Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 29.7 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Guinea-Bissau, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Guinea-Bissau recorded 29.7 for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
That places Guinea-Bissau 180th out of 188 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
- 177 Congo 32.7 compare
- 178 Chad 32.17 compare
- 179 Sierra Leone 31.6 compare
- 181 Burkina Faso 29.42 compare
- 182 Burundi 26.45 compare
- 183 Central African Republic 24.64 compare
More private sector data for Guinea-Bissau
- Merchandise trade 31.7% (2025)
- Food imports 41.7% (2018)
- Manufactures imports 38.6% (2018)
- Merchandise imports 489.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 68.5% (2018)
- Manufactures exports 0.0% (2015)
- Merchandise exports 313.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 48.77 million current US$ (2024)
- Transport services 34.5% (2024)
- Computer, communications and other services 20.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Guinea-Bissau?
- Getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Guinea-Bissau was 29.7 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 29.7 in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.97 in 2014.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 180th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau 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.