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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 |
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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 |
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Interesting observations about Government > Red tape > Time required to get electricity > Days per million
- Palau ranked first for red tape > time required to get electricity > days per million amongst Christian countries in 2012.
- 22 of the bottom 176 countries by red tape > time required to get electricity > days per million are East Asian and Pacific.
- 27 of the bottom 125 countries by red tape > time required to get electricity > days per million are Landlocked.
- 33 of the bottom 182 countries by red tape > time required to get electricity > days per million are Catholic.
- 9 of the bottom 76 countries by red tape > time required to get electricity > days per million are Tourist destination.
- 12 of the top 176 countries by red tape > time required to get electricity > days per million are Non-religious.
- 11 of the top 169 countries by red tape > time required to get electricity > days per million are OPEC.
- 2 of the top 159 countries by red tape > time required to get electricity > days per million are G7.
- 7 of the top 91 countries by red tape > time required to get electricity > days per million are Middle East and North African.
- 2 of the top 86 countries by red tape > time required to get electricity > days per million are English speaking .