Transmission and distribution losses — all countries

Transmission and distribution losses — Euro area

Transmission and distribution losses in the Euro area in 2024 — 6.25%. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 2.76 pp.

2024 6.25% −0.16 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 9.01%1960
Period minimum 5.87%1992

Trend over time

1960–2024 · % of output

Transmission and distribution losses — Euro area, 1960–2024567891019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 9.01%1962: 8.61%1964: 8%1966: 7.41%1968: 7.22%1970: 7.11%1972: 6.83%1974: 6.46%1976: 6.52%1978: 6.26%1980: 6.42%1982: 6.36%1984: 6.54%1986: 6.34%1988: 6.26%1990: 6.34%1992: 5.87%1994: 6.3%1996: 6.42%1998: 6.37%2000: 6.55%2002: 6.02%2004: 6.08%2006: 5.93%2008: 6.05%2010: 5.91%2012: 6.01%2014: 6.02%2016: 6.07%2018: 6.12%2020: 6.24%2022: 6.31%2024: 6.25%
Change over the period: −2.76 pp Annual average: -0.04 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Euro area 6.25%
World 6.51%
Transmission and distribution losses — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 6.25 −0.16 pp
2023 6.42 +0.1 pp
2022 6.31 −0.01 pp
2021 6.32 +0.09 pp
2020 6.24 +0.17 pp
2019 6.06 −0.05 pp
2018 6.12 +0.23 pp
2017 5.89 −0.17 pp
2016 6.07 −0.06 pp
2015 6.13 +0.1 pp
2014 6.02 −0.16 pp
2013 6.19 +0.17 pp
2012 6.01 +0.06 pp
2011 5.95 +0.05 pp
2010 5.91 −0.09 pp
2009 6 −0.05 pp
2008 6.05 +0.07 pp
2007 5.98 +0.05 pp
2006 5.93 −0.29 pp
2005 6.22 +0.14 pp
2004 6.08 −0.1 pp
2003 6.18 +0.15 pp
2002 6.02 −0.39 pp
2001 6.41 −0.15 pp
2000 6.55 +0.32 pp
1999 6.24 −0.13 pp
1998 6.37 +0.36 pp
1997 6.01 −0.41 pp
1996 6.42 −0.16 pp
1995 6.57 +0.28 pp
1994 6.3 +0.04 pp
1993 6.26 +0.39 pp
1992 5.87 −0.07 pp
1991 5.94 −0.4 pp
1990 6.34 +0.26 pp
1989 6.08 −0.17 pp
1988 6.26 +0.06 pp
1987 6.2 −0.14 pp
1986 6.34 −0.25 pp
1985 6.59 +0.05 pp
1984 6.54 −0.19 pp
1983 6.73 +0.37 pp
1982 6.36 −0.03 pp
1981 6.39 −0.04 pp
1980 6.42 +0.24 pp
1979 6.19 −0.07 pp
1978 6.26 −0.31 pp
1977 6.56 +0.04 pp
1976 6.52 −0.24 pp
1975 6.76 +0.3 pp
1974 6.46 −0.32 pp
1973 6.77 −0.06 pp
1972 6.83 −0.03 pp
1971 6.86 −0.25 pp
1970 7.11 −0.05 pp
1969 7.17 −0.05 pp
1968 7.22 −0.23 pp
1967 7.45 +0.04 pp
1966 7.41 −0.35 pp
1965 7.76 −0.24 pp
1964 8 −0.48 pp
1963 8.47 −0.13 pp
1962 8.61 −0.32 pp
1961 8.92 −0.09 pp
1960 9.01

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.