Getting electricity: System average interruption duration in Niger
Niger: Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index was 165 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index in Niger, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in Niger is 165 DB16-20 methodology, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 54.8% on the previous year and down 17.1% over ten years.
Niger ranks 3rd of 127 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index in Niger, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 199 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 290 DB16-20 methodology | +45.7% |
| 2016 | 229 DB16-20 methodology | -21.0% |
| 2017 | 365 DB16-20 methodology | +59.4% |
| 2019 | 165 DB16-20 methodology | -54.8% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 165 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18.3 DB16-20 methodology, 9.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Niger
More private sector data for Niger
- Merchandise trade 21.3% (2025)
- Food imports 37.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 47.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 2.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 4.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 7.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 1.90 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 68.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0878 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 25.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in Niger?
- Getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in Niger was 165 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index recorded in Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 365 DB16-20 methodology in 2017.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 165 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- How does Niger rank for getting electricity: system average interruption duration index?
- Niger ranks 3rd out of 127 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Niger 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.