Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 34.87 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Bangladesh, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Bangladesh stood at 34.87. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.2% on the previous year and up 110.0% over ten years.
Bangladesh ranks 177th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 16.61 | — |
| 2015 | 18.58 | +11.9% |
| 2016 | 19.38 | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 22.75 | +17.4% |
| 2018 | 30.81 | +35.4% |
| 2019 | 34.87 | +13.2% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 34.87 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 62.07, 56% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 34.87 is below the median for South Asia, which is 67.66, 52% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More private sector data for Bangladesh
- Merchandise trade 25.8% (2025)
- Food imports 13.0% (2018)
- Manufactures imports 67.0% (2018)
- Merchandise imports 69.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 3.4% (2018)
- Manufactures exports 94.5% (2018)
- Merchandise exports 48.17 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 274.16 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1056 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Bangladesh?
- Getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Bangladesh was 34.87 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 34.87 in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.61 in 2014.
- How does Bangladesh rank for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score?
- Bangladesh ranks 177th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 110.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.