Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Ghana
Ghana: Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score was 83.91 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Ghana, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: time (days) - score in Ghana stood at 83.91. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 13.5% on the previous year and up 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: time (days) - score in Ghana peaked at 83.91 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 73.48, in 2009.
That places Ghana 64th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it 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 Ghana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 73.48 | — |
| 2010 | 73.48 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 73.48 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 73.48 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 73.48 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 73.48 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 73.48 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 73.48 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 73.91 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 73.91 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 83.91 | +13.5% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 83.91 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 70, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 83.91 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 65.65, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 73.48 | 73.48 | 73.48 | 1 |
| 2010s | 74.61 | 73.48 | 83.91 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More private sector data for Ghana
- Merchandise trade 42.5% (2025)
- Food imports 13.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 51.5% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 17.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 18.1% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 6.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 31.11 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 887.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2724 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 62.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: time (days) - score in Ghana?
- Getting electricity: time (days) - score in Ghana was 83.91 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 83.91 in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.48 in 2009.
- How does Ghana rank for getting electricity: time (days) - score?
- Ghana ranks 64th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: time (days) - score rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana 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.