Getting electricity: System average interruption duration in Namibia
Namibia: Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index was 0.49 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index 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 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 101st out of 127 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index in Namibia, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.5 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 0.57 DB16-20 methodology | +14.0% |
| 2016 | 0.53 DB16-20 methodology | -7.0% |
| 2017 | 0.8 DB16-20 methodology | +50.9% |
| 2018 | 0.74 DB16-20 methodology | -7.5% |
| 2019 | 0.49 DB16-20 methodology | -33.8% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 0.49 DB16-20 methodology is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7.18 DB16-20 methodology, 7% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 0.49 DB16-20 methodology is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18.3 DB16-20 methodology, 3% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Namibia
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)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,271 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4658 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in Namibia?
- Getting electricity: system average interruption duration index 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 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 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?
- Namibia ranks 101st out of 127 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index 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
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.