Research Database on Infrastructure Economic Performance 1980-2004

List of countries and regions

Access to Electricity Network (% of population)

Households Reporting Access to Electricity (% of households)

* Percent distribution of households that have electricity, according to urban-rural residence.
* The data was placed in the latest year when the survey covered 2 calendar years (e.g. Bangladesh 1993/94).

Rural Households Reporting Access to Electricity (% of rural households)

* Percent distribution of households that have electricity, according to urban-rural residence.
* The data was placed in the latest year when the survey covered 2 calendar years (e.g. Bangladesh 1993/94).

Urban Households Reporting Access to Electricity (% of urban households)

* Percent distribution of households that have electricity, according to urban-rural residence.
* The data was placed in the latest year when the survey covered 2 calendar years (e.g. Bangladesh 1993/94).

Energy use per PPP GDP (kg of oil equivalent per constant 2000 PPP 1000$)

Electricity End-user Prices for Households (US cents/kWh)

Electricity End-user Prices for Industry (US cents/kWh)

* ERRA prices are for non-residential customers and they were treated as prices for industry

Commercial Perception of Electricity Service
1=worse than most other countries 7=it is equal to the highest in the world (index based on quality perception)

* Question 6.05 in the 2002 GCR: Rank from 1 to 7 the quality of electricity supply in your country (in terms of lack of interruptions and lack of voltage fluctuations. 1 = it is worse than most other countries. 7 = it is equal to the highest in the world

Commercial Perception of Public Agency Electricity Provider
1=very bad 7=very good (index based on quality perception)

* Question: How would you rate the quality and efficiency of the following public services? Power
* Rank: 1=very bad. 7=very good.
* The measures presented in the following spreadsheets are derived from the 1999 BEEPS and are subject to a margin of error.
* The direction of the scale was changed to make it comparable to GCR indexes. In the original data 1= very good. For this data 1= very bad. In addition, the data was normalized to base 7.

Electric Power Transmission and Distribution Losses (% of output)

Improved water source (% of population with access)

* Caroline van den Berg: even though WHO published data as of 2000, the 2002 data must be considered an update of the 2000, as opposed to an additional year.
* The reason is every data point is estimated through a regression with the data available from different hh surveys. If a new hh survey becomes available, new estimates are calculated using all data available per country.

Improved water source, rural (% of rural population with access)

* Caroline van den Berg: even though WHO published data as of 2000, the 2002 data must be considered an update of the 2000, as opposed to an additional year.
* The reason is every data point is estimated through a regression with the data available from different hh surveys. If a new hh survey becomes available, new estimates are calculated using all data available per country.

Improved water source, urban (% of urban population with access)

* Caroline van den Berg: even though WHO published data as of 2000, the 2002 data must be considered an update of the 2000, as opposed to an additional year.
* The reason is every data point is estimated through a regression with the data available from different hh surveys. If a new hh survey becomes available, new estimates are calculated using all data available per country.

Improved sanitation facilities (% of population with access)

* Caroline van den Berg: even though WHO published data as of 2000, the 2002 data must be considered an update of the 2000, as opposed to an additional year.
* The reason is every data point is estimated through a regression with the data available from different hh surveys. If a new hh survey becomes available, new estimates are calculated using all data available per country.

Improved sanitation facilities, rural (% of rural population with access)

* Caroline van den Berg: even though WHO published data as of 2000, the 2002 data must be considered an update of the 2000, as opposed to an additional year.
* The reason is every data point is estimated through a regression with the data available from different hh surveys. If a new hh survey becomes available, new estimates are calculated using all data available per country.

Improved sanitation facilities, urban (% of urban population with access)

* Caroline van den Berg: even though WHO published data as of 2000, the 2002 data must be considered an update of the 2000, as opposed to an additional year.
* The reason is every data point is estimated through a regression with the data available from different hh surveys. If a new hh survey becomes available, new estimates are calculated using all data available per country.

Commercial Perception of Water Service
1= worst 7=best (index based on quality perception).

* Question: How would you rate the quality and efficiency of the following public services? Water
* Rank: 1=very bad. 7=very good.
* The measures presented in the following spreadsheets are derived from the 1999 BEEPS and are subject to a margin of error.
* The direction and the base of the original scale was changed to make it comparable to GCR indexes. In the original data 6= very bad. For this data 7= very good.

Households using piped or well water as major source of drinking water, total (% households)

* The data was placed in the latest year when the survey covered 2 calendar years (e.g. Bangladesh 1993/94).

