Transmission and distribution losses in India in 2023 — 14.16%. Ranked 106 in the world out of 148. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 5.36 pp.
1990–2023 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: India
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 14.16 | −0.74 pp |
| 2022 | 14.91 | −1.74 pp |
| 2021 | 16.65 | −1.08 pp |
| 2020 | 17.72 | +1.28 pp |
| 2019 | 16.44 | −0.35 pp |
| 2018 | 16.79 | −0.38 pp |
| 2017 | 17.18 | −0.22 pp |
| 2016 | 17.39 | −0.35 pp |
| 2015 | 17.74 | +0.02 pp |
| 2014 | 17.72 | −1.1 pp |
| 2013 | 18.82 | −0.22 pp |
| 2012 | 19.04 | −0.63 pp |
| 2011 | 19.68 | −0.33 pp |
| 2010 | 20.01 | −1.3 pp |
| 2009 | 21.31 | −0.03 pp |
| 2008 | 21.34 | −1.6 pp |
| 2007 | 22.94 | −0.91 pp |
| 2006 | 23.86 | −1.57 pp |
| 2005 | 25.42 | −0.56 pp |
| 2004 | 25.98 | −1.19 pp |
| 2003 | 27.18 | +0.16 pp |
| 2002 | 27.02 | −1.64 pp |
| 2001 | 28.66 | +1.02 pp |
| 2000 | 27.64 | +1.52 pp |
| 1999 | 26.12 | +3.69 pp |
| 1998 | 22.43 | +1.41 pp |
| 1997 | 21.02 | +0.16 pp |
| 1996 | 20.86 | +1.88 pp |
| 1995 | 18.98 | +0.94 pp |
| 1994 | 18.04 | −0.2 pp |
| 1993 | 18.24 | −0.26 pp |
| 1992 | 18.5 | −0.96 pp |
| 1991 | 19.46 | −0.06 pp |
| 1990 | 19.53 | — |
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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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