Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Canada
Canada: Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score was 48.26 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Canada, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: time (days) - score in Canada stood at 48.26. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 40.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: time (days) - score in Canada peaked at 48.26 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 34.35, in 2009.
Canada ranks 172nd of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Canada, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 34.35 | — |
| 2010 | 34.35 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 34.35 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 46.09 | +34.2% |
| 2013 | 46.09 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 46.09 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 48.26 | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 48.26 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 48.26 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 48.26 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 48.26 | +0.0% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 48.26 is below the median for high income countries, which is 83.04, 58% of the median. (62 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34.35 | 34.35 | 34.35 | 1 |
| 2010s | 44.83 | 34.35 | 48.26 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More private sector data for Canada
- Merchandise trade 48.8% (2025)
- Food imports 9.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 75.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 577.44 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 42.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 554.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 13,317 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2391 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -2.3 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: time (days) - score in Canada?
- Getting electricity: time (days) - score in Canada was 48.26 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 48.26 in 2015.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.35 in 2009.
- How does Canada rank for getting electricity: time (days) - score?
- Canada ranks 172nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: time (days) - score rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada 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.