Transmission and distribution losses — all countries

Transmission and distribution losses — East Asia & Pacific

Transmission and distribution losses in East Asia & Pacific in 2024 — 4.42%. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 7.14 pp.

2024 4.42% +0.49 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 11.56%1960
Period minimum 3.89%2022

Trend over time

1960–2024 · % of output

Transmission and distribution losses — East Asia & Pacific, 1960–202405101519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 11.56%1962: 10.58%1964: 9.35%1966: 8.67%1968: 7.8%1970: 7.11%1972: 7.3%1974: 6.53%1976: 6.83%1978: 6.62%1980: 6.43%1982: 6.51%1984: 6.24%1986: 6.45%1988: 6.06%1990: 6.14%1992: 6.3%1994: 6.1%1996: 6.35%1998: 6.28%2000: 6.19%2002: 6.51%2004: 6.09%2006: 6.07%2008: 5.87%2010: 5.76%2012: 5.5%2014: 5.28%2016: 5%2018: 4.78%2020: 4.46%2022: 3.89%2024: 4.42%
Change over the period: −7.14 pp Annual average: -0.11 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: East Asia & Pacific

East Asia & Pacific 4.42%
World 6.51%
Transmission and distribution losses — East Asia & Pacific, by year East Asia & Pacific All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 4.42 +0.49 pp
2023 3.94 +0.05 pp
2022 3.89 −0.3 pp
2021 4.19 −0.27 pp
2020 4.46 −0.18 pp
2019 4.64 −0.14 pp
2018 4.78 −0.02 pp
2017 4.8 −0.19 pp
2016 5 −0.07 pp
2015 5.07 −0.21 pp
2014 5.28 −0.23 pp
2013 5.51 +0 pp
2012 5.5 −0.07 pp
2011 5.57 −0.19 pp
2010 5.76 −0 pp
2009 5.77 −0.11 pp
2008 5.87 −0.08 pp
2007 5.95 −0.12 pp
2006 6.07 −0.19 pp
2005 6.25 +0.17 pp
2004 6.09 −0.12 pp
2003 6.21 −0.3 pp
2002 6.51 +0.17 pp
2001 6.34 +0.14 pp
2000 6.19 +0.01 pp
1999 6.18 −0.09 pp
1998 6.28 +0.02 pp
1997 6.26 −0.1 pp
1996 6.35 −0.2 pp
1995 6.55 +0.45 pp
1994 6.1 −0.43 pp
1993 6.53 +0.23 pp
1992 6.3 +0.04 pp
1991 6.26 +0.12 pp
1990 6.14 −0.07 pp
1989 6.21 +0.15 pp
1988 6.06 −0.35 pp
1987 6.41 −0.04 pp
1986 6.45 +0.02 pp
1985 6.42 +0.19 pp
1984 6.24 −0.29 pp
1983 6.53 +0.02 pp
1982 6.51 −0.13 pp
1981 6.64 +0.21 pp
1980 6.43 −0.06 pp
1979 6.49 −0.13 pp
1978 6.62 −0.16 pp
1977 6.78 −0.05 pp
1976 6.83 −0.12 pp
1975 6.95 +0.43 pp
1974 6.53 −0.93 pp
1973 7.46 +0.16 pp
1972 7.3 −0.03 pp
1971 7.33 +0.22 pp
1970 7.11 −0.21 pp
1969 7.32 −0.48 pp
1968 7.8 −0.17 pp
1967 7.97 −0.71 pp
1966 8.67 −0.49 pp
1965 9.16 −0.18 pp
1964 9.35 −0.28 pp
1963 9.63 −0.95 pp
1962 10.58 −0.29 pp
1961 10.87 −0.69 pp
1960 11.56

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.