Transmission and distribution losses — all countries

Transmission and distribution losses — Albania

Transmission and distribution losses in Albania in 2023 — 12.35%. Ranked 97 in the world out of 148. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 38.84 pp.

2023 12.35% −1.33 pp vs 2022
World rank 97of 148
Period maximum 72.9%2007
Period minimum 11.45%2004

Trend over time

1990–2023 · % of output

Transmission and distribution losses — Albania, 1990–20230204060801990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 51.18%1991: 33.47%1992: 41.57%1993: 46.9%1994: 46.76%1995: 51.04%1996: 48.26%1997: 55.72%1998: 62.42%1999: 25.58%2000: 27.25%2001: 36.09%2002: 27.5%2003: 28.89%2004: 11.45%2005: 11.54%2006: 45.06%2007: 72.9%2008: 38.53%2009: 23.59%2010: 12.66%2011: 24.93%2012: 23.68%2013: 27.99%2014: 23.69%2015: 21.2%2016: 25.75%2017: 28.19%2018: 13.02%2019: 20.25%2020: 17.05%2021: 15.14%2022: 13.68%2023: 12.35%
Change over the period: −38.84 pp Annual average: -1.18 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Albania

Albania 12.35%
World 6.95%
Southern Europe computed 8.37%
Transmission and distribution losses — Albania, by year Albania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 12.35 −1.33 pp
2022 13.68 −1.46 pp
2021 15.14 −1.91 pp
2020 17.05 −3.19 pp
2019 20.25 +7.22 pp
2018 13.02 −15.17 pp
2017 28.19 +2.44 pp
2016 25.75 +4.55 pp
2015 21.2 −2.48 pp
2014 23.69 −4.3 pp
2013 27.99 +4.31 pp
2012 23.68 −1.25 pp
2011 24.93 +12.28 pp
2010 12.66 −10.93 pp
2009 23.59 −14.94 pp
2008 38.53 −34.37 pp
2007 72.9 +27.84 pp
2006 45.06 +33.52 pp
2005 11.54 +0.09 pp
2004 11.45 −17.43 pp
2003 28.89 +1.38 pp
2002 27.5 −8.58 pp
2001 36.09 +8.84 pp
2000 27.25 +1.67 pp
1999 25.58 −36.83 pp
1998 62.42 +6.7 pp
1997 55.72 +7.46 pp
1996 48.26 −2.78 pp
1995 51.04 +4.27 pp
1994 46.76 −0.13 pp
1993 46.9 +5.32 pp
1992 41.57 +8.1 pp
1991 33.47 −17.71 pp
1990 51.18

About the indicator

Electricity losses in transmission and distribution as a percent of output. The figure includes both physical losses in wires and transformers and so-called commercial losses — unmetered consumption, illegal connections, unpaid bills. Statistics cannot separate them, and that is exactly why the indicator serves as an indirect measure of the state of the network: physical losses in a sound grid rarely exceed eight percent, while values above twenty almost always mean problems with metering and bill collection.

Important: Technical and commercial losses together; the source does not allow them to be separated. Aggregates are weighted by generation in terawatt-hours and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.