Transmission and distribution losses in Burkina Faso in 2023 — 17.1%. Ranked 116 in the world out of 148. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 7.32 pp.
1990–2023 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Burkina Faso
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 17.1 | +0.52 pp |
| 2022 | 16.58 | −0.02 pp |
| 2021 | 16.61 | +5.16 pp |
| 2020 | 11.45 | +7.1 pp |
| 2019 | 4.35 | −8.5 pp |
| 2018 | 12.85 | −0.15 pp |
| 2017 | 13 | −1.79 pp |
| 2016 | 14.79 | +3.53 pp |
| 2015 | 11.26 | −2.08 pp |
| 2014 | 13.33 | −0.94 pp |
| 2013 | 14.27 | −1.73 pp |
| 2012 | 16 | −2.4 pp |
| 2011 | 18.4 | −9.6 pp |
| 2010 | 28 | +13.43 pp |
| 2009 | 14.57 | −0.75 pp |
| 2008 | 15.32 | −1.51 pp |
| 2007 | 16.83 | +1.32 pp |
| 2006 | 15.51 | −0.35 pp |
| 2005 | 15.86 | −0.17 pp |
| 2004 | 16.03 | +0.53 pp |
| 2003 | 15.51 | −0.11 pp |
| 2002 | 15.62 | −1.87 pp |
| 2001 | 17.49 | +4.92 pp |
| 2000 | 12.56 | +0.06 pp |
| 1999 | 12.5 | −1.7 pp |
| 1998 | 14.2 | +1.82 pp |
| 1997 | 12.38 | −2.22 pp |
| 1996 | 14.6 | +2.66 pp |
| 1995 | 11.93 | +2.21 pp |
| 1994 | 9.72 | −0.05 pp |
| 1993 | 9.77 | −0.18 pp |
| 1992 | 9.95 | +0.16 pp |
| 1991 | 9.79 | +0.01 pp |
| 1990 | 9.78 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Ghana
11.25
Senegal
13.06
Côte d'Ivoire
13.68
Nigeria
14.15
Burkina Faso
17.1
Togo
32.45
Niger
45.78
Benin
58.62
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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