Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Colombia
Colombia: Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 76.28 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Colombia, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 76.28 for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
That places Colombia 82nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Colombia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 74.73 | — |
| 2015 | 74.06 | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 73.73 | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 74.18 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 75.77 | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 76.28 | +0.7% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 76.28 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 73.3, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 76.28 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 73.16, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Colombia
More private sector data for Colombia
- Merchandise trade 26.4% (2025)
- Food imports 13.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 72.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 70.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 18.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 21.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 50.09 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 937.49 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1095 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.05 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Colombia?
- Getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Colombia was 76.28 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 76.28 in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.73 in 2016.
- How does Colombia rank for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score?
- Colombia ranks 82nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Colombia 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.