Transmission and distribution losses — all countries

Transmission and distribution losses — CIS

Transmission and distribution losses in the CIS in 2023 — 8.47%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 3.62 pp.

2023 8.47% −0.02 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 12.82%2002
Period minimum 8.37%2021

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of output

Transmission and distribution losses — CIS, 2000–202381012142000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 12.08%2001: 12.55%2002: 12.82%2003: 12.79%2004: 12.76%2005: 12.5%2006: 11.39%2007: 10.96%2008: 11.04%2009: 11.22%2010: 10.63%2011: 10.43%2012: 10.38%2013: 10.71%2014: 10.41%2015: 10.1%2016: 9.92%2017: 9.8%2018: 9.04%2019: 8.84%2020: 8.95%2021: 8.37%2022: 8.48%2023: 8.47%
Change over the period: −3.62 pp Annual average: -0.16 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: CIS

CIS 8.47%
World 6.95%
Transmission and distribution losses — CIS, by year CIS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 8.47 −0.02 pp
2022 8.48 +0.12 pp
2021 8.37 −0.58 pp
2020 8.95 +0.11 pp
2019 8.84 −0.2 pp
2018 9.04 −0.75 pp
2017 9.8 −0.12 pp
2016 9.92 −0.17 pp
2015 10.1 −0.31 pp
2014 10.41 −0.3 pp
2013 10.71 +0.33 pp
2012 10.38 −0.05 pp
2011 10.43 −0.2 pp
2010 10.63 −0.59 pp
2009 11.22 +0.18 pp
2008 11.04 +0.09 pp
2007 10.96 −0.43 pp
2006 11.39 −1.12 pp
2005 12.5 −0.26 pp
2004 12.76 −0.03 pp
2003 12.79 −0.03 pp
2002 12.82 +0.27 pp
2001 12.55 +0.46 pp
2000 12.08

About the indicator

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.