Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) in Uganda
Uganda: Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) was 5 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) in Uganda, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) in Uganda is 5 DB16-20 methodology, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is down 16.7% on the previous year and down 16.7% over ten years.
That places Uganda 5th out of 135 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
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More private sector data for Uganda
- Merchandise trade 49.9% (2025)
- Food imports 10.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 47.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 18.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 39.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 14.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 12.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 2.24 billion current US$ (2024)
- Transport services 58.0% (2024)
- Computer, communications and other services 30.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) in Uganda?
- Getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) in Uganda 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 6 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- How does Uganda rank for getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes)?
- Uganda ranks 5th out of 135 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda 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.