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DEFINITION:
Time required to get electricity (days). Time required to get electricity is the number of days to obtain a permanent electricity connection. The measure captures the median duration that the electricity utility and experts indicate is necessary in practice, rather than required by law, to complete a procedure. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palau | 6,022.94 | 2012 | ||
| 2 | Seychelles | 1,674.55 | 2012 | ||
| 3 | San Marino | 1,440.14 | 2012 | ||
| 4 | Marshall Islands | 1,274.85 | 2012 | ||
| 5 | Federated States of Micronesia | 1,015.52 | 2012 | ||
| 6 | Kiribati | 962.44 | 2012 | ||
| 7 | Dominica | 850.96 | 2012 | ||
| 8 | Vanuatu | 493.4 | 2012 | ||
| 9 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 475.44 | 2012 | ||
| 10 | Sao Tome and Principe | 473.16 | 2012 | ||
| 11 | Antigua and Barbuda | 471.54 | 2012 | ||
| 12 | Grenada | 464.53 | 2012 | ||
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 408.91 | 2012 | |||
| 13 | Tonga | 400.22 | 2012 | ||
| 14 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 335.92 | 2012 | ||
| 15 | Malta | 325.07 | 2012 | ||
| 16 | Maldives | 319.11 | 2012 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 301.28 | 2012 | |||
| 17 | Solomon Islands | 291.12 | 2012 | ||
| 18 | Guinea-Bissau | 273.51 | 2012 | ||
| 19 | Barbados | 229.5 | 2012 | ||
| 20 | Luxembourg | 225.8 | 2012 | ||
| 21 | Cyprus | 218.78 | 2012 | ||
| 22 | Djibouti | 209.39 | 2012 | ||
| 23 | Belize | 203.67 | 2012 | ||
| 24 | The Bahamas | 180.13 | 2012 | ||
| 25 | Samoa | 180 | 2012 | ||
| 26 | Cape Verde | 177.99 | 2012 | ||
| 27 | Comoros | 167.25 | 2012 | ||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 161.73 | 2012 | |||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 148.35 | 2012 | |||
| 28 | Equatorial Guinea | 143.96 | 2012 | ||
| 29 | Saint Lucia | 143.75 | 2012 | ||
| 30 | Guyana | 137.04 | 2012 | ||
| 31 | Brunei | 135.84 | 2012 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 118.79 | 2012 | |||
| 32 | Montenegro | 114.32 | 2012 | ||
| 33 | Swaziland | 111.29 | 2012 | ||
| 34 | Liberia | 110.97 | 2012 | ||
| 35 | Bhutan | 110.54 | 2012 | ||
| 36 | Suriname | 108.5 | 2012 | ||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 107.43 | 2012 | |||
| 37 | Fiji | 92.6 | 2012 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 88.08 | 2012 | |||
| 38 | Gabon | 86.37 | 2012 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 83.39 | 2012 | |||
| 39 | Estonia | 82.87 | 2012 | ||
| 40 | Armenia | 81.51 | 2012 | ||
| 41 | Republic of Macedonia | 71.71 | 2012 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 70.51 | 2012 | |||
| 42 | Iceland | 68.72 | 2012 | ||
| 43 | Bahrain | 68.29 | 2012 | ||
| Landlocked countries average (profile) | 65.15 | 2012 | |||
| 44 | Mauritius | 65.04 | 2012 | ||
| 45 | Lesotho | 60.93 | 2012 | ||
| 46 | Botswana | 60.38 | 2012 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 57.91 | 2012 | |||
| 47 | Albania | 55.98 | 2012 | ||
| 48 | Latvia | 53.32 | 2012 | ||
| 49 | East Timor | 52.06 | 2012 | ||
| 50 | Lithuania | 49.57 | 2012 | ||
| Potential Future EU Members average (profile) | 48.62 | 2012 | |||
