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
190
Highest
100
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
0
Yemen, Rep.
Median
77.39
Years covered
11
2009–2019
Data points
2,068
What the numbers show
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 100 in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 0 in Yemen, Rep..
The median across all reporting countries is 77.39, and the mean is 71.45.
Over the past decade 107 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 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Korea, Rep. | 100 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kosovo | 92.17 | 2019 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 1 | Djibouti | 85.22 | 2019 | up 157.9% | rising |
| 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 Darussalam | 96.96 | 2019 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 10 | St. 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 | Viet Nam | 94.35 | 2019 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 18 | China | 93.91 | 2019 | up 109.7% | rising |
| 18 | Puerto Rico (US) | 93.91 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Indonesia | 93.81 | 2019 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 21 | Turkiye | 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 |
| 26 | Namibia | 91.74 | 2019 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 26 | Philippines | 91.74 | 2019 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 28 | Azerbaijan | 91.3 | 2019 | up 183.8% | rising |
| 28 | Denmark | 91.3 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Grenada | 91.3 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | San Marino | 91.3 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Slovenia | 91.3 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Switzerland | 90.87 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Costa Rica | 90.87 | 2019 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 33 | Honduras | 90.87 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 36 | Mozambique | 90.43 | 2019 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 37 | Russian Federation | 90.13 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 38 | Antigua and Barbuda | 89.57 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 38 | Finland | 89.57 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 38 | Tonga | 89.57 | 2019 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 41 | Chile | 89.13 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 88.7 | 2019 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 42 | Guatemala | 88.7 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Qatar | 88.7 | 2019 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 45 | United Kingdom | 87.83 | 2019 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 46 | West Bank and Gaza | 87.39 | 2019 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 47 | Uruguay | 86.96 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 48 | Kuwait | 86.52 | 2019 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 48 | Nepal | 86.52 | 2019 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 50 | Greece | 85.65 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Iraq | 85.65 | 2019 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 52 | Niger | 85.22 | 2019 | up 136.1% | rising |
| 52 | Sweden | 85.22 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Seychelles | 85.22 | 2019 | up 94.1% | rising |
| 52 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 85.22 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 56 | India | 84.85 | 2019 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 57 | Cote d'Ivoire | 84.78 | 2019 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 57 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 84.78 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 57 | France | 84.78 | 2019 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 57 | Solomon Islands | 84.78 | 2019 | up 121.6% | rising |
| 61 | Ghana | 83.91 | 2019 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 61 | Jordan | 83.91 | 2019 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 61 | Nicaragua | 83.91 | 2019 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 64 | Luxembourg | 83.48 | 2019 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 65 | Czechia | 82.61 | 2019 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 65 | New Zealand | 82.61 | 2019 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 67 | Belize | 81.74 | 2019 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 67 | Haiti | 81.74 | 2019 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 69 | Bhutan | 81.3 | 2019 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 69 | Dominica | 81.3 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Trinidad and Tobago | 81.3 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 72 | Cameroon | 80 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Croatia | 79.57 | 2019 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 73 | Portugal | 79.57 | 2019 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 73 | El Salvador | 79.57 | 2019 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 73 | Tunisia | 79.57 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Norway | 79.13 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Papua New Guinea | 79.13 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Togo | 79.13 | 2019 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 77 | Uganda | 79.13 | 2019 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 81 | Bahamas, The | 78.7 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 78.7 | 2019 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 81 | Marshall Islands | 78.7 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 81 | Mauritania | 78.7 | 2019 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 81 | Mauritius | 78.7 | 2019 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 81 | Peru | 78.7 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 81 | Paraguay | 78.7 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 81 | Chad | 78.7 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Senegal | 78.26 | 2019 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 90 | Bahrain | 77.83 | 2019 | up 9.8% | flat |
| 90 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 77.83 | 2019 | up 65.7% | rising |
| 90 | Guinea | 77.83 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 93 | Myanmar | 77.39 | 2019 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 93 | Sudan | 77.39 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Albania | 76.96 | 2019 | up 149.3% | rising |
