Transmission and distribution losses — all countries

Transmission and distribution losses — Armenia

Transmission and distribution losses in Armenia in 2023 — 6.7%. Ranked 43 in the world out of 148. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 9.21 pp.

2023 6.7% +0.12 pp vs 2022
World rank 43of 148
Period maximum 39.61%1994
Period minimum 6.58%2022

Trend over time

1990–2023 · % of output

Transmission and distribution losses — Armenia, 1990–20230102030401990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 15.91%1991: 17.44%1992: 28.1%1993: 37.97%1994: 39.61%1995: 39.47%1996: 37.8%1997: 20.63%1998: 28.49%1999: 25.14%2000: 25.38%2001: 26.14%2002: 25.62%2003: 22.54%2004: 15.85%2005: 15.85%2006: 13.11%2007: 13.14%2008: 15.46%2009: 14.87%2010: 11.25%2011: 12.17%2012: 12.21%2013: 12.31%2014: 11.99%2015: 10.41%2016: 9.65%2017: 8.6%2018: 7.84%2019: 7.12%2020: 7.2%2021: 6.99%2022: 6.58%2023: 6.7%
Change over the period: −9.21 pp Annual average: -0.28 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Armenia 6.7%
World 6.95%
Western Asia computed 13.29%
Transmission and distribution losses — Armenia, by year Armenia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 6.7 +0.12 pp
2022 6.58 −0.41 pp
2021 6.99 −0.2 pp
2020 7.2 +0.07 pp
2019 7.12 −0.72 pp
2018 7.84 −0.76 pp
2017 8.6 −1.05 pp
2016 9.65 −0.76 pp
2015 10.41 −1.58 pp
2014 11.99 −0.32 pp
2013 12.31 +0.1 pp
2012 12.21 +0.04 pp
2011 12.17 +0.92 pp
2010 11.25 −3.62 pp
2009 14.87 −0.59 pp
2008 15.46 +2.32 pp
2007 13.14 +0.03 pp
2006 13.11 −2.73 pp
2005 15.85 −0.01 pp
2004 15.85 −6.69 pp
2003 22.54 −3.08 pp
2002 25.62 −0.52 pp
2001 26.14 +0.77 pp
2000 25.38 +0.24 pp
1999 25.14 −3.36 pp
1998 28.49 +7.86 pp
1997 20.63 −17.17 pp
1996 37.8 −1.67 pp
1995 39.47 −0.14 pp
1994 39.61 +1.64 pp
1993 37.97 +9.87 pp
1992 28.1 +10.65 pp
1991 17.44 +1.53 pp
1990 15.91

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.