Transmission and distribution losses — all countries

Transmission and distribution losses — Kuwait

Transmission and distribution losses in Kuwait in 2023 — 9.04%. Ranked 64 in the world out of 148. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 2.29 pp.

2023 9.04% +0.07 pp vs 2022
World rank 64of 148
Period maximum 12.67%2013
Period minimum 5.4%1993

Trend over time

1990–2023 · % of output

Transmission and distribution losses — Kuwait, 1990–20234681012141990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 6.75%1991: 6.4%1992: 6%1993: 5.4%1994: 8.11%1995: 11%1996: 11%1997: 11%1998: 11%1999: 11%2000: 11%2001: 11%2002: 11%2003: 11%2004: 11%2005: 11.01%2006: 10.73%2007: 11.11%2008: 11.11%2009: 11.46%2010: 11.34%2011: 11.94%2012: 11.92%2013: 12.67%2014: 8.83%2015: 8.85%2016: 8.83%2017: 8.91%2018: 8.88%2019: 8.93%2020: 8.88%2021: 8.94%2022: 8.97%2023: 9.04%
Change over the period: +2.29 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Kuwait 9.04%
World 6.95%
Western Asia computed 13.29%
Transmission and distribution losses — Kuwait, by year Kuwait All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 9.04 +0.07 pp
2022 8.97 +0.03 pp
2021 8.94 +0.06 pp
2020 8.88 −0.05 pp
2019 8.93 +0.05 pp
2018 8.88 −0.03 pp
2017 8.91 +0.08 pp
2016 8.83 −0.01 pp
2015 8.85 +0.01 pp
2014 8.83 −3.84 pp
2013 12.67 +0.75 pp
2012 11.92 −0.03 pp
2011 11.94 +0.61 pp
2010 11.34 −0.12 pp
2009 11.46 +0.35 pp
2008 11.11 −0.01 pp
2007 11.11 +0.39 pp
2006 10.73 −0.28 pp
2005 11.01 +0.01 pp
2004 11 +0 pp
2003 11 +0 pp
2002 11 +0 pp
2001 11 −0 pp
2000 11 +0 pp
1999 11 −0 pp
1998 11 −0 pp
1997 11 +0 pp
1996 11 −0 pp
1995 11 +2.89 pp
1994 8.11 +2.71 pp
1993 5.4 −0.6 pp
1992 6 −0.4 pp
1991 6.4 −0.35 pp
1990 6.75

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.