Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) in United Kingdom
United Kingdom: Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) was 3 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. β¬ Flat
Latest (2019)
3 DB16-20 methodology
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
48th
of 136 countries
All-time high
3 DB16-20 methodology
in 2014
All-time low
3 DB16-20 methodology
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014β2019
Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) in United Kingdom, 2014β2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) in United Kingdom is 3 DB16-20 methodology, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
That places United Kingdom 48th out of 136 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
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More private sector data for United Kingdom
- Merchandise trade 37.6% (2025)
- Food imports 9.8% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 56.7% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 948.64 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 6.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 59.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 555.83 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 7,999 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1389 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.02 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) in United Kingdom?
- Getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) in United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom?
- The highest recorded value was 3 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) recorded in United Kingdom?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- How does United Kingdom rank for getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes)?
- United Kingdom ranks 48th out of 136 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) rising or falling in United Kingdom?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this United Kingdom 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.