Getting electricity: Total duration and frequency of outages per in United States of America
United States of America: Getting electricity: Total duration and frequency of outages per was 2.6 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Total duration and frequency of outages per in United States of America, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: total duration and frequency of outages per in United States of America stood at 2.6 DB16-20 methodology. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
United States of America ranks 47th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Getting electricity: Total duration and frequency of outages per in United States of America, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2.6 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 2.6 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2.6 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2.6 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2.6 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2.6 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
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More private sector data for United States of America
- Merchandise trade 18.5% (2025)
- Food imports 6.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 78.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 3.51 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 9.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 55.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 2.19 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 6,394 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.071 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 5.99 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: total duration and frequency of outages per in United States of America?
- Getting electricity: total duration and frequency of outages per in United States of America was 2.6 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: total duration and frequency of outages per recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 2.6 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: total duration and frequency of outages per recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6 DB16-20 methodology in 2014.
- How does United States of America rank for getting electricity: total duration and frequency of outages per?
- United States of America ranks 47th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: total duration and frequency of outages per rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this United States of America data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Total duration and frequency of outages per customer a year (0-3) (DB16-20 methodology). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The total duration and frequency of outages per customer a year index evaluates the quality of the power supply. If SAIDI and SAIFI are 12 (equivalent to an outage of one hour each month) or below, a score of 1 is assigned. If SAIDI and SAIFI are 4 (equivalent to an outage of one hour each quarter) or below, 1 additional point is assigned. If SAIDI and SAIFI are 1 (equivalent to an outage of one hour per year) or below, 1 more point is assigned. The index is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.