Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in United Kingdom
United Kingdom: Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 96.89 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in United Kingdom, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
United Kingdom recorded 96.89 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 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
That places United Kingdom 8th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in United Kingdom, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 93.28 | — |
| 2015 | 93.29 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 93.29 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 93.29 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 96.45 | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 96.89 | +0.5% |
United Kingdom compared with similar countries
- United Kingdom's 96.89 is above the median for high income countries, which is 84.1, 1.2× the median. (62 countries reporting)
- United Kingdom's 96.89 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 84.31, 1.1× the median. (49 countries reporting)
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More private sector data for United Kingdom
- Merchandise trade 37.6% (2025)
- Food imports 9.8% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 56.7% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 948.64 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 6.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 59.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 555.83 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 7,999 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1389 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.02 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in United Kingdom?
- Getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in United Kingdom was 96.89 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in United Kingdom?
- The highest recorded value was 96.89 in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in United Kingdom?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.28 in 2014.
- How does United Kingdom rank for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score?
- United Kingdom ranks 8th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in United Kingdom?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this United Kingdom 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.