Getting Electricity

This topic tracks the procedures, time and and cost required for a business to obtain a permanent electricity connection for a newly constructed warehouse.

The data appearing on this page was collected as part of the Doing Business project, which measures and compares regulations relevant to the life cycle of a small to medium-sized domestic business in 183 economies. The most recent round of data collection for the project was completed in June 2011. This topic was introduced as a pilot in Doing Business 2010 and Doing Business 2011, and is being included in the ranking of Doing Business 2012.

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The number of procedures to obtain a permanent electricity connection. A procedure is defined as any interaction of the company employees or the company’s main electrician with external parties.

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Procedures (number)

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.

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Time (days)

The cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. Costs are recorded exclusive of value added tax.

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Cost (% of income per capita)
East Asia & Pacific5881,079.4
Eastern Europe & Central Asia7168751.2
Latin America & Caribbean565593.7
Middle East & North Africa5791,317.1
OECD high income510392.8
South Asia61451,775.9
Sub-Saharan Africa51375,429.8
Afghanistan41093,956.8
Albania6177585.6
Algeria61591,579.0
Angola848890.5
Antigua and Barbuda442150.1
Argentina66720.4
Armenia6242257.8
Australia5819.2
Austria523110.8
Azerbaijan9241677.6
Bahamas, The86999.9
Bahrain59063.6
Bangladesh73723,526.1
Belarus72541,383.8
Belgium68895.3
Belize566395.4
Benin415815,205.3
Bhutan61011,265.4
Bolivia8421,181.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina8125497.6
Botswana5121408.9
Brazil634130.3
Brunei Darussalam55642.9
Bulgaria6130366.6
Burkina Faso415813,356.8
Burundi418834,477.0
Cambodia41833,062.5
Cameroon4671,854.5
Canada8168143.9
Cape Verde5581,121.3
Central African Republic610212,852.1
Chad56713,123.8
Chile63177.6
China5145640.9
Colombia51651,081.3
Comoros31202,685.1
Congo, Dem. Rep.65828,801.5
Congo, Rep.51295,224.0
Costa Rica562299.5
Côte d'Ivoire5334,002.3
Croatia570328.6
Cyprus524795.3
Czech Republic6279186.2
Denmark438120.6
Djibouti41808,799.1
Dominica561849.7
Dominican Republic787356.7
Ecuador689785.3
Egypt, Arab Rep.754455.5
El Salvador778533.3
Equatorial Guinea5106571.1
Eritrea5594,436.6
Estonia4111222.5
Ethiopia4953,386.0
Fiji5822,147.9
Finland55331.7
France512340.2
Gabon6160256.0
Gambia, The5786,070.8
Georgia597751.3
Germany31749.9
Ghana4781,218.5
Greece67759.2
Grenada549357.8
Guatemala439624.9
Guinea56910,421.7
Guinea-Bissau74552,049.5
Guyana7109518.7
Haiti4664,032.8
Honduras8331,082.2
Hong Kong SAR, China4431.7
Hungary5252120.3
Iceland42213.6
India767216.2
Indonesia71081,379.0
Iran, Islamic Rep.71401,058.5
Iraq547609.9
Ireland520591.1
Israel613212.2
Italy5192327.2
Jamaica696354.6
Japan31170.0
Jordan543274.2
Kazakhstan68888.4
Kenya41631,419.2
Kiribati6975,162.7
Korea, Rep.44938.6
Kosovo7601,016.8
Kuwait74248.2
Kyrgyz Republic73372,545.6
Lao PDR51342,381.6
Latvia5108439.1
Lebanon57599.9
Lesotho51402,456.7
Liberia45864,455.2
Lithuania514863.3
Luxembourg512058.8
Macedonia, FYR5151847.4
Madagascar64508,390.9
Malawi62449,665.8
Malaysia65195.5
Maldives6101708.8
Mali41204,397.7
Marshall Islands5671,010.0
Mauritania5757,310.9
Mauritius491328.5
Mexico7114395.5
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.375456.9
Moldova7140660.6
Mongolia81561,104.6
Montenegro571533.4
Morocco5712,588.6
Mozambique91172,558.0
Namibia755525.8
Nepal5701,995.8
Netherlands514330.7
New Zealand55079.1
Nicaragua6701,653.8
Niger41204,211.8
Nigeria82601,056.0
Norway4667.1
Oman66262.5
Pakistan62061,346.0
Palau5125145.9
Panama53515.4
Papua New Guinea46666.9
Paraguay453224.6
Peru5100441.6
Philippines550762.0
Poland4143209.3
Portugal56454.6
Puerto Rico (U.S.) 532392.4
Qatar3904.1
Romania7223556.9
Russian Federation102811,852.4
Rwanda4304,696.8
Samoa434857.1
São Tomé and Príncipe 4891,252.8
Saudi Arabia47118.1
Senegal61255,938.9
Serbia4131545.7
Seychelles6147504.7
Sierra Leone81372,466.3
Singapore43631.1
Slovak Republic5177242.2
Slovenia538119.1
Solomon Islands4391,982.1
South Africa42261,651.5
Spain5101231.9
Sri Lanka41321,191.8
St. Kitts and Nevis518383.5
St. Lucia425241.0
St. Vincent and the Grenadines352307.9
Sudan5703,949.3
Suriname458647.1
Swaziland61371,302.0
Sweden35220.7
Switzerland33962.7
Syrian Arab Republic571940.4
Taiwan, China42352.4
Tajikistan92381,297.9
Tanzania41091,040.5
Thailand43577.6
Timor-Leste3631,818.2
Togo4746,023.2
Tonga542111.3
Trinidad and Tobago5617.9
Tunisia465894.1
Turkey570624.4
Uganda5915,130.1
Ukraine11274229.2
United Arab Emirates45514.6
United Kingdom510972.3
United States46816.8
Uruguay44815.9
Uzbekistan91171,783.3
Vanuatu52571,171.3
Venezuela, RB61251,341.1
Vietnam51421,343.0
West Bank and Gaza5631,627.8
Yemen, Rep.4354,569.8
Zambia51171,317.9
Zimbabwe61255,305.5

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