Transmission and distribution losses — all countries

Transmission and distribution losses — Kosovo

Transmission and distribution losses in Kosovo in 2014 — 15.05%. Ranked 103 in the world out of 149. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 7.98 pp.

2014 15.05% +1.58 pp vs 2013
World rank 103of 149
Period maximum 23.03%2000
Period minimum 13.47%2013

Trend over time

2000–2014 · % of output

Transmission and distribution losses — Kosovo, 2000–201412.51517.52022.525200020022004200620082010201220142000: 23.03%2001: 23.02%2002: 23.01%2003: 23%2004: 23%2005: 22.95%2006: 20.14%2007: 18.68%2008: 18.46%2009: 19.37%2010: 17.98%2011: 16.22%2012: 15.63%2013: 13.47%2014: 15.05%
Change over the period: −7.98 pp Annual average: -0.57 pp

Comparison, 2014

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Kosovo

Kosovo 15.05%
World 7.85%
Southern Europe computed 8.82%
Transmission and distribution losses — Kosovo, by year Kosovo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2014 15.05 +1.58 pp
2013 13.47 −2.16 pp
2012 15.63 −0.59 pp
2011 16.22 −1.75 pp
2010 17.98 −1.4 pp
2009 19.37 +0.91 pp
2008 18.46 −0.21 pp
2007 18.68 −1.46 pp
2006 20.14 −2.81 pp
2005 22.95 −0.06 pp
2004 23 +0 pp
2003 23 −0.01 pp
2002 23.01 −0.01 pp
2001 23.02 −0.01 pp
2000 23.03

About the indicator

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.