Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) in China
China: Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) was 3 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) in China, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) in China is 3 DB16-20 methodology, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
China ranks 48th of 135 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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More private sector data for China
- Merchandise trade 32.6% (2025)
- Food imports 8.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 49.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 2.58 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 2.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 91.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.77 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 383.15 billion current US$ (2025)
- Transport services 17.9% (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services 38.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) in China?
- Getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) in China was 3 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 3 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- How does China rank for getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes)?
- China ranks 48th out of 135 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) (DB16-20 methodology). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The minimum outage time is the minimum time, in minutes, considered for the calculation of the SAIDI and SAIFI indices. If the minimum outage time exceeds 5 minutes, an economy is not eligible to obtain a score on the Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff index component. The index is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.