Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score by country
The score for time benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.
Countries reporting
184
Highest
100
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
0
Yemen
Median
78.04
Years covered
11
2009–2019
Data points
2,079
What the numbers show
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 100 in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 0 in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 78.04, and the mean is 74.28.
Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 1,253.8%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 100.0%).
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100 | 2019 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | South Korea | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Iceland | 98.26 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Taiwan | 98.26 | 2019 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 6 | Austria | 97.83 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 97.39 | 2019 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 7 | Malaysia | 97.39 | 2019 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 9 | Brunei | 96.96 | 2019 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 10 | Saint Lucia | 96.52 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Singapore | 96.52 | 2019 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 12 | Germany | 95.65 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Oman | 94.78 | 2019 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 13 | Rwanda | 94.78 | 2019 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 13 | Thailand | 94.78 | 2019 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 16 | Morocco | 94.35 | 2019 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 16 | Vietnam | 94.35 | 2019 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 18 | China | 93.91 | 2019 | up 109.7% | rising |
| 18 | Puerto Rico | 93.91 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Indonesia | 93.81 | 2019 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 21 | Turkey | 93.04 | 2019 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 21 | Samoa | 93.04 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Panama | 92.61 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 92.61 | 2019 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 25 | Bolivia | 92.17 | 2019 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 25 | Kosovo | 92.17 | 2019 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 25 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 92.17 | 2019 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 28 | Namibia | 91.74 | 2019 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 28 | Philippines | 91.74 | 2019 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 30 | Azerbaijan | 91.3 | 2019 | up 183.8% | rising |
| 30 | Denmark | 91.3 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Grenada | 91.3 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | San Marino | 91.3 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Slovenia | 91.3 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Switzerland | 90.87 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 90.87 | 2019 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 35 | Honduras | 90.87 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 38 | Mozambique | 90.43 | 2019 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 39 | Russia | 90.13 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 40 | Antigua and Barbuda | 89.57 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | Finland | 89.57 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | Tonga | 89.57 | 2019 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 43 | Chile | 89.13 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 88.7 | 2019 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 44 | Guatemala | 88.7 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Qatar | 88.7 | 2019 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 47 | United Kingdom | 87.83 | 2019 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 48 | Palestine | 87.39 | 2019 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 49 | Uruguay | 86.96 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Kuwait | 86.52 | 2019 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 50 | Nepal | 86.52 | 2019 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 52 | Greece | 85.65 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Iraq | 85.65 | 2019 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 54 | Djibouti | 85.22 | 2019 | up 157.9% | rising |
| 54 | Niger | 85.22 | 2019 | up 136.1% | rising |
| 54 | Sweden | 85.22 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Seychelles | 85.22 | 2019 | up 94.1% | rising |
| 54 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 85.22 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 59 | India | 84.85 | 2019 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 60 | Cote d'Ivoire | 84.78 | 2019 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 60 | Egypt | 84.78 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 60 | France | 84.78 | 2019 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 60 | Solomon Islands | 84.78 | 2019 | up 121.6% | rising |
| 64 | Ghana | 83.91 | 2019 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 64 | Jordan | 83.91 | 2019 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 64 | Nicaragua | 83.91 | 2019 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 67 | Luxembourg | 83.48 | 2019 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 68 | Czechia | 82.61 | 2019 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 68 | New Zealand | 82.61 | 2019 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 70 | Belize | 81.74 | 2019 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 70 | Haiti | 81.74 | 2019 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 72 | Bhutan | 81.3 | 2019 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 72 | Dominica | 81.3 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 72 | Trinidad and Tobago | 81.3 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | Cameroon | 80 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Croatia | 79.57 | 2019 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 76 | Portugal | 79.57 | 2019 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 76 | El Salvador | 79.57 | 2019 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 76 | Tunisia | 79.57 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 80 | Norway | 79.13 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 80 | Papua New Guinea | 79.13 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 80 | Togo | 79.13 | 2019 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 80 | Uganda | 79.13 | 2019 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 84 | Bahamas | 78.7 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 78.7 | 2019 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 84 | Marshall Islands | 78.7 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Mauritania | 78.7 | 2019 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 84 | Mauritius | 78.7 | 2019 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 84 | Peru | 78.7 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Paraguay | 78.7 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Chad | 78.7 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 92 | Senegal | 78.26 | 2019 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 93 | Bahrain | 77.83 | 2019 | up 9.8% | flat |