| 51 | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.61 | 2012 | ||
| 52 | Mongolia | 45.06 | 2012 | ||
| 53 | Ireland | 44.67 | 2012 | ||
| 54 | Qatar | 43.89 | 2012 | ||
| 55 | The Gambia | 43.55 | 2012 | ||
| 56 | South Sudan | 43.18 | 2012 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 43.1 | 2012 | |||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 42.22 | 2012 | |||
| 57 | Moldova | 39.33 | 2012 | ||
| 58 | Jamaica | 35.4 | 2012 | ||
| 59 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 32.6 | 2012 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 31.13 | 2012 | |||
| 60 | Republic of the Congo | 31.13 | 2012 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 30.2 | 2012 | |||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 29.99 | 2012 | |||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 29.29 | 2012 | |||
| 61 | Slovakia | 29.2 | 2012 | ||
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 28.48 | 2012 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 27.6 | 2012 | |||
| 63 | Kosovo | 26.57 | 2012 | ||
| 64 | Czech Republic | 26.53 | 2012 | ||
| 65 | Azerbaijan | 25.92 | 2012 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | 25.48 | 2012 | |||
| 66 | Hungary | 25.34 | 2012 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 23.6 | 2012 | |||
| 67 | Tajikistan | 23.1 | 2012 | ||
| 68 | Central African Republic | 22.54 | 2012 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 20.88 | 2012 | |||
| 69 | Madagascar | 20.18 | 2012 | ||
| 70 | Laos | 20.16 | 2012 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 19.98 | 2012 | |||
| 71 | Mauritania | 19.76 | 2012 | ||
| 72 | Libya | 19.17 | 2012 | ||
| 73 | Burundi | 19.09 | 2012 | ||
| 74 | Belarus | 18.91 | 2012 | ||
| 75 | Sierra Leone | 18.9 | 2012 | ||
| 76 | Oman | 18.71 | 2012 | ||
| 77 | Slovenia | 18.46 | 2012 | ||
| 78 | Serbia | 18.13 | 2012 | ||
| 79 | Bulgaria | 17.8 | 2012 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 17.28 | 2012 | |||
| 80 | Lebanon | 16.95 | 2012 | ||
| 81 | Israel | 16.69 | 2012 | ||
| 82 | Croatia | 16.4 | 2012 | ||
| 83 | Namibia | 16.38 | 2012 | ||
| 84 | Georgia | 15.74 | 2012 | ||
| 85 | Benin | 15.72 | 2012 | ||
| 86 | New Zealand | 15.56 | 2012 | ||
| 87 | Uruguay | 14.14 | 2012 | ||
| 88 | El Salvador | 13.97 | 2012 | ||
| 89 | Malawi | 13.96 | 2012 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 13.56 | 2012 | |||
| 90 | Norway | 13.15 | 2012 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 13.02 | 2012 | |||
| 91 | Kuwait | 12.92 | 2012 | ||
| 92 | Costa Rica | 12.9 | 2012 | ||
| 93 | Cambodia | 12.31 | 2012 | ||
| 94 | Nicaragua | 11.68 | 2012 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 11.15 | 2012 | |||
| 95 | Togo | 11.14 | 2012 | ||
| 96 | Romania | 10.46 | 2012 | ||
| 97 | Paraguay | 10.02 | 2012 | ||
| 98 | Eritrea | 9.62 | 2012 | ||
| 99 | Burkina Faso | 9.6 | 2012 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 9.42 | 2012 | |||
| 100 | Papua New Guinea | 9.21 | 2012 | ||
| 101 | Panama | 9.21 | 2012 | ||
| 102 | Senegal | 9.11 | 2012 | ||
| 103 | Puerto Rico | 8.73 | 2012 | ||
| 104 | Netherlands | 8.53 | 2012 | ||
