Transmission and distribution losses in the G7 in 2024 — 5.48%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.46 pp.
2000–2024 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.48 | −0.09 pp |
| 2023 | 5.56 | +0.69 pp |
| 2022 | 4.87 | −0.64 pp |
| 2021 | 5.52 | +0.46 pp |
| 2020 | 5.05 | −0.42 pp |
| 2019 | 5.47 | +0.49 pp |
| 2018 | 4.98 | −0.26 pp |
| 2017 | 5.24 | −0.09 pp |
| 2016 | 5.33 | −0.24 pp |
| 2015 | 5.57 | +0.08 pp |
| 2014 | 5.48 | −0.05 pp |
| 2013 | 5.53 | −0.15 pp |
| 2012 | 5.68 | +0.12 pp |
| 2011 | 5.57 | +0.1 pp |
| 2010 | 5.47 | −0.28 pp |
| 2009 | 5.75 | +0.41 pp |
| 2008 | 5.34 | −0.19 pp |
| 2007 | 5.53 | −0.04 pp |
| 2006 | 5.57 | −0.07 pp |
| 2005 | 5.64 | −0.55 pp |
| 2004 | 6.2 | +0.44 pp |
| 2003 | 5.75 | −0.34 pp |
| 2002 | 6.09 | +0.86 pp |
| 2001 | 5.23 | −0.7 pp |
| 2000 | 5.93 | — |
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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