| 93 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 77.83 | 2019 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 93 | Guinea | 77.83 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | Myanmar | 77.39 | 2019 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 96 | Sudan | 77.39 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 98 | Albania | 76.96 | 2019 | up 149.3% | rising |
| 98 | Georgia | 76.96 | 2019 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 98 | Kazakhstan | 76.96 | 2019 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 101 | Armenia | 76.52 | 2019 | up 1,253.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Ecuador | 75.65 | 2019 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 103 | Australia | 75.22 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 103 | Italy | 75.22 | 2019 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 103 | Maldives | 75.22 | 2019 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 106 | Botswana | 74.35 | 2019 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 106 | Iran | 74.35 | 2019 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 108 | Barbados | 73.91 | 2019 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 109 | Mongolia | 73.48 | 2019 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 110 | Japan | 72.65 | 2019 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 111 | Cape Verde | 72.61 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 111 | Fiji | 72.61 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 113 | Guyana | 72.17 | 2019 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 113 | Lithuania | 72.17 | 2019 | up 66.0% | rising |
| 113 | Sierra Leone | 72.17 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 116 | Algeria | 71.3 | 2019 | up 82.2% | rising |
| 117 | Ireland | 70.87 | 2019 | up 279.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Laos | 70 | 2019 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 118 | Moldova | 70 | 2019 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 120 | Colombia | 69.57 | 2019 | up 92.8% | rising |
| 120 | Uzbekistan | 69.57 | 2019 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 122 | Lebanon | 69.13 | 2019 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 122 | Sao Tome and Principe | 69.13 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | Slovakia | 69.13 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 125 | United States | 68.87 | 2019 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 126 | Benin | 68.7 | 2019 | up 107.9% | rising |
| 127 | Estonia | 68.26 | 2019 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 128 | Argentina | 67.83 | 2019 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 129 | East Timor | 67.39 | 2019 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 130 | Spain | 66.52 | 2019 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 130 | Ethiopia | 66.52 | 2019 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 130 | Jamaica | 66.52 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 133 | Angola | 65.65 | 2019 | up 69.7% | rising |
| 133 | Kenya | 65.65 | 2019 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 133 | Kiribati | 65.65 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 133 | North Macedonia | 65.65 | 2019 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 137 | Central African Republic | 65.22 | 2019 | up 97.4% | rising |
| 137 | Tajikistan | 65.22 | 2019 | up 80.7% | rising |
| 139 | Sri Lanka | 64.35 | 2019 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 140 | Mexico | 64.16 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 141 | Gambia | 63.91 | 2019 | up 212.8% | rising |
| 142 | Israel | 63.48 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Netherlands | 63.48 | 2019 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 144 | Belarus | 62.17 | 2019 | up 107.2% | rising |
| 144 | Micronesia (country) | 62.17 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 144 | Malta | 62.17 | 2019 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 144 | Tanzania | 62.17 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 148 | Equatorial Guinea | 61.74 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Zimbabwe | 61.74 | 2019 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 150 | Latvia | 61.3 | 2019 | up 58.4% | rising |
| 151 | South Africa | 60.43 | 2019 | up 308.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Nigeria | 60.09 | 2019 | up 68.5% | rising |
| 153 | Kyrgyzstan | 59.57 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Pakistan | 58.85 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Poland | 58.7 | 2019 | up 58.8% | rising |
| 155 | Suriname | 58.7 | 2019 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 157 | Afghanistan | 58.26 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 157 | Lesotho | 58.26 | 2019 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 159 | Zambia | 56.96 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 160 | Libya | 56.52 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 161 | Comoros | 55.65 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 161 | Mali | 55.65 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 161 | Vanuatu | 55.65 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 164 | Bangladesh | 53.71 | 2019 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Palau | 53.48 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 165 | Serbia | 53.48 | 2019 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 165 | Eswatini | 53.48 | 2019 | up 10.8% | flat |
| 168 | Malawi | 52.61 | 2019 | up 365.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Brazil | 51.96 | 2019 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 170 | Montenegro | 50.87 | 2019 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 171 | Congo | 49.57 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Canada | 48.26 | 2019 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 172 | Cyprus | 48.26 | 2019 | up 170.7% | rising |
| 174 | Syria | 44.35 | 2019 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 175 | Gabon | 43.48 | 2019 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 176 | Burundi | 39.13 | 2019 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 177 | Burkina Faso | 34.35 | 2019 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 178 | Belgium | 33.48 | 2019 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 179 | Romania | 32.17 | 2019 | up 89.7% | rising |
| 180 | Cambodia | 30 | 2019 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 181 | Venezuela | 17.39 | 2019 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 182 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Eritrea | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Yemen | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
The score for time benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.