Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) in India
India: Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) was 5 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) in India, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
India recorded 5 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
India ranks 5th of 135 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Countries ranked near India
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- Merchandise trade 30.3% (2025)
- Food imports 5.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 46.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 753.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 67.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 445.28 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 411.65 billion current US$ (2025)
- Transport services 16.9% (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services 62.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) in India?
- Getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) in India was 5 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 5 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- How does India rank for getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes)?
- India ranks 5th out of 135 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this India 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.