Getting electricity: System average interruption duration in South Korea
South Korea: Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index was 0.04 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index in South Korea, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
South Korea recorded 0.04 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of down 55.6% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
That places South Korea 126th out of 127 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index in South Korea, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.04 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 0.04 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.1 DB16-20 methodology | +150.0% |
| 2017 | 0.09 DB16-20 methodology | -10.0% |
| 2018 | 0.09 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.04 DB16-20 methodology | -55.6% |
South Korea compared with similar countries
- South Korea's 0.04 DB16-20 methodology is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.775 DB16-20 methodology, 5% of the median. (60 countries reporting)
- South Korea's 0.04 DB16-20 methodology is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2.96 DB16-20 methodology, 1% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near South Korea
More private sector data for South Korea
- Merchandise trade 71.6% (2025)
- Food imports 6.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 60.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 631.89 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 1.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 87.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 709.33 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 13,724 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3788 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 3.76 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in South Korea?
- Getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in South Korea was 0.04 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index recorded in South Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1 DB16-20 methodology in 2016.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index recorded in South Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.04 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- How does South Korea rank for getting electricity: system average interruption duration index?
- South Korea ranks 126th out of 127 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index rising or falling in South Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Korea 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.