Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 100 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in United Arab Emirates, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
United Arab Emirates recorded 100 for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.3% over ten years.
That places United Arab Emirates 1st out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 94.95 | — |
| 2015 | 95.28 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 98.84 | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 99.92 | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 100 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 100 | +0.0% |
United Arab Emirates compared with similar countries
- United Arab Emirates's 100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 84.1, 1.2× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- United Arab Emirates's 100 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 76.25, 1.3× the median. (23 countries reporting)
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More private sector data for United Arab Emirates
- Merchandise trade 208.2% (2024)
- Food imports 5.0% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 54.9% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 618.88 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 2.9% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 8.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 706.67 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 61,380 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 1.1 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 16.69 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in United Arab Emirates?
- Getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in United Arab Emirates was 100 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 100 in 2018.
- What is the lowest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 94.95 in 2014.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 1st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.