Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in El Salvador
El Salvador: Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 74.54 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in El Salvador, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in El Salvador stood at 74.54. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is up 4.6% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
That places El Salvador 87th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 67.5 | — |
| 2015 | 68.21 | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 68.28 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 71.4 | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 71.24 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 74.54 | +4.6% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 74.54 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 73.3, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 74.54 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 73.16, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More private sector data for El Salvador
- Merchandise trade 66.1% (2025)
- Food imports 20.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 62.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 17.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 22.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 70.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 6.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,010 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1751 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in El Salvador?
- Getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in El Salvador was 74.54 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 74.54 in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 67.5 in 2014.
- How does El Salvador rank for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score?
- El Salvador ranks 87th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.