Getting electricity: System average interruption duration in Denmark
Denmark: Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index was 0.5 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index in Denmark, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Denmark recorded 0.5 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in 2019.
That represents a change of down 3.8% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.
Denmark ranks 100th of 127 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index in Denmark, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.4 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 0.4 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.42 DB16-20 methodology | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 0.51 DB16-20 methodology | +21.4% |
| 2018 | 0.52 DB16-20 methodology | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 0.5 DB16-20 methodology | -3.8% |
Denmark compared with similar countries
- Denmark's 0.5 DB16-20 methodology is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.775 DB16-20 methodology, 65% of the median. (60 countries reporting)
- Denmark's 0.5 DB16-20 methodology is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.79 DB16-20 methodology, 63% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Denmark
More private sector data for Denmark
- Merchandise trade 61.5% (2025)
- Food imports 13.6% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 75.9% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 136.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 17.1% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 73.9% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 148.38 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 24,692 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3208 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.28 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in Denmark?
- Getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in Denmark was 0.5 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 0.52 DB16-20 methodology in 2018.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- How does Denmark rank for getting electricity: system average interruption duration index?
- Denmark ranks 100th out of 127 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Denmark 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.