End-user power supply interruption indicators by region, 2016-2020 average

Sources

IEA analysis based on World Bank (2020), DataBank: Doing Business (database, accessed February 2025) and US EIA (2023), Table 11.1 Reliability Metrics of U.S. Distribution System.

Notes

High-outage emerging market and developing economies comprises all countries with more than 100 annual outage hours on average per customer over the 2016-2020 period. EIA data were used for the United States, and World Bank data were used for all other countries. World Bank data are based on surveys. US data include interruptions from major events. Given the possible differences in reporting standards and coverage, the values presented refer to general trends and do not necessarily reflect precise comparisons between countries.