Getting Electricity

This topic tracks the procedures, time and cost required for a business to obtain a permanent electricity connection for a newly constructed warehouse. The most recent round of data collection for the project was completed in June 2012. Read the methodology.

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Economy ▲	Getting Electricity rank	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. More informationProcedures (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. More informationTime (days)	The cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. Costs are recorded exclusive of value added tax. More informationCost (% of income per capita)
East Asia & Pacific	..	5	86	1,005.0
Eastern Europe & Central Asia	..	7	153	627.8
Latin America & Caribbean	..	5	66	559.0
Middle East & North Africa	..	5	84	1,147.1
OECD high income	..	5	98	93.0
South Asia	..	6	148	1,894.9
Sub-Saharan Africa	..	5	133	4,736.9
Afghanistan	110	4	109	3,494.3
Albania	154	6	177	573.7
Algeria	165	6	159	1,489.9
Angola	113	7	55	754.9
Antigua and Barbuda	18	4	42	131.3
Argentina	74	6	91	36.0
Armenia	101	5	242	107.3
Australia	36	5	75	8.7
Austria	24	5	23	104.5
Azerbaijan	175	9	241	591.2
Bahamas, The	43	5	67	103.1
Bahrain	48	5	90	56.3
Bangladesh	185	9	404	5,193.8
Barbados	81	7	65	60.3
Belarus	171	7	179	838.8
Belgium	82	6	88	92.6
Belize	58	5	66	400.5
Benin	141	4	158	14,343.1
Bhutan	136	6	90	1,149.6
Bolivia	126	8	42	1,036.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	158	8	125	493.3
Botswana	90	5	121	353.8
Brazil	60	6	57	116.7
Brunei Darussalam	29	5	56	40.6
Bulgaria	128	6	130	340.7
Burkina Faso	139	4	158	12,662.1
Burundi	164	5	188	21,481.7
Cambodia	132	4	183	2,802.0
Cameroon	63	4	64	1,772.8
Canada	152	8	142	140.4
Cape Verde	106	6	58	981.4
Central African Republic	173	7	102	12,603.6
Chad	149	6	67	11,017.6
Chile	40	6	31	67.6
China	114	5	145	547.0
Colombia	134	5	165	995.0
Comoros	104	3	120	2,477.2
Congo, Dem. Rep.	140	6	58	27,211.6
Congo, Rep.	170	6	135	4,775.3
Costa Rica	45	5	62	256.8
Côte d'Ivoire	153	8	55	3,685.7
Croatia	56	5	70	318.7
Cyprus	98	5	247	86.5
Czech Republic	143	6	279	180.0
Denmark	14	4	38	119.7
Djibouti	142	4	180	7,776.5
Dominica	61	5	61	593.4
Dominican Republic	122	7	87	322.3
Ecuador	146	7	89	860.9
Egypt, Arab Rep.	99	7	54	396.0
El Salvador	131	7	78	554.8
Equatorial Guinea	86	5	106	456.5
Eritrea	93	5	59	3,508.0
Estonia	52	4	111	201.4
Ethiopia	94	4	95	2,544.3
Fiji	79	4	81	1,904.7
Finland	21	5	47	29.6
France	42	5	79	43.9
Gabon	135	6	141	354.2
Gambia, The	119	5	78	3,976.9
Georgia	50	4	71	561.8
Germany	2	3	17	48.3
Ghana	63	4	78	957.3
Greece	59	6	62	62.4
Grenada	66	6	49	283.5
Guatemala	34	4	39	594.8
Guinea	88	4	69	8,377.7
Guinea-Bissau	182	7	455	1,737.2
Guyana	148	7	109	542.9
Haiti	71	4	60	4,599.0
Honduras	117	8	33	997.9
Hong Kong SAR, China	4	4	41	1.6
Hungary	109	5	252	116.9
Iceland	1	4	22	14.9
India	105	7	67	247.3
Indonesia	147	6	108	1,243.8
