Transmission and distribution losses in BRICS in 2023 — 6.21%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 6.62 pp.
2000–2023 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: BRICS
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.21 | −0.17 pp |
| 2022 | 6.38 | −0.49 pp |
| 2021 | 6.86 | −0.51 pp |
| 2020 | 7.37 | −0.1 pp |
| 2019 | 7.47 | −0.26 pp |
| 2018 | 7.73 | −0.21 pp |
| 2017 | 7.95 | −0.3 pp |
| 2016 | 8.25 | −0.2 pp |
| 2015 | 8.44 | −0.04 pp |
| 2014 | 8.48 | −0.54 pp |
| 2013 | 9.02 | −0.14 pp |
| 2012 | 9.16 | −0.01 pp |
| 2011 | 9.17 | −0.4 pp |
| 2010 | 9.57 | −0.47 pp |
| 2009 | 10.04 | −0.05 pp |
| 2008 | 10.08 | −0.3 pp |
| 2007 | 10.38 | −0.52 pp |
| 2006 | 10.9 | −0.7 pp |
| 2005 | 11.6 | −0.28 pp |
| 2004 | 11.88 | −0.35 pp |
| 2003 | 12.23 | −0.34 pp |
| 2002 | 12.57 | −0.31 pp |
| 2001 | 12.88 | +0.06 pp |
| 2000 | 12.83 | — |
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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