Getting electricity: System average interruption duration in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index was 14.35 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index in Puerto Rico, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 14.35 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 57.2% over ten years.
Puerto Rico ranks 19th of 127 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 9.13 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 8.03 DB16-20 methodology | -12.0% |
| 2016 | 8.03 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 8.03 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 14.35 DB16-20 methodology | +78.7% |
| 2019 | 14.35 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 14.35 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.775 DB16-20 methodology, 18.5× the median. (60 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 14.35 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6.35 DB16-20 methodology, 2.3× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
More private sector data for Puerto Rico
- New businesses registered 11,218 number (2020)
- International tourism, expenditures for travel items 592.00 million current US$ (2018)
- International tourism, number of arrivals 3.88 million (2020)
- International tourism, receipts 2.92 billion current US$ (2020)
- International tourism, expenditures 893.00 million current US$ (2018)
- International tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items 301.00 million current US$ (2018)
- Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) 100.0% (2019)
- Starting a business: Minimum capital 0.0% (2019)
- Starting a business: Cost - Women (% of income per capita) - Score 99.4% (2019)
- Starting a business: Cost - Men (% of income per capita) - Score 99.4% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in Puerto Rico?
- Getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in Puerto Rico was 14.35 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 14.35 DB16-20 methodology in 2018.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.03 DB16-20 methodology in 2015.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for getting electricity: system average interruption duration index?
- Puerto Rico ranks 19th out of 127 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.