Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) in South Korea
South Korea: Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) was 5 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) in South Korea, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) in South Korea stood at 5 DB16-20 methodology. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
That places South Korea 5th out of 135 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
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More private sector data for South Korea
- Merchandise trade 71.6% (2025)
- Food imports 6.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 60.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 631.89 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 1.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 87.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 709.33 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 149.31 billion current US$ (2025)
- Transport services 19.5% (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services 57.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) in South Korea?
- Getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) in South Korea 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 South Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 5 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) recorded in South Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- How does South Korea rank for getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes)?
- South Korea ranks 5th out of 135 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) rising or falling in South Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this South Korea 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.