Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Kenya
Kenya: Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score was 65.65 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Kenya, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: time (days) - score in Kenya stood at 65.65. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 54.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: time (days) - score in Kenya peaked at 65.65 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 42.61, in 2009.
Kenya ranks 133rd 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 Kenya, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 42.61 | — |
| 2010 | 42.61 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 42.61 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 50 | +17.3% |
| 2013 | 44.78 | -10.4% |
| 2014 | 44.78 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 60 | +34.0% |
| 2016 | 65.65 | +9.4% |
| 2017 | 65.65 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 65.65 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 65.65 | +0.0% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 65.65 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 70, 94% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 65.65 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 65.65, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 42.61 | 42.61 | 42.61 | 1 |
| 2010s | 54.74 | 42.61 | 65.65 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More private sector data for Kenya
- Merchandise trade 22.2% (2025)
- Food imports 16.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 56.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 21.61 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 49.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 30.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 8.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 149.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0633 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 4.42 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: time (days) - score in Kenya?
- Getting electricity: time (days) - score in Kenya was 65.65 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 65.65 in 2016.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.61 in 2009.
- How does Kenya rank for getting electricity: time (days) - score?
- Kenya ranks 133rd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: time (days) - score rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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.