Getting electricity: Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in South Africa
South Africa: Getting electricity: Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff was 4 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Getting electricity: Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in South Africa, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in South Africa stood at 4 DB16-20 methodology. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
South Africa ranks 112th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: Reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in South Africa, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 0 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2016 | 0 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2017 | 0 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2018 | 4 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2019 | 4 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
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More private sector data for South Africa
- Merchandise trade 57.2% (2025)
- Food imports 7.2% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 62.1% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 128.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 12.8% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 38.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 116.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,798 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2725 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 5.74 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in South Africa?
- Getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff in South Africa was 4 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 South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 4 DB16-20 methodology in 2018.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- How does South Africa rank for getting electricity: reliability of supply and transparency of tariff?
- South Africa ranks 112th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this South Africa 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.