| 105 | Zambia | 8.31 | 2012 | ||
| 106 | Mali | 8.08 | 2012 | ||
| 107 | Dominican Republic | 7.98 | 2012 | ||
| 108 | Belgium | 7.9 | 2012 | ||
| 109 | Finland | 7.76 | 2012 | ||
| 110 | Zimbabwe | 7.72 | 2012 | ||
| 111 | Jordan | 7.44 | 2012 | ||
| 112 | Angola | 6.96 | 2012 | ||
| 113 | Denmark | 6.8 | 2012 | ||
| 114 | Singapore | 6.78 | 2012 | ||
| 115 | Niger | 6.7 | 2012 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 6.67 | 2012 | |||
| 116 | Sri Lanka | 6.49 | 2012 | ||
| 117 | Ukraine | 6.23 | 2012 | ||
| 118 | Portugal | 6.08 | 2012 | ||
| 119 | Tunisia | 6.03 | 2012 | ||
| 120 | Guinea | 6.03 | 2012 | ||
| 121 | Haiti | 5.9 | 2012 | ||
| 122 | Ecuador | 5.74 | 2012 | ||
| 123 | Hong Kong | 5.73 | 2012 | ||
| 124 | Greece | 5.5 | 2012 | ||
| 125 | Sweden | 5.46 | 2012 | ||
| 126 | Chad | 5.38 | 2012 | ||
| 127 | Venezuela | 5.27 | 2012 | ||
| 128 | Kazakhstan | 5.24 | 2012 | ||
| 129 | Switzerland | 4.88 | 2012 | ||
| 130 | Yemen | 4.61 | 2012 | ||
| 131 | South Africa | 4.41 | 2012 | ||
| 132 | Poland | 4.41 | 2012 | ||
| 133 | United Arab Emirates | 4.35 | 2012 | ||
| 134 | Mozambique | 4.25 | 2012 | ||
| 135 | Honduras | 4.16 | 2012 | ||
| 136 | Algeria | 4.11 | 2012 | ||
| 137 | Canada | 4.07 | 2012 | ||
| 138 | Bolivia | 4 | 2012 | ||
| 139 | Afghanistan | 3.65 | 2012 | ||
| 140 | Uganda | 3.63 | 2012 | ||
| 141 | Uzbekistan | 3.63 | 2012 | ||
| 142 | Colombia | 3.46 | 2012 | ||
| 143 | Kenya | 3.38 | 2012 | ||
| 144 | Peru | 3.33 | 2012 | ||
| 145 | Australia | 3.31 | 2012 | ||
| 146 | Syria | 3.17 | 2012 | ||
| 147 | Ghana | 3.11 | 2012 | ||
| 148 | Cameroon | 2.95 | 2012 | ||
| 149 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.77 | 2012 | ||
| 150 | Austria | 2.72 | 2012 | ||
| 151 | Rwanda | 2.62 | 2012 | ||
| 152 | Bangladesh | 2.61 | 2012 | ||
| 153 | Guatemala | 2.59 | 2012 | ||
| 154 | Nepal | 2.55 | 2012 | ||
| 155 | Tanzania | 2.28 | 2012 | ||
| 156 | Argentina | 2.21 | 2012 | ||
| 157 | Spain | 2.19 | 2012 | ||
| 158 | Saudi Arabia | 2.16 | 2012 | ||
| 159 | Italy | 2.04 | 2012 | ||
| 160 | Russia | 1.96 | 2012 | ||
| 161 | Morocco | 1.91 | 2012 | ||
| 162 | Sudan | 1.88 | 2012 | ||
| 163 | Iran | 1.83 | 2012 | ||
| 164 | Burma | 1.72 | 2012 | ||
| 165 | Chile | 1.72 | 2012 | ||
| 166 | United Kingdom | 1.66 | 2012 | ||
| 167 | Malaysia | 1.57 | 2012 | ||
| 168 | Nigeria | 1.54 | 2012 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 1.46 | 2012 | |||
| 169 | Iraq | 1.44 | 2012 | ||
| 170 | Vietnam | 1.3 | 2012 | ||
| 171 | France | 1.2 | 2012 | ||
| 172 | Pakistan | 1.15 | 2012 | ||
| 173 | Ethiopia | 1.04 | 2012 | ||
| 174 | Turkey | 0.946 | 2012 | ||
| 175 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.883 | 2012 | ||
| 176 | Japan | 0.823 | 2012 | ||
| 177 | Mexico | 0.786 | 2012 | ||
| 178 | Egypt | 0.669 | 2012 | ||
| 179 | Thailand | 0.524 | 2012 | ||
| 180 | Philippines | 0.434 | 2012 | ||
| 181 | Indonesia | 0.409 | 2012 | ||
| 182 | South Korea | 0.36 | 2012 | ||
| 183 | Brazil | 0.292 | 2012 | ||
| 184 | European Union | 0.234 | 2012 | ||
| 185 | Germany | 0.208 | 2012 | ||
| 186 | United States | 0.191 | 2012 | ||
| 187 | China | 0.107 | 2012 | ||
| 188 | India | 0.0542 | 2012 |
