Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) in Panama
Panama: Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) was 3 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) in Panama, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) in Panama is 3 DB16-20 methodology, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
That places Panama 48th out of 135 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
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More private sector data for Panama
- Merchandise trade 41.6% (2025)
- Food imports 18.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 60.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 25.76 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 73.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 10.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 11.90 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 20.06 billion current US$ (2025)
- Transport services 46.7% (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services 13.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) in Panama?
- Getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) in Panama 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 Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 3 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- How does Panama rank for getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes)?
- Panama ranks 48th out of 135 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Panama 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.