Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Zambia
Zambia: Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score was 56.96 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Zambia, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 56.96 for getting electricity: time (days) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: time (days) - score in Zambia peaked at 56.96 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 56.96, in 2009.
Zambia ranks 159th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Zambia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 56.96 | — |
| 2010 | 56.96 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 56.96 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 56.96 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 56.96 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 56.96 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 56.96 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 56.96 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 56.96 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 56.96 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 56.96 | +0.0% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 56.96 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 70, 81% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 56.96 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 65.65, 87% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 56.96 | 56.96 | 56.96 | 1 |
| 2010s | 56.96 | 56.96 | 56.96 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
More private sector data for Zambia
- Merchandise trade 91.7% (2025)
- Food imports 7.8% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 64.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 13.17 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 8.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 14.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 13.31 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 607.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.461 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 18.07 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: time (days) - score in Zambia?
- Getting electricity: time (days) - score in Zambia was 56.96 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 56.96 in 2009.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.96 in 2009.
- How does Zambia rank for getting electricity: time (days) - score?
- Zambia ranks 159th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: time (days) - score rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Zambia 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.