Transmission and distribution losses in Iceland in 2024 — 2.93%. Ranked 1 in the world out of 41. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 5.83 pp.
1990–2024 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Iceland
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.93 | −0 pp |
| 2023 | 2.93 | +0.25 pp |
| 2022 | 2.68 | −0.2 pp |
| 2021 | 2.88 | +0.06 pp |
| 2020 | 2.82 | +0.1 pp |
| 2019 | 2.72 | −0.07 pp |
| 2018 | 2.79 | −0.28 pp |
| 2017 | 3.07 | +0.44 pp |
| 2016 | 2.64 | −0.43 pp |
| 2015 | 3.06 | +0.32 pp |
| 2014 | 2.75 | +0.68 pp |
| 2013 | 2.06 | −0.7 pp |
| 2012 | 2.77 | −0.15 pp |
| 2011 | 2.92 | −1.17 pp |
| 2010 | 4.1 | +1.08 pp |
| 2009 | 3.02 | −0.48 pp |
| 2008 | 3.5 | −0.64 pp |
| 2007 | 4.13 | −0.03 pp |
| 2006 | 4.16 | −0.23 pp |
| 2005 | 4.39 | −0.04 pp |
| 2004 | 4.43 | −1.33 pp |
| 2003 | 5.76 | +1.07 pp |
| 2002 | 4.69 | +0.3 pp |
| 2001 | 4.39 | +0.28 pp |
| 2000 | 4.11 | −1.26 pp |
| 1999 | 5.37 | −1.6 pp |
| 1998 | 6.97 | −1.01 pp |
| 1997 | 7.98 | −0.9 pp |
| 1996 | 8.88 | +2.3 pp |
| 1995 | 6.59 | +1.56 pp |
| 1994 | 5.02 | −1.6 pp |
| 1993 | 6.62 | −0.92 pp |
| 1992 | 7.55 | −1.07 pp |
| 1991 | 8.61 | −0.15 pp |
| 1990 | 8.76 | — |
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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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