Getting electricity: System average interruption duration in Romania
Romania: Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index was 3.08 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index in Romania, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Romania recorded 3.08 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 50.2% on the previous year and down 16.5% over ten years.
Romania ranks 55th of 127 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index in Romania, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3.69 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 3.23 DB16-20 methodology | -12.5% |
| 2016 | 3.32 DB16-20 methodology | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 2.55 DB16-20 methodology | -23.2% |
| 2018 | 2.05 DB16-20 methodology | -19.6% |
| 2019 | 3.08 DB16-20 methodology | +50.2% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 3.08 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.775 DB16-20 methodology, 4.0× the median. (60 countries reporting)
- Romania's 3.08 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.79 DB16-20 methodology, 3.9× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Romania
More private sector data for Romania
- Merchandise trade 59.5% (2025)
- Food imports 10.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 77.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 146.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 79.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 109.13 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,738 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2546 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 8.82 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in Romania?
- Getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in Romania was 3.08 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 3.69 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.05 DB16-20 methodology in 2018.
- How does Romania rank for getting electricity: system average interruption duration index?
- Romania ranks 55th out of 127 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania 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.