Getting electricity: System average interruption duration in El Salvador
El Salvador: Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index was 5.83 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index in El Salvador, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in El Salvador stood at 5.83 DB16-20 methodology. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is down 12.7% on the previous year and down 60.2% over ten years.
That places El Salvador 39th out of 127 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 14.65 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 14.52 DB16-20 methodology | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 14.73 DB16-20 methodology | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 6.45 DB16-20 methodology | -56.2% |
| 2018 | 6.68 DB16-20 methodology | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 5.83 DB16-20 methodology | -12.7% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 5.83 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.37 DB16-20 methodology, 1.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 5.83 DB16-20 methodology is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6.35 DB16-20 methodology, 92% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More private sector data for El Salvador
- Merchandise trade 66.1% (2025)
- Food imports 20.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 62.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 17.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 22.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 70.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 6.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,010 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1751 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in El Salvador?
- Getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in El Salvador was 5.83 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 14.73 DB16-20 methodology in 2016.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.83 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- How does El Salvador rank for getting electricity: system average interruption duration index?
- El Salvador ranks 39th out of 127 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.