Transmission and distribution losses — all countries

Transmission and distribution losses — EAEU

Transmission and distribution losses in the EAEU in 2023 — 8.54%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 3.51 pp.

2023 8.54% −0.02 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 12.37%2002
Period minimum 8.47%2021

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of output

Transmission and distribution losses — EAEU, 2000–202389101112132000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 12.05%2001: 12.28%2002: 12.37%2003: 12.25%2004: 12.24%2005: 12.05%2006: 11.03%2007: 10.58%2008: 10.62%2009: 10.76%2010: 10.13%2011: 9.95%2012: 9.99%2013: 10.3%2014: 9.96%2015: 9.73%2016: 9.58%2017: 9.4%2018: 9.02%2019: 8.87%2020: 8.59%2021: 8.47%2022: 8.56%2023: 8.54%
Change over the period: −3.51 pp Annual average: -0.15 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

EAEU 8.54%
World 6.95%
Transmission and distribution losses — EAEU, by year EAEU All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 8.54 −0.02 pp
2022 8.56 +0.09 pp
2021 8.47 −0.12 pp
2020 8.59 −0.28 pp
2019 8.87 −0.16 pp
2018 9.02 −0.38 pp
2017 9.4 −0.18 pp
2016 9.58 −0.14 pp
2015 9.73 −0.24 pp
2014 9.96 −0.34 pp
2013 10.3 +0.32 pp
2012 9.99 +0.03 pp
2011 9.95 −0.18 pp
2010 10.13 −0.63 pp
2009 10.76 +0.14 pp
2008 10.62 +0.04 pp
2007 10.58 −0.45 pp
2006 11.03 −1.01 pp
2005 12.05 −0.2 pp
2004 12.24 −0.01 pp
2003 12.25 −0.12 pp
2002 12.37 +0.1 pp
2001 12.28 +0.23 pp
2000 12.05

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.