Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 67.99 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Dominican Republic, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 67.99 for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Dominican Republic ranks 117th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 62.93 | — |
| 2015 | 63.02 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 64.62 | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 67.81 | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 67.86 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 67.99 | +0.2% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 67.99 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 73.3, 93% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 67.99 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 73.16, 93% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
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More private sector data for Dominican Republic
- Merchandise trade 35.6% (2025)
- Food imports 17.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 63.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 29.75 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 25.0% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 58.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 15.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,352 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1223 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 12.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Dominican Republic?
- Getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Dominican Republic was 67.99 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 67.99 in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.93 in 2014.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score?
- Dominican Republic ranks 117th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic 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.