Getting electricity: System average interruption duration in Tunisia
Tunisia: Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index was 2.54 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index in Tunisia, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 2.54 DB16-20 methodology for getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of down 25.5% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
That places Tunisia 60th out of 127 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2.55 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 2.67 DB16-20 methodology | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 3.72 DB16-20 methodology | +39.3% |
| 2017 | 3.13 DB16-20 methodology | -15.9% |
| 2018 | 3.41 DB16-20 methodology | +8.9% |
| 2019 | 2.54 DB16-20 methodology | -25.5% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 2.54 DB16-20 methodology is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7.18 DB16-20 methodology, 35% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 2.54 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.77 DB16-20 methodology, 1.4× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Tunisia
More private sector data for Tunisia
- Merchandise trade 86.8% (2025)
- Food imports 11.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 63.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 28.59 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 14.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 77.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 21.29 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,724 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3703 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in Tunisia?
- Getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in Tunisia was 2.54 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.72 DB16-20 methodology in 2016.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.54 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- How does Tunisia rank for getting electricity: system average interruption duration index?
- Tunisia ranks 60th out of 127 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tunisia 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.