Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) in Qatar
Qatar: Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) was 5 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) in Qatar, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Qatar 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.
That places Qatar 5th out of 135 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
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More private sector data for Qatar
- Merchandise trade 58.6% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 74.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 37.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 11.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 88.77 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 23.64 billion current US$ (2025)
- Transport services 36.2% (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services 16.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) in Qatar?
- Getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) in Qatar 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 Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 5 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- How does Qatar rank for getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes)?
- Qatar ranks 5th out of 135 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Qatar 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.