Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 74.46 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Sri Lanka, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 74.46 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 11.7% over ten years.
Sri Lanka ranks 89th of 188 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 86 West Bank and Gaza 74.87 compare
- 87 El Salvador 74.54 compare
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- 90 Belize 73.65 compare
- 91 Puerto Rico (US) 73.54 compare
- 92 Grenada 73.38 compare
More private sector data for Sri Lanka
- Merchandise trade 32.2% (2025)
- Food imports 15.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 21.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 27.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 66.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 13.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 6.87 billion current US$ (2024)
- Transport services 31.5% (2024)
- Computer, communications and other services 41.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Sri Lanka?
- Getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Sri Lanka was 74.46 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 74.46 in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.63 in 2014.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score?
- Sri Lanka ranks 89th out of 188 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.