Transmission and distribution losses in Germany in 2024 — 5.12%. Ranked 17 in the world out of 41. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 0.84 pp.
1990–2024 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Germany
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.12 | +0.08 pp |
| 2023 | 5.04 | +0.49 pp |
| 2022 | 4.55 | +0.06 pp |
| 2021 | 4.48 | −0.2 pp |
| 2020 | 4.68 | +0.15 pp |
| 2019 | 4.53 | +0.36 pp |
| 2018 | 4.16 | +0.03 pp |
| 2017 | 4.13 | +0.17 pp |
| 2016 | 3.96 | +0.01 pp |
| 2015 | 3.95 | +0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 3.85 | +0.02 pp |
| 2013 | 3.83 | −0.08 pp |
| 2012 | 3.91 | −0.14 pp |
| 2011 | 4.04 | +0.26 pp |
| 2010 | 3.79 | −0.41 pp |
| 2009 | 4.19 | −0.51 pp |
| 2008 | 4.7 | +0.13 pp |
| 2007 | 4.57 | +0.14 pp |
| 2006 | 4.43 | −0.27 pp |
| 2005 | 4.71 | +0.14 pp |
| 2004 | 4.57 | +0.14 pp |
| 2003 | 4.43 | −0.25 pp |
| 2002 | 4.68 | −0.97 pp |
| 2001 | 5.65 | −0.26 pp |
| 2000 | 5.91 | +1.73 pp |
| 1999 | 4.18 | −0.15 pp |
| 1998 | 4.34 | +0.37 pp |
| 1997 | 3.97 | −0.63 pp |
| 1996 | 4.61 | −0.1 pp |
| 1995 | 4.7 | +0.37 pp |
| 1994 | 4.33 | +1.14 pp |
| 1993 | 3.19 | +0.88 pp |
| 1992 | 2.32 | −0.24 pp |
| 1991 | 2.55 | −1.72 pp |
| 1990 | 4.28 | — |
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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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