Transmission and distribution losses in El Salvador in 2023 — 9.77%. Ranked 75 in the world out of 148. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 6.6 pp.
1990–2023 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: El Salvador
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.77 | −0.84 pp |
| 2022 | 10.61 | −4.03 pp |
| 2021 | 14.64 | +2.09 pp |
| 2020 | 12.55 | −0.33 pp |
| 2019 | 12.88 | −2.44 pp |
| 2018 | 15.32 | +0.68 pp |
| 2017 | 14.64 | +1.16 pp |
| 2016 | 13.48 | +2.66 pp |
| 2015 | 10.83 | +0.44 pp |
| 2014 | 10.39 | +3.14 pp |
| 2013 | 7.25 | −2.53 pp |
| 2012 | 9.78 | −2.19 pp |
| 2011 | 11.97 | −0.88 pp |
| 2010 | 12.85 | +0.58 pp |
| 2009 | 12.28 | +0.29 pp |
| 2008 | 11.98 | +4.13 pp |
| 2007 | 7.85 | −4.36 pp |
| 2006 | 12.2 | +1.11 pp |
| 2005 | 11.09 | −5.06 pp |
| 2004 | 16.15 | +2.77 pp |
| 2003 | 13.38 | +0.01 pp |
| 2002 | 13.37 | −0 pp |
| 2001 | 13.38 | −0.01 pp |
| 2000 | 13.38 | +0 pp |
| 1999 | 13.38 | +0 pp |
| 1998 | 13.38 | −0.01 pp |
| 1997 | 13.39 | −0.29 pp |
| 1996 | 13.68 | +0.69 pp |
| 1995 | 12.99 | −2.96 pp |
| 1994 | 15.95 | −0.54 pp |
| 1993 | 16.49 | +1.84 pp |
| 1992 | 14.65 | +0.68 pp |
| 1991 | 13.97 | −2.39 pp |
| 1990 | 16.37 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Panama
6.58
Costa Rica
9.17
El Salvador
9.77
Mexico
11.13
Guatemala
12.44
Nicaragua
21.46
Honduras
33.84
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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