Getting electricity: System average interruption duration in Egypt
Egypt: Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index was 1.99 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index in Egypt, 2015–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 1.99 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is down 21.0% on the previous year and down 94.7% over five years.
Egypt ranks 65th of 127 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index in Egypt, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 37.4 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2016 | 2.9 DB16-20 methodology | -92.2% |
| 2017 | 2.74 DB16-20 methodology | -5.5% |
| 2018 | 2.52 DB16-20 methodology | -8.0% |
| 2019 | 1.99 DB16-20 methodology | -21.0% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 1.99 DB16-20 methodology is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7.18 DB16-20 methodology, 28% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 1.99 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.77 DB16-20 methodology, 1.1× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Egypt
More private sector data for Egypt
- Merchandise trade 40.8% (2025)
- Food imports 20.4% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 52.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 97.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 51.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 51.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 434.27 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1407 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 21.67 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in Egypt?
- Getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in Egypt was 1.99 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 37.4 DB16-20 methodology in 2015.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.99 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- How does Egypt rank for getting electricity: system average interruption duration index?
- Egypt ranks 65th out of 127 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Egypt 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.