Getting electricity: System average interruption duration in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index was 6.64 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index in Dominican Republic, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in Dominican Republic stood at 6.64 DB16-20 methodology. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of down 12.1% on the previous year and down 59.7% over ten years.
Dominican Republic ranks 33rd of 127 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 16.47 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 13.05 DB16-20 methodology | -20.8% |
| 2016 | 13 DB16-20 methodology | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 7.87 DB16-20 methodology | -39.5% |
| 2018 | 7.55 DB16-20 methodology | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 6.64 DB16-20 methodology | -12.1% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 6.64 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.37 DB16-20 methodology, 1.5× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 6.64 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6.35 DB16-20 methodology, 1.0× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
More private sector data for Dominican Republic
- Merchandise trade 35.6% (2025)
- Food imports 17.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 63.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 29.75 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 25.0% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 58.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 15.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,352 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1223 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 12.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in Dominican Republic?
- Getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in Dominican Republic was 6.64 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 16.47 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.64 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for getting electricity: system average interruption duration index?
- Dominican Republic ranks 33rd out of 127 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominican Republic 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.