Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index (SAIDI in Namibia

Name: Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index (SAIDI in Namibia
Creator: World Bank
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Namibia: Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index (SAIDI was 0.49 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)

0.49 DB16-20 methodology

Change on year

down 33.8%

World rank

99th

of 125 countries

All-time high

0.8 DB16-20 methodology

in 2017

All-time low

0.49 DB16-20 methodology

in 2019

Years of data

2014–2019

Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index (SAIDI in Namibia, 2014–2019

Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.

Analysis

Namibia recorded 0.49 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: system average interruption duration index (saidi in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.

The figure is down 33.8% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.

That places Namibia 99th out of 125 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Countries ranked near Namibia

96 Belarus 0.51 DB16-20 methodology compare
96 Spain 0.51 DB16-20 methodology compare
98 Denmark 0.5 DB16-20 methodology compare
99 Morocco 0.49 DB16-20 methodology compare
101 Czechia 0.48 DB16-20 methodology compare
101 Malaysia 0.48 DB16-20 methodology compare

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More private sector data for Namibia

Merchandise trade 102.4% (2025)
Food imports 13.2% (2024)
Manufactures imports 60.4% (2024)
Merchandise imports 8.43 billion current US$ (2025)
Food exports 28.0% (2024)
Manufactures exports 18.4% (2024)
Merchandise exports 7.02 billion current US$ (2025)
Commercial service exports 1.25 billion current US$ (2024)
Transport services 13.2% (2024)
Computer, communications and other services 80.2% (2024)

All data for Namibia →

Frequently asked questions

What is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index (saidi in Namibia?: Getting electricity: system average interruption duration index (saidi in Namibia was 0.49 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index (saidi recorded in Namibia?: The highest recorded value was 0.8 DB16-20 methodology in 2017.
What is the lowest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index (saidi recorded in Namibia?: The lowest recorded value was 0.49 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
How does Namibia rank for getting electricity: system average interruption duration index (saidi?: Namibia ranks 99th out of 125 countries with data for 2019.
Is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index (saidi rising or falling in Namibia?: Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Namibia 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

Indicator: Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index (SAIDI) (DB16-20 methodology)
Unit: DB16-20 methodology
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 126 places, 752 data points, 2014–2019
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026

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.