Transmission and distribution losses in Bulgaria in 2023 — 5.88%. Ranked 34 in the world out of 148. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 4.67 pp.
1990–2023 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bulgaria
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.88 | +0.9 pp |
| 2022 | 4.97 | −0.5 pp |
| 2021 | 5.47 | −0.9 pp |
| 2020 | 6.37 | +0.12 pp |
| 2019 | 6.25 | −0.37 pp |
| 2018 | 6.62 | −1 pp |
| 2017 | 7.62 | −0.28 pp |
| 2016 | 7.9 | +0.21 pp |
| 2015 | 7.69 | −0.76 pp |
| 2014 | 8.45 | −0.44 pp |
| 2013 | 8.89 | −0.06 pp |
| 2012 | 8.95 | +0.29 pp |
| 2011 | 8.65 | −0.95 pp |
| 2010 | 9.6 | −0.9 pp |
| 2009 | 10.5 | +0.13 pp |
| 2008 | 10.37 | −0.47 pp |
| 2007 | 10.84 | +0.13 pp |
| 2006 | 10.7 | −0.3 pp |
| 2005 | 11.01 | −1.23 pp |
| 2004 | 12.23 | −1.91 pp |
| 2003 | 14.15 | −0.34 pp |
| 2002 | 14.48 | +0.53 pp |
| 2001 | 13.95 | −1.42 pp |
| 2000 | 15.37 | −1.95 pp |
| 1999 | 17.32 | +3.9 pp |
| 1998 | 13.41 | −0.63 pp |
| 1997 | 14.04 | +0.26 pp |
| 1996 | 13.78 | −1.13 pp |
| 1995 | 14.91 | −0.2 pp |
| 1994 | 15.11 | −0.28 pp |
| 1993 | 15.39 | −2.62 pp |
| 1992 | 18.01 | +4.94 pp |
| 1991 | 13.07 | +2.52 pp |
| 1990 | 10.54 | — |
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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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