madagascar 24.12 2019 up 37.5% rising
185 Eritrea 0 2019 down 100.0% volatile
185 Somalia 0 2019 — flat
185 South Sudan 0 2019 down 100.0% volatile
185 Yemen 0 2019 down 100.0% volatile

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 (DB16-20 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
190 places, 1,139 data points, 2014–2019
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 DB16-20 studies.