Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index (SAIDI in China
China: Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index (SAIDI was 0.896 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index (SAIDI in China, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: system average interruption duration index (saidi in China stood at 0.896 DB16-20 methodology.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 31.1% over ten years.
China ranks 79th of 125 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Countries ranked near China
- 76 Latvia 0.99 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 77 Canada 0.98 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 78 Kazakhstan 0.96 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 80 Bahrain 0.88 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 80 Slovak Republic 0.88 DB16-20 methodology compare
- 82 Azerbaijan 0.86 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)
- Commercial service exports 383.15 billion current US$ (2025)
- Transport services 17.9% (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services 38.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index (saidi in China?
- Getting electricity: system average interruption duration index (saidi in China was 0.896 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index (saidi recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 1.56 DB16-20 methodology in 2016.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index (saidi recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8955 DB16-20 methodology in 2018.
- How does China rank for getting electricity: system average interruption duration index (saidi?
- China ranks 79th out of 125 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index (saidi rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index (SAIDI) (DB16-20 methodology). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The system average interruption duration index is the average total duration of outages (in hours) experienced by a customer in a year. The index is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.