Getting electricity: Procedures in Barbados
Barbados: Getting electricity: Procedures was 8 number in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Procedures in Barbados, 2011–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting electricity: procedures in Barbados is 8 number, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: procedures in Barbados peaked at 8 number in 2011 and was at its lowest, 8 number, in 2011.
That places Barbados 4th out of 186 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 1 Romania 9 number compare
- 1 Tajikistan 9 number compare
- 3 Bangladesh 8.56 number compare
- 4 Cote d'Ivoire 8 number compare
- 4 Guyana 8 number compare
- 4 Mongolia 8 number compare
- 4 Sierra Leone 8 number compare
More private sector data for Barbados
- Merchandise trade 33.1% (2025)
- Food imports 22.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 52.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 2.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 43.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 39.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 428.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.50 billion current US$ (2017)
- Transport services 16.1% (2017)
- Computer, communications and other services 69.8% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: procedures in Barbados?
- Getting electricity: procedures in Barbados was 8 number in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: procedures recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 8 number in 2011.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: procedures recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 number in 2011.
- How does Barbados rank for getting electricity: procedures?
- Barbados ranks 4th out of 186 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: procedures rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Procedures (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The number of procedures records all the procedures required in practice for businesses to obtain a new electrical connection. A procedure is defined as any interaction of the company’s employees or its main electrician or electrical engineer with external parties, such as the electricity distribution utility, electricity supply utilities, government agencies, electrical contractors and firms. Interactions between company employees and steps related to the internal electrical wiring, such as the design and execution of the internal electrical installation plans, are not counted as procedures. However, internal wiring inspections and certifications that are prerequisites to obtain a new connection are counted as procedures.