Transmission and distribution losses in Brazil in 2024 — 14.97%. Ranked 38 in the world out of 41. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 0.75 pp.
1990–2024 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Brazil
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14.97 | −0.14 pp |
| 2023 | 15.11 | −0.24 pp |
| 2022 | 15.35 | −1.17 pp |
| 2021 | 16.52 | −0.3 pp |
| 2020 | 16.82 | +0.09 pp |
| 2019 | 16.73 | +0.6 pp |
| 2018 | 16.13 | −0.26 pp |
| 2017 | 16.39 | −0.43 pp |
| 2016 | 16.82 | +1.33 pp |
| 2015 | 15.5 | +0.11 pp |
| 2014 | 15.39 | −1.25 pp |
| 2013 | 16.64 | −0.44 pp |
| 2012 | 17.08 | +0.62 pp |
| 2011 | 16.46 | −0.17 pp |
| 2010 | 16.63 | −0.56 pp |
| 2009 | 17.19 | +0.54 pp |
| 2008 | 16.65 | +0.5 pp |
| 2007 | 16.14 | −0.68 pp |
| 2006 | 16.82 | +0.23 pp |
| 2005 | 16.59 | −0.15 pp |
| 2004 | 16.75 | +0.48 pp |
| 2003 | 16.27 | −0.48 pp |
| 2002 | 16.74 | −0.49 pp |
| 2001 | 17.24 | −0.42 pp |
| 2000 | 17.66 | +0.05 pp |
| 1999 | 17.6 | +0.78 pp |
| 1998 | 16.82 | −0.63 pp |
| 1997 | 17.46 | +0.25 pp |
| 1996 | 17.21 | +0.46 pp |
| 1995 | 16.74 | +0.59 pp |
| 1994 | 16.16 | +0.93 pp |
| 1993 | 15.22 | +0.63 pp |
| 1992 | 14.59 | −0.8 pp |
| 1991 | 15.39 | +1.16 pp |
| 1990 | 14.23 | — |
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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.
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