Iran, Islamic Rep.	163	7	140	788.4
Iraq	46	5	47	516.7
Ireland	95	5	205	94.2
Israel	91	6	132	13.8
Italy	107	5	155	319.2
Jamaica	123	6	96	557.0
Japan	27	3	105	0.0
Jordan	38	5	47	292.3
Kazakhstan	80	6	88	71.1
Kenya	162	6	146	1,208.2
Kiribati	159	6	97	5,199.7
Korea, Rep.	3	4	28	33.3
Kosovo	116	7	48	915.4
Kuwait	55	7	42	43.6
Kyrgyz Republic	177	7	159	2,428.6
Lao PDR	138	5	134	2,130.5
Latvia	83	5	108	389.1
Lebanon	47	5	75	99.5
Lesotho	133	5	125	2,275.9
Liberia	145	4	465	3,528.6
Lithuania	75	5	148	55.4
Luxembourg	63	5	120	58.0
Macedonia, FYR	101	5	151	296.1
Madagascar	183	6	450	9,056.7
Malawi	179	6	222	8,854.9
Malaysia	28	5	46	53.9
Maldives	120	6	108	380.5
Mali	115	4	120	4,187.8
Malta	111	5	136	463.6
Marshall Islands	73	5	67	772.4
Mauritania	121	5	75	7,516.9
Mauritius	44	4	84	295.1
Mexico	130	7	95	382.8
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	53	3	105	424.0
Moldova	161	7	140	578.0
Mongolia	169	8	126	1,012.6
Montenegro	69	5	71	490.3
Morocco	92	5	62	2,515.2
Mozambique	174	9	117	2,394.7
Namibia	87	7	38	482.2
Nepal	96	5	70	1,762.8
Netherlands	67	5	143	33.5
New Zealand	32	5	50	76.1
Nicaragua	129	6	70	1,526.6
Niger	118	4	115	6,562.4
Nigeria	178	8	260	873.9
Norway	14	4	66	6.5
Oman	54	6	62	51.3
Pakistan	171	6	206	1,673.7
Palau	78	5	125	173.8
Panama	16	5	35	13.6
Papua New Guinea	23	4	66	59.9
Paraguay	26	4	53	221.7
Peru	77	5	100	378.2
Philippines	57	5	50	833.3
Poland	137	6	186	208.3
Portugal	35	5	64	52.7
Puerto Rico (U.S.)	37	5	32	384.0
Qatar	25	4	90	3.9
Romania	168	7	223	584.2
Russian Federation	184	10	281	1,573.7
Rwanda	49	4	30	3,948.1
Samoa	33	4	34	790.8
São Tomé and Príncipe	72	4	89	1,066.6
Saudi Arabia	12	4	61	31.5
Senegal	180	8	125	5,624.9
Serbia	76	4	131	502.6
Seychelles	144	6	147	429.8
Sierra Leone	176	8	137	2,124.4
Singapore	5	4	36	28.6
Slovak Republic	100	5	158	249.1
Slovenia	31	5	38	119.9
Solomon Islands	125	4	160	2,044.5
South Africa	150	5	226	1,505.8
Spain	70	5	101	232.1
Sri Lanka	103	4	132	1,257.5
St. Kitts and Nevis	17	4	18	304.3
St. Lucia	12	4	25	202.8
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	22	3	52	246.7
Sudan	108	5	70	2,527.3
Suriname	39	4	58	634.4
Swaziland	156	6	137	1,071.8
Sweden	9	3	52	37.1
Switzerland	8	3	39	61.1
Syrian Arab Republic	84	5	71	902.9
Taiwan, China	6	4	24	50.4
Tajikistan	181	9	185	1,140.6
Tanzania	96	4	109	1,944.1
Thailand	10	4	35	75.3
Timor-Leste	40	3	63	593.0
Togo	89	4	74	4,732.5
Tonga	30	5	42	101.5
Trinidad and Tobago	11	4	61	6.6
Tunisia	51	4	65	878.5
Turkey	68	5	70	517.9
Uganda	127	5	91	4,623.0
Ukraine	166	11	285	192.3
United Arab Emirates	7	4	40	19.3
United Kingdom	62	5	105	108.9
United States	19	4	68	16.1
Uruguay	20	5	48	14.3
Uzbekistan	167	9	108	1,420.3
Vanuatu	124	5	122	1,248.1
Venezuela, RB	160	6	158	1,022.6
Vietnam	155	6	115	1,988.3
West Bank and Gaza	85	5	63	1,549.1
Yemen, Rep.	112	4	110	3,921.2
Zambia	151	6	117	1,109.5
Zimbabwe	157	6	106	3,917.2

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