Transmission and distribution losses in China in 2023 — 3.43%. Ranked 6 in the world out of 148. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 3.57 pp.
1990–2023 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: China
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.43 | +0.01 pp |
| 2022 | 3.42 | −0.36 pp |
| 2021 | 3.79 | −0.38 pp |
| 2020 | 4.16 | −0.27 pp |
| 2019 | 4.44 | −0.25 pp |
| 2018 | 4.69 | −0.07 pp |
| 2017 | 4.76 | −0.18 pp |
| 2016 | 4.94 | −0.16 pp |
| 2015 | 5.1 | −0.22 pp |
| 2014 | 5.33 | −0.44 pp |
| 2013 | 5.77 | −0.03 pp |
| 2012 | 5.8 | +0.07 pp |
| 2011 | 5.73 | −0.38 pp |
| 2010 | 6.1 | +0.02 pp |
| 2009 | 6.08 | −0.09 pp |
| 2008 | 6.17 | −0.12 pp |
| 2007 | 6.28 | −0.2 pp |
| 2006 | 6.49 | −0.34 pp |
| 2005 | 6.82 | +0.38 pp |
| 2004 | 6.45 | −0.15 pp |
| 2003 | 6.6 | −0.47 pp |
| 2002 | 7.06 | +0.09 pp |
| 2001 | 6.98 | +0.07 pp |
| 2000 | 6.91 | −0.04 pp |
| 1999 | 6.95 | +0.18 pp |
| 1998 | 6.77 | −0.25 pp |
| 1997 | 7.03 | −0.09 pp |
| 1996 | 7.12 | −0.26 pp |
| 1995 | 7.39 | +0.97 pp |
| 1994 | 6.42 | −0.96 pp |
| 1993 | 7.38 | +0.14 pp |
| 1992 | 7.24 | +0.05 pp |
| 1991 | 7.19 | +0.2 pp |
| 1990 | 7 | — |
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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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