Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) in United States of America
United States of America: Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) was 4.2 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. β¬ Flat
Latest (2019)
4.2 DB16-20 methodology
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
46th
of 136 countries
All-time high
4.2 DB16-20 methodology
in 2014
All-time low
4.2 DB16-20 methodology
in 2014
Years of data
6
2014β2019
Getting electricity: Minimum outage time (in minutes) in United States of America, 2014β2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) in United States of America stood at 4.2 DB16-20 methodology. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
United States of America ranks 46th of 136 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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- 48 Greece 3 DB16-20 methodology compare
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- 48 Ireland 3 DB16-20 methodology compare
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- 48 Serbia 3 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 48 Slovakia 3 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 48 Slovenia 3 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 48 Spain 3 DB16-20 methodology compare
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More private sector data for United States of America
- Merchandise trade 18.5% (2025)
- Food imports 6.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 78.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 3.51 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 9.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 55.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 2.19 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 6,394 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.071 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 5.99 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) in United States of America?
- Getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) in United States of America was 4.2 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 4.2 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.2 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- How does United States of America rank for getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes)?
- United States of America ranks 46th out of 136 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: minimum outage time (in minutes) rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this United States of America 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.