Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in El Salvador
El Salvador: Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score was 79.57 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in El Salvador, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 79.57 for getting electricity: time (days) - score in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.7% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: time (days) - score in El Salvador peaked at 83.48 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 79.57, in 2019.
El Salvador ranks 76th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 80.87 | — |
| 2010 | 80.87 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 80.87 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 80.87 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 80.87 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 80.87 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 83.48 | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 83.48 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 83.48 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 83.48 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 79.57 | -4.7% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 79.57 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 76.96, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 79.57 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 81.3, 98% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 80.87 | 80.87 | 80.87 | 1 |
| 2010s | 81.78 | 79.57 | 83.48 | 10 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More private sector data for El Salvador
- Merchandise trade 66.1% (2025)
- Food imports 20.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 62.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 17.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 22.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 70.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 6.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,010 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1751 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: time (days) - score in El Salvador?
- Getting electricity: time (days) - score in El Salvador was 79.57 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 83.48 in 2015.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.57 in 2019.
- How does El Salvador rank for getting electricity: time (days) - score?
- El Salvador ranks 76th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: time (days) - score rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.