Getting electricity: Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in China
China: Getting electricity: Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff was 7 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in China, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
China recorded 7 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.7% on the previous year and up 40.0% over ten years.
China ranks 28th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Getting electricity: Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in China, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 5 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 5 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 5 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 6 DB16-20 methodology | +20.0% |
| 2019 | 7 DB16-20 methodology | +16.7% |
Countries ranked near China
- 27 United States of America 7.2 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Mexico 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Australia 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Austria 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Azerbaijan 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Brunei Darussalam 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Chile 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Croatia 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Denmark 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Dominica 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Ecuador 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Greece 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Guatemala 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Hungary 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Iceland 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Italy 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Latvia 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Luxembourg 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Republic of Moldova 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Morocco 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 New Zealand 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Oman 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Poland 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Portugal 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Romania 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Singapore 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Saint Lucia 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Switzerland 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Taiwan, China 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Ukraine 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 28 Viet Nam 7 DB16-20 methodology compare
More private sector data for China
- Merchandise trade 32.6% (2025)
- Food imports 8.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 49.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 2.58 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 2.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 91.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.77 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,682 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1934 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 5.48 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in China?
- Getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in China was 7 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 7 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- How does China rank for getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff?
- China ranks 28th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The reliability of supply and transparency of tariff index is calculated on the basis of the following six components: (i) duration and frequency of power outages, (ii) tools to monitor power outages, (iii) tools to restore power supply, (iv) regulatory monitoring of utilities’ performance, (v) financial deterrents aimed at limiting outages, and (vi) transparency and accessibility of tariffs. An economy is eligible to obtain a score on the reliability of supply and transparency of tariffs index only if (i) the utility collects data on all types of outages (average total duration of outages per customer and the average number of outages per customer), including planned and unplanned outages, as well as load shedding, with the minimum outage time of not more than 5 minutes; and (ii) the SAIDI value is below a threshold of 100 hours and the SAIFI value is under 100 outages. The component indicator is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.