Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score was 58.26 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Afghanistan, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 58.26 for getting electricity: time (days) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over five years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: time (days) - score in Afghanistan peaked at 58.26 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2009.
That places Afghanistan 157th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 22.61 | — |
| 2011 | 58.26 | +157.7% |
| 2012 | 58.26 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 58.26 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 58.26 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 58.26 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 58.26 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 58.26 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 58.26 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 58.26 | +0.0% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 58.26 is above the median for low income countries, which is 56.96, 1.0× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 58.26 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 79.57, 73% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010s | 54.7 | 22.61 | 58.26 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More private sector data for Afghanistan
- Merchandise trade 22.2% (2025)
- Food imports 26.9% (2019)
- Manufactures imports 41.1% (2019)
- Merchandise imports 3.61 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 63.9% (2019)
- Manufactures exports 4.8% (2019)
- Merchandise exports 926.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 21.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0517 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 0.7617 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: time (days) - score in Afghanistan?
- Getting electricity: time (days) - score in Afghanistan was 58.26 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 58.26 in 2011.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2009.
- How does Afghanistan rank for getting electricity: time (days) - score?
- Afghanistan ranks 157th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.