Transmission and distribution losses in Europe & Central Asia in 2024 — 6.59%. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 2.87 pp.
1960–2024 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Europe & Central Asia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.59 | −0.78 pp |
| 2023 | 7.37 | +0.11 pp |
| 2022 | 7.26 | −0.04 pp |
| 2021 | 7.3 | −0.16 pp |
| 2020 | 7.45 | +0.06 pp |
| 2019 | 7.39 | −0.07 pp |
| 2018 | 7.47 | −0.16 pp |
| 2017 | 7.63 | −0.13 pp |
| 2016 | 7.76 | −0.15 pp |
| 2015 | 7.91 | −0.09 pp |
| 2014 | 8 | −0.18 pp |
| 2013 | 8.17 | +0.13 pp |
| 2012 | 8.05 | +0.07 pp |
| 2011 | 7.97 | −0.03 pp |
| 2010 | 8.01 | −0.23 pp |
| 2009 | 8.24 | +0.06 pp |
| 2008 | 8.17 | +0.02 pp |
| 2007 | 8.15 | −0.1 pp |
| 2006 | 8.25 | −0.39 pp |
| 2005 | 8.64 | −0.19 pp |
| 2004 | 8.83 | −0.17 pp |
| 2003 | 8.99 | −0.04 pp |
| 2002 | 9.03 | −0.18 pp |
| 2001 | 9.22 | +0.06 pp |
| 2000 | 9.15 | +0.24 pp |
| 1999 | 8.92 | −0.13 pp |
| 1998 | 9.05 | +0.44 pp |
| 1997 | 8.61 | −0.23 pp |
| 1996 | 8.84 | +0.26 pp |
| 1995 | 8.58 | +0.09 pp |
| 1994 | 8.49 | +0.33 pp |
| 1993 | 8.15 | +0.65 pp |
| 1992 | 7.5 | +0.1 pp |
| 1991 | 7.4 | +0.01 pp |
| 1990 | 7.39 | +0.63 pp |
| 1989 | 6.76 | −0.13 pp |
| 1988 | 6.89 | −0.18 pp |
| 1987 | 7.06 | +0.04 pp |
| 1986 | 7.03 | −0.29 pp |
| 1985 | 7.31 | +0.09 pp |
| 1984 | 7.23 | −0.03 pp |
| 1983 | 7.26 | +0.27 pp |
| 1982 | 6.99 | −0.05 pp |
| 1981 | 7.04 | −0.05 pp |
| 1980 | 7.09 | +0.14 pp |
| 1979 | 6.95 | −0.05 pp |
| 1978 | 7 | −0.14 pp |
| 1977 | 7.13 | −0.05 pp |
| 1976 | 7.18 | −0.11 pp |
| 1975 | 7.29 | +0.26 pp |
| 1974 | 7.03 | −0.16 pp |
| 1973 | 7.19 | −0.08 pp |
| 1972 | 7.28 | −0.04 pp |
| 1971 | 7.32 | −0.19 pp |
| 1970 | 7.51 | −0.13 pp |
| 1969 | 7.64 | −0.15 pp |
| 1968 | 7.79 | −0.19 pp |
| 1967 | 7.98 | +0.02 pp |
| 1966 | 7.97 | −0.32 pp |
| 1965 | 8.29 | −0.16 pp |
| 1964 | 8.45 | −0.21 pp |
| 1963 | 8.66 | −0.29 pp |
| 1962 | 8.95 | −0.28 pp |
| 1961 | 9.23 | −0.24 pp |
| 1960 | 9.46 | — |
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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