Getting electricity: System average interruption duration in Dominica
Dominica: Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index was 0.58 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index in Dominica, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Dominica recorded 0.58 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is down 51.3% over ten years.
Dominica ranks 94th of 127 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index in Dominica, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1.19 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 0.69 DB16-20 methodology | -42.0% |
| 2016 | 1.22 DB16-20 methodology | +76.8% |
| 2017 | 0.81 DB16-20 methodology | -33.6% |
| 2018 | 0.58 DB16-20 methodology | -28.4% |
| 2019 | 0.58 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
Dominica compared with similar countries
- Dominica's 0.58 DB16-20 methodology is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.37 DB16-20 methodology, 13% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Dominica's 0.58 DB16-20 methodology is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6.35 DB16-20 methodology, 9% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Dominica
More private sector data for Dominica
- Merchandise trade 39.1% (2025)
- Food imports 25.2% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 53.5% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 259.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 41.2% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 57.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 24.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 364.35 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0332 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -17.24 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in Dominica?
- Getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in Dominica was 0.58 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 1.22 DB16-20 methodology in 2016.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.58 DB16-20 methodology in 2018.
- How does Dominica rank for getting electricity: system average interruption duration index?
- Dominica ranks 94th out of 127 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominica 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 6 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.