| 95 | Georgia | 76.96 | 2019 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 95 | Kazakhstan | 76.96 | 2019 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 98 | Armenia | 76.52 | 2019 | up 1,253.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Ecuador | 75.65 | 2019 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 100 | Australia | 75.22 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Italy | 75.22 | 2019 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 100 | Maldives | 75.22 | 2019 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 103 | Botswana | 74.35 | 2019 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 103 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 74.35 | 2019 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 105 | Barbados | 73.91 | 2019 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 106 | Mongolia | 73.48 | 2019 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 107 | Japan | 72.65 | 2019 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 108 | Cabo Verde | 72.61 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Fiji | 72.61 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 110 | Guyana | 72.17 | 2019 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 110 | Lithuania | 72.17 | 2019 | up 66.0% | rising |
| 110 | Sierra Leone | 72.17 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 113 | Algeria | 71.3 | 2019 | up 82.2% | rising |
| 114 | Ireland | 70.87 | 2019 | up 279.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Lao PDR | 70 | 2019 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 115 | Moldova | 70 | 2019 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 117 | Colombia | 69.57 | 2019 | up 92.8% | rising |
| 117 | Uzbekistan | 69.57 | 2019 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 119 | Lebanon | 69.13 | 2019 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 119 | Sao Tome and Principe | 69.13 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 119 | Slovak Republic | 69.13 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | United States | 68.87 | 2019 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 123 | Benin | 68.7 | 2019 | up 107.9% | rising |
| 124 | Estonia | 68.26 | 2019 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 125 | Argentina | 67.83 | 2019 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 126 | Timor-Leste | 67.39 | 2019 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 127 | Spain | 66.52 | 2019 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 127 | Ethiopia | 66.52 | 2019 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 127 | Jamaica | 66.52 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 130 | Angola | 65.65 | 2019 | up 69.7% | rising |
| 130 | Kenya | 65.65 | 2019 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 130 | Kiribati | 65.65 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 130 | North Macedonia | 65.65 | 2019 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 134 | Central African Republic | 65.22 | 2019 | up 97.4% | rising |
| 134 | Tajikistan | 65.22 | 2019 | up 80.7% | rising |
| 136 | Sri Lanka | 64.35 | 2019 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 137 | Mexico | 64.16 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 138 | Gambia, The | 63.91 | 2019 | up 212.8% | rising |
| 139 | Israel | 63.48 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Netherlands | 63.48 | 2019 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 141 | Belarus | 62.17 | 2019 | up 107.2% | rising |
| 141 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 62.17 | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 141 | Malta | 62.17 | 2019 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 141 | Tanzania | 62.17 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 145 | Equatorial Guinea | 61.74 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Zimbabwe | 61.74 | 2019 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 147 | Latvia | 61.3 | 2019 | up 58.4% | rising |
| 148 | South Africa | 60.43 | 2019 | up 308.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Nigeria | 60.09 | 2019 | up 68.5% | rising |
| 150 | Kyrgyz Republic | 59.57 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Pakistan | 58.85 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Poland | 58.7 | 2019 | up 58.8% | rising |
| 152 | Suriname | 58.7 | 2019 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 154 | Afghanistan | 58.26 | 2019 | — | rising |
| 154 | Lesotho | 58.26 | 2019 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 156 | Zambia | 56.96 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | Libya | 56.52 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 158 | Comoros | 55.65 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 158 | Mali | 55.65 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 158 | Vanuatu | 55.65 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Bangladesh | 53.71 | 2019 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Palau | 53.48 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 162 | Serbia | 53.48 | 2019 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 162 | Eswatini | 53.48 | 2019 | up 10.8% | flat |
| 165 | Malawi | 52.61 | 2019 | up 365.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Brazil | 51.96 | 2019 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 167 | Montenegro | 50.87 | 2019 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 168 | Congo, Rep. | 49.57 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 169 | Canada | 48.26 | 2019 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 169 | Cyprus | 48.26 | 2019 | up 170.7% | rising |
| 171 | Syrian Arab Republic | 44.35 | 2019 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 172 | Gabon | 43.48 | 2019 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 173 | Burundi | 39.13 | 2019 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 174 | Burkina Faso | 34.35 | 2019 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 175 | Belgium | 33.48 | 2019 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 176 | Romania | 32.17 | 2019 | up 89.7% | rising |
| 177 | Cambodia | 30 | 2019 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 178 | Venezuela, RB | 17.39 | 2019 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 179 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Eritrea | 0 | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 179 | Hungary | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 179 | Liberia | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 179 | Madagascar | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 179 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 179 | South Sudan | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 179 | Ukraine | 0 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 179 | Yemen, Rep. | 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.