Getting electricity: System average interruption duration in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index was 940 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index in Papua New Guinea, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 940 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 30.7% on the previous year and up 563.6% over ten years.
That places Papua New Guinea 1st out of 127 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 141.65 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 172.87 DB16-20 methodology | +22.0% |
| 2016 | 211.33 DB16-20 methodology | +22.2% |
| 2017 | 135.95 DB16-20 methodology | -35.7% |
| 2018 | 1,356 DB16-20 methodology | +897.4% |
| 2019 | 940 DB16-20 methodology | -30.7% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 940 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7.18 DB16-20 methodology, 130.9× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 940 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2.96 DB16-20 methodology, 317.6× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More private sector data for Papua New Guinea
- Merchandise trade 62.0% (2025)
- Food imports 16.5% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 64.7% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 4.62 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 19.7% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 1.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 15.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,444 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4782 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.21 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in Papua New Guinea?
- Getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in Papua New Guinea was 940 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 1,356 DB16-20 methodology in 2018.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 135.95 DB16-20 methodology in 2017.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for getting electricity: system average interruption duration index?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 1st out of 127 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 563.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.