Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in China
China: Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score was 93.91 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in China, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting electricity: time (days) - score in China is 93.91, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 109.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: time (days) - score in China peaked at 93.91 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 44.78, in 2009.
That places China 18th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in China, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 44.78 | — |
| 2010 | 44.78 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 44.78 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 44.78 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 45.57 | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 45.57 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 45.57 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 45.57 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 45.57 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 93.04 | +104.2% |
| 2019 | 93.91 | +0.9% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 93.91 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 76.96, 1.2× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- China's 93.91 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 80.87, 1.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44.78 | 44.78 | 44.78 | 1 |
| 2010s | 54.91 | 44.78 | 93.91 | 10 |
Countries ranked near China
More private sector data for China
- Merchandise trade 32.6% (2025)
- Food imports 8.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 49.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 2.58 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 2.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 91.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.77 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,682 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1934 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 5.48 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: time (days) - score in China?
- Getting electricity: time (days) - score in China was 93.91 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 93.91 in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.78 in 2009.
- How does China rank for getting electricity: time (days) - score?
- China ranks 18th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: time (days) - score rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 109.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.