⚠️ Unconfirmedeconomic2023

Annual average hours of electricity outage experienced by firms

Name: Annual average hours of electricity outage experienced by firms
Creator: World Bank — Enterprise Surveys
Keywords: statistic-of-the-day, ai-generated, electricity, grid reliability, power outages, infrastructure, firms, enterprise surveys, doing business, productivity

Average annual hours of electricity outages reported by firms, showing how reliable a country’s power supply is for doing business.

Source: World Bank — Enterprise Surveys•163 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

68.2hours/year

Median: 6.0hours/year

Countries Covered

163

with available data

Highest

Somalia

1,200.0hours/year

Lowest

United Arab Emirates

0.1hours/year

Top 5 Countries

1Somalia1,200.0hours/year

2Democratic Republic of the Congo980.0hours/year

3South Sudan900.0hours/year

4Eritrea680.0hours/year

5Yemen520.0hours/year

By Region

Other109.9hours/year(85 countries)

Africa61.3hours/year(9 countries)

Asia44.5hours/year(25 countries)

South America6.6hours/year(7 countries)

North America4.7hours/year(4 countries)

Key Findings

•Grid reliability differs enormously worldwide: some countries average well under 1 hour/year for firms, while others report hundreds of hours.
•High outage hours typically coincide with greater generator use and higher operating costs for businesses.
•Even within the same region, outage hours can vary by an order of magnitude, indicating the importance of national grid management and investment.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0hours/year)High (1,500.0hours/year)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 68.2hours/year)

Other (85)

Africa (9)

Asia (25)

South America (7)

North America (4)

Europe (31)

Oceania (2)

About This Statistic

This statistic captures the average number of hours per year that formal firms report losing electricity due to outages. It is a practical, business-facing measure of grid reliability: higher values generally imply more production downtime, higher operating costs (generators, spoilage), and reduced competitiveness.

