Transmission and distribution losses — all countries

Transmission and distribution losses — Belarus

Transmission and distribution losses in Belarus in 2023 — 6.89%. Ranked 44 in the world out of 148. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 4.04 pp.

2023 6.89% +0.07 pp vs 2022
World rank 44of 148
Period maximum 16.15%1998
Period minimum 6.7%2019

Trend over time

1990–2023 · % of output

Transmission and distribution losses — Belarus, 1990–202357.51012.51517.51990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 10.92%1991: 11.15%1992: 10.97%1993: 12.13%1994: 12.22%1995: 14.59%1996: 15.83%1997: 14.59%1998: 16.15%1999: 13.37%2000: 13.06%2001: 13.79%2002: 12.88%2003: 12.96%2004: 11.46%2005: 11.74%2006: 12.07%2007: 11.7%2008: 10.6%2009: 11.48%2010: 10.82%2011: 10.6%2012: 11.06%2013: 10.61%2014: 9.18%2015: 8.56%2016: 8.57%2017: 8.32%2018: 7.27%2019: 6.7%2020: 7.1%2021: 6.91%2022: 6.81%2023: 6.89%
Change over the period: −4.04 pp Annual average: -0.12 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Belarus 6.89%
World 6.95%
Eastern Europe computed 7.79%
Transmission and distribution losses — Belarus, by year Belarus All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 6.89 +0.07 pp
2022 6.81 −0.09 pp
2021 6.91 −0.19 pp
2020 7.1 +0.4 pp
2019 6.7 −0.57 pp
2018 7.27 −1.05 pp
2017 8.32 −0.25 pp
2016 8.57 +0.01 pp
2015 8.56 −0.62 pp
2014 9.18 −1.43 pp
2013 10.61 −0.45 pp
2012 11.06 +0.46 pp
2011 10.6 −0.22 pp
2010 10.82 −0.66 pp
2009 11.48 +0.88 pp
2008 10.6 −1.1 pp
2007 11.7 −0.37 pp
2006 12.07 +0.34 pp
2005 11.74 +0.27 pp
2004 11.46 −1.49 pp
2003 12.96 +0.08 pp
2002 12.88 −0.91 pp
2001 13.79 +0.72 pp
2000 13.06 −0.3 pp
1999 13.37 −2.79 pp
1998 16.15 +1.57 pp
1997 14.59 −1.25 pp
1996 15.83 +1.24 pp
1995 14.59 +2.37 pp
1994 12.22 +0.09 pp
1993 12.13 +1.16 pp
1992 10.97 −0.18 pp
1991 11.15 +0.23 pp
1990 10.92

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.