Getting electricity: Reliability of supply and transparency … Score in Bhutan
Bhutan: Getting electricity: Reliability of supply and transparency … Score was 50 in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in Bhutan, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in Bhutan stood at 50. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 20.0% over ten years.
That places Bhutan 112th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: Reliability of supply and transparency … Score in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 62.5 | — |
| 2015 | 62.5 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 62.5 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 50 | -20.0% |
| 2018 | 50 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 50 | +0.0% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 50 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 37.5, 1.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 50 is above the median for South Asia, which is 25, 2.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Bhutan
More private sector data for Bhutan
- Merchandise trade 83.3% (2025)
- Food imports 11.5% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 70.3% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 2.18 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 220.69 million current US$ (2024)
- Food exports 5.9% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 58.7% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 800.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 257.09 million current US$ (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,004 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in Bhutan?
- Getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in Bhutan was 50 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 62.5 in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 in 2017.
- How does Bhutan rank for getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff?
- Bhutan ranks 112th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff index (0-8) (DB16-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for the reliability of supply and transparency of tariff index 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, and is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.