Getting electricity: Procedures (number) - Score in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Getting electricity: Procedures (number) - Score was 50 in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: Procedures (number) - Score in Afghanistan, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 50 for getting electricity: procedures (number) - score in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: procedures (number) - score in Afghanistan peaked at 83.33 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 50, in 2011.
That places Afghanistan 135th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Getting electricity: Procedures (number) - Score in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 83.33 | — |
| 2010 | 66.67 | -20.0% |
| 2011 | 50 | -25.0% |
| 2012 | 50 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 50 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 50 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 50 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 50 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 50 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 50 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 50 | +0.0% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 50 is above the median for low income countries, which is 50, 1.0× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 50 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 66.67, 75% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 83.33 | 83.33 | 83.33 | 1 |
| 2010s | 51.67 | 50 | 66.67 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 135 Pakistan 50 compare
- 135 Albania 50 compare
- 135 Argentina 50 compare
- 135 Belgium 50 compare
- 135 Bulgaria 50 compare
- 135 Cape Verde 50 compare
- 135 Chad 50 compare
- 135 Democratic Republic of Congo 50 compare
- 135 Congo 50 compare
- 135 El Salvador 50 compare
- 135 Eswatini 50 compare
- 135 Iran 50 compare
- 135 Kazakhstan 50 compare
- 135 Kiribati 50 compare
- 135 Madagascar 50 compare
- 135 Malawi 50 compare
- 135 Maldives 50 compare
- 135 Moldova 50 compare
- 135 Myanmar 50 compare
- 135 Namibia 50 compare
- 135 Nicaragua 50 compare
- 135 Peru 50 compare
- 135 Senegal 50 compare
- 135 Saint Lucia 50 compare
- 135 Uganda 50 compare
- 135 Venezuela 50 compare
- 135 Zimbabwe 50 compare
More private sector data for Afghanistan
- Merchandise trade 22.2% (2025)
- Food imports 26.9% (2019)
- Manufactures imports 41.1% (2019)
- Merchandise imports 3.61 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 63.9% (2019)
- Manufactures exports 4.8% (2019)
- Merchandise exports 926.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 21.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0517 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 0.7617 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: procedures (number) - score in Afghanistan?
- Getting electricity: procedures (number) - score in Afghanistan was 50 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: procedures (number) - score recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 83.33 in 2009.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: procedures (number) - score recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 in 2011.
- How does Afghanistan rank for getting electricity: procedures (number) - score?
- Afghanistan ranks 135th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: procedures (number) - score rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Procedures (number) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the number of procedures benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.