Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Nigeria
Nigeria: Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score was 60.09 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Nigeria, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 60.09 for getting electricity: time (days) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.2% on the previous year and up 68.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: time (days) - score in Nigeria peaked at 60.09 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 35.65, in 2009.
Nigeria ranks 152nd 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 Nigeria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 35.65 | — |
| 2010 | 35.65 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 35.65 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 35.65 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 42.85 | +20.2% |
| 2014 | 42.85 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 42.85 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 42.85 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 42.85 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 57.68 | +34.6% |
| 2019 | 60.09 | +4.2% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 60.09 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 70, 86% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 60.09 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 65.65, 92% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 35.65 | 35.65 | 35.65 | 1 |
| 2010s | 43.9 | 35.65 | 60.09 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More private sector data for Nigeria
- Merchandise trade 33.3% (2025)
- Food imports 11.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 46.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 41.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 6.0% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 3.5% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 55.47 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 233.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1907 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 4.03 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: time (days) - score in Nigeria?
- Getting electricity: time (days) - score in Nigeria was 60.09 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 60.09 in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.65 in 2009.
- How does Nigeria rank for getting electricity: time (days) - score?
- Nigeria ranks 152nd out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: time (days) - score rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 68.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria 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.