Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Botswana
Botswana: Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score was 74.35 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Botswana, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting electricity: time (days) - score in Botswana is 74.35, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 34.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: time (days) - score in Botswana peaked at 74.35 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 55.22, in 2009.
Botswana ranks 106th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Botswana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 55.22 | — |
| 2010 | 55.22 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 55.22 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 55.22 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 55.22 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 55.22 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 74.35 | +34.6% |
| 2016 | 74.35 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 74.35 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 74.35 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 74.35 | +0.0% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 74.35 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 76.96, 97% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 74.35 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 65.65, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 55.22 | 55.22 | 55.22 | 1 |
| 2010s | 64.78 | 55.22 | 74.35 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
More private sector data for Botswana
- Merchandise trade 57.8% (2025)
- Food imports 16.2% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 61.8% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 6.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 1.9% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 86.3% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 5.12 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,998 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2569 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 9.73 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: time (days) - score in Botswana?
- Getting electricity: time (days) - score in Botswana was 74.35 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 74.35 in 2015.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 55.22 in 2009.
- How does Botswana rank for getting electricity: time (days) - score?
- Botswana ranks 106th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: time (days) - score rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana 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.