Getting electricity: System average interruption duration in Palestine
Palestine: Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index was 5.18 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index in Palestine, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
Palestine recorded 5.18 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 4.6% on the previous year and down 68.0% over ten years.
That places Palestine 40th out of 127 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: System average interruption duration index in Palestine, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 16.17 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 8.65 DB16-20 methodology | -46.5% |
| 2016 | 11.94 DB16-20 methodology | +38.0% |
| 2017 | 8.41 DB16-20 methodology | -29.6% |
| 2018 | 5.43 DB16-20 methodology | -35.4% |
| 2019 | 5.18 DB16-20 methodology | -4.6% |
Palestine compared with similar countries
- Palestine's 5.18 DB16-20 methodology is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7.18 DB16-20 methodology, 72% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Palestine's 5.18 DB16-20 methodology is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.77 DB16-20 methodology, 2.9× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Palestine
More private sector data for Palestine
- Food imports 30.9% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 45.9% (2023)
- Food exports 21.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 63.3% (2023)
- Commercial service exports (current US$), per capita 103.2 current US$ per person (2025)
- Commercial service exports 558.70 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0325 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Transport services 47.1% (2025)
- Commercial service imports (current US$), per capita 227.75 current US$ per person (2025)
- Computer, communications and other services 8.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in Palestine?
- Getting electricity: system average interruption duration index in Palestine was 5.18 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index recorded in Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 16.17 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: system average interruption duration index recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.18 DB16-20 methodology in 2019.
- How does Palestine rank for getting electricity: system average interruption duration index?
- Palestine ranks 40th out of 127 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: system average interruption duration index rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 68.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palestine 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.