The data come from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys, which use standardized questionnaires and nationally representative samples of formally registered, non-agricultural private sector firms (typically manufacturing and services). Countries differ in survey year, coverage (e.g., firm size, sectors), and the severity and frequency of outages—so comparisons are most meaningful when considering survey year and sample characteristics alongside the headline averages.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Somalia	1,200.0hours/year
2	Democratic Republic of the Congo	980.0hours/year
3	South Sudan	900.0hours/year
4	Eritrea	680.0hours/year
5	Yemen	520.0hours/year
6	Liberia	420.0hours/year
7	Chad	410.0hours/year
8	Nigeria	340.0hours/year
9	Burundi	320.0hours/year
10	Malawi	290.0hours/year
11	Guinea	260.0hours/year
12	Sudan	240.0hours/year
13	Djibouti	220.0hours/year
14	Zambia	220.0hours/year
15	Republic of the Congo	210.0hours/year
16	Madagascar	210.0hours/year
17	Pakistan	210.0hours/year
18	Sierra Leone	210.0hours/year
19	Mauritania	160.0hours/year
20	Mozambique	160.0hours/year
21	Cambodia	140.0hours/year
22	Republic of The Gambia	140.0hours/year
23	Zimbabwe	140.0hours/year
24	Burkina Faso	140.0hours/year
25	India	120.0hours/year
26	Niger	120.0hours/year
27	United Republic of Tanzania	120.0hours/year
28	Rwanda	110.0hours/year
29	Bangladesh	110.0hours/year
30	Haiti	95.0hours/year
31	Senegal	95.0hours/year
32	Uganda	90.0hours/year
33	Lao People's Democratic Republic	85.0hours/year
34	Ghana	70.0hours/year
35	Iraq	65.0hours/year
36	Guinea-Bissau	65.0hours/year
37	Togo	65.0hours/year
38	Myanmar	62.0hours/year
39	Ethiopia	60.0hours/year
40	Benin	58.0hours/year
41	Timor-Leste	55.0hours/year
42	Bolivia	52.0hours/year
43	Kenya	48.0hours/year
44	Mali	48.0hours/year
45	Papua New Guinea	46.0hours/year
46	Solomon Islands	45.0hours/year
47	Nicaragua	40.0hours/year
48	Nepal	38.0hours/year
49	Bulgaria	36.0hours/year
50	Venezuela	36.0hours/year
51	Gabon	35.0hours/year
52	Cote d'Ivoire	34.0hours/year
53	Bosnia and Herzegovina	28.0hours/year
54	Indonesia	26.0hours/year
55	Cameroon	22.0hours/year
56	Lesotho	22.0hours/year
57	Libya	20.0hours/year
58	Fiji	18.0hours/year
59	Honduras	18.0hours/year
60	Vietnam	18.0hours/year
61	Brazil	18.0hours/year
62	Algeria	14.1hours/year
63	Albania	12.4hours/year
64	Cayman Islands	12.0hours/year
65	Guatemala	12.0hours/year
66	Tajikistan	12.0hours/year
67	Colombia	10.0hours/year
68	Kyrgyzstan	10.0hours/year
69	Bahrain	9.5hours/year
70	Sri Lanka	9.0hours/year
71	Islamic Republic of Iran	9.0hours/year
72	Comoros	8.6hours/year
73	New Caledonia	8.0hours/year
74	South Africa	8.0hours/year
75	Argentina	7.8hours/year
76	El Salvador	7.0hours/year
77	Philippines	7.0hours/year
78	Uzbekistan	7.0hours/year
79	Barbados	6.8hours/year
80	People's Republic of China	6.5hours/year
81	Jamaica	6.5hours/year
82	Dominican Republic	6.0hours/year
83	Mexico	6.0hours/year
84	Mongolia	6.0hours/year
85	Suriname	6.0hours/year
86	Angola	6.0hours/year
87	Armenia	5.7hours/year
88	Cuba	5.2hours/year
89	Peru	5.0hours/year
90	Central African Republic	4.4hours/year
91	Morocco	4.0hours/year
92	Brunei Darussalam	4.0hours/year
93	Cape Verde	3.8hours/year
94	Namibia	3.2hours/year
95	Afghanistan	3.2hours/year
96	Ecuador	3.0hours/year
97	Kazakhstan	3.0hours/year
98	Paraguay	3.0hours/year
99	Trinidad and Tobago	3.0hours/year
100	State of Palestine	2.5hours/year
101	Moldova, Republic of	2.5hours/year
102	Austria	2.4hours/year
103	Botswana	2.3hours/year
104	Chile	2.0hours/year
105	Georgia	2.0hours/year
106	Jordan	2.0hours/year
107	Australia	1.6hours/year
108	Costa Rica	1.4hours/year
109	Belarus	1.2hours/year
110	Malaysia	1.2hours/year
111	Ukraine	1.2hours/year
112	Egypt	1.2hours/year
113	Cyprus	1.1hours/year
114	Montenegro	1.1hours/year
115	Romania	1.0hours/year
116	Türkiye	1.0hours/year
117	Belize	0.9hours/year
118	Croatia	0.8hours/year
119	Lebanon	0.8hours/year
120	Panama	0.8hours/year
121	Russian Federation	0.8hours/year
122	Serbia	0.8hours/year
123	Canada	0.7hours/year
124	Hungary	0.7hours/year
125	The Republic of North Macedonia	0.7hours/year
126	Czech Republic	0.6hours/year
127	Estonia	0.6hours/year
128	Greece	0.6hours/year
129	Tunisia	0.6hours/year
130	Uruguay	0.6hours/year
131	Latvia	0.5hours/year
132	Lithuania	0.5hours/year
133	Belgium	0.5hours/year
134	Finland	0.4hours/year
135	Ireland	0.4hours/year
136	Mauritius	0.4hours/year
137	Poland	0.4hours/year
138	Slovakia	0.4hours/year
139	Slovenia	0.4hours/year
140	Thailand	0.4hours/year
141	Denmark	0.3hours/year
142	France	0.3hours/year
143	Israel	0.3hours/year
144	Oman	0.3hours/year
145	New Zealand	0.3hours/year
146	Portugal	0.3hours/year
147	Spain	0.3hours/year
148	Germany	0.2hours/year
149	Iceland	0.2hours/year
150	Japan	0.2hours/year
151	South Korea	0.2hours/year
152	Kuwait	0.2hours/year
153	Luxembourg	0.2hours/year
154	Netherlands	0.2hours/year
155	Norway	0.2hours/year
156	Qatar	0.2hours/year
157	Saudi Arabia	0.2hours/year
158	Sweden	0.2hours/year
159	United Kingdom	0.2hours/year
160	United States of America	0.2hours/year
161	Singapore	0.1hours/year
162	Switzerland	0.1hours/year
163	United Arab Emirates	0.1hours/year

Showing 163 of 163 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank — Enterprise Surveys (2023).

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