Households using piped or well water as major source of drinking water, rural (% households)

* The data was placed in the latest year when the survey covered 2 calendar years (e.g. Bangladesh 1993/94).

Households using piped or well water as major source of drinking water, urban (% households)

* The data was placed in the latest year when the survey covered 2 calendar years (e.g. Bangladesh 1993/94).

Telephone Subscribers (per 1000 inhabitants)

Main Telephone Lines Subscribers (per 1000 inhabitants)

Cellular Telephone Subscribers (per 1000 inhabitants)

Mainlines per 1000 inhabitants outside largest city

Households with Own Telephone (% of households)

* The data was placed in the latest year when the survey covered 2 calendar years (e.g. Bangladesh 1999/2000 information was placed in 2000).

Rural Households with Own Telephone (% of rural households)

* The data was placed in the latest year when the survey covered 2 calendar years (e.g. Bangladesh 1999/2000 information was placed in 2000).

Urban Households with Own Telephone (% of urban households)

Cost of Local Phone Call (US¢ per 3 min)

Cost of Phone Call to the US (US cents per 3 min)

Cost of Cellular Local Call (US cents per 3 off-peak min)

Commercial perception of telephone/fax infrastructure quality
1= Scarce and difficult to obtain. 7 = Widely available and highly reliable ( index based on quality perception)

* Question 6.07 in the 2002 GCR: New telephone lines for your business are: 1= Scarce and difficult to obtain. 7 = Widely available and highly reliable.

Road density, population (road-km/1000 people)

Road density, land (road-km/1000 sq km)

Rail density, population (rail-km/1000 people)

Rail density, land (rail-km/1000 sq km)

Freight Revenue PPP per ton-km (ICP)

Passenger Revenue (PPP per pass-km (ICP))

Travel Time to Work in Main Cities (minutes/one-way work trip)

* In order to aggregate data at the country level we used simple averages of cities' travel time to work, even though the list of cities was not exhaustive.  A more accurate approach, should more data becomes available, would be to use averages weighted b

Commercial Perception of Services Delivered by the Roads Department/Public Works
1=very bad 7=very good (index based on quality perception)

Commercial Perception of Port Facilities
1=underdeveloped 7=as developed as the world's best (index based on quality perception)

* Question 4.11 in GCR 1996: Port access infrastructure meets business requirements very well 1 = strongly disagree 6 = strongly agree. Then the scale was converted to a base 7.
* Question 4.05 in GCR 1997: Port facilities and inland waters are extensive and efficient 1 = strongly disagree 7 = strongly agree.
* Question 4.06 in GCR 1999: Port facilities and inland waters are extensive and efficient 1 = strongly disagree 7 = strongly agree.
* Question 5.05 in GCR 2000: Port facilities and inland waters are extensive and efficient 1 = strongly disagree 7 = strongly agree.
* Question 6.03 in GCR 2002: Rank from 1 to 7 port facilities and inland waterways in your country. 1 = underdeveloped. 7 = as developed as the world's best.

Commercial perception of availability of mobile or cellular telephone
1= Not available. 7 = As accessible and affordable as in the world's most technologically advance countries (index based on quality perception)

* Question 6.08 in the 2002 GCR: Mobile or cellular telephones for your business are: 1= Not available. 7 = As accessible and affordable as in the world's most technologically advance countries.

Commercial perception internet access in schools
1= Very limited. 7 = Pervasive - most children have frequent access (index based on quality perception)

* Question 6.09 in the 2002 GCR: Internet access in schools is: 1= Very limited. 7 = Pervasive - most children have frequent access.

Commercial perception of postal efficiency
1 = Not at all. 7 = Yes, trust them entirely (index based on quality perception)

* Question 6.09 in the 2002 GCR: Do you trust your country's postal system sufficiently to have a friend mail a small package worth $100 to you? 1 = Not at all. 7 = Yes, trust them entirely.

Phone Faults (reported faults/100 mainlines)

Unmet demand (% of main telephone lines in operation)

Commercial Perception of Railroad Services
1= underdeveloped 7= as extensive and efficient as the world's best (index based on quality perception)

* Question 6.02 in GCR 2002: Rank from 1 to 7 the railroads in your country. 1 = underdeveloped. 7 = as extensive and efficient as the world's best.

Commercial Perception of Air Transport Services
1= infrequent and inefficient 7= as extensive and efficient as the world's best (index based on quality perception)

* Question 6.04 in GCR 2002: Rank from 1 to 7 air transport in your country. 1 = infrequent and inefficient. 7 = as extensive and efficient as the world's best.

Paved Roads (% of total roads)