Transmission and distribution losses in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 13.62%. Since 1971, the indicator has risen by 1.78 pp.
1971–2024 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13.62 | −0.49 pp |
| 2023 | 14.11 | +0.27 pp |
| 2022 | 13.84 | −0.18 pp |
| 2021 | 14.02 | +0.1 pp |
| 2020 | 13.92 | +0 pp |
| 2019 | 13.92 | +0.32 pp |
| 2018 | 13.6 | −1.12 pp |
| 2017 | 14.71 | −0.08 pp |
| 2016 | 14.79 | −0.11 pp |
| 2015 | 14.9 | −0.26 pp |
| 2014 | 15.17 | −0.55 pp |
| 2013 | 15.72 | −0.16 pp |
| 2012 | 15.88 | +0.2 pp |
| 2011 | 15.68 | −0.54 pp |
| 2010 | 16.22 | −0.19 pp |
| 2009 | 16.41 | +0.29 pp |
| 2008 | 16.12 | +0.12 pp |
| 2007 | 16.01 | −0.11 pp |
| 2006 | 16.12 | +0 pp |
| 2005 | 16.11 | +0.02 pp |
| 2004 | 16.1 | +1.06 pp |
| 2003 | 15.03 | −0.55 pp |
| 2002 | 15.58 | −0.13 pp |
| 2001 | 15.71 | −0.06 pp |
| 2000 | 15.77 | −0.1 pp |
| 1999 | 15.88 | +0.14 pp |
| 1998 | 15.74 | −0.43 pp |
| 1997 | 16.17 | +0.11 pp |
| 1996 | 16.06 | +0.13 pp |
| 1995 | 15.93 | +0.16 pp |
| 1994 | 15.77 | +0.36 pp |
| 1993 | 15.41 | +0.6 pp |
| 1992 | 14.81 | −0.2 pp |
| 1991 | 15.02 | +0.51 pp |
| 1990 | 14.5 | −0.32 pp |
| 1989 | 14.83 | +0.87 pp |
| 1988 | 13.96 | −0.05 pp |
| 1987 | 14.02 | +0.7 pp |
| 1986 | 13.32 | +0.75 pp |
| 1985 | 12.57 | +0.78 pp |
| 1984 | 11.79 | −0.7 pp |
| 1983 | 12.48 | −0.38 pp |
| 1982 | 12.86 | +1.21 pp |
| 1981 | 11.66 | −0.84 pp |
| 1980 | 12.49 | +0.44 pp |
| 1979 | 12.06 | +0.11 pp |
| 1978 | 11.94 | −0.22 pp |
| 1977 | 12.16 | +0.1 pp |
| 1976 | 12.07 | +0.04 pp |
| 1975 | 12.02 | +0.27 pp |
| 1974 | 11.75 | −0.24 pp |
| 1973 | 11.99 | +0.05 pp |
| 1972 | 11.94 | +0.1 pp |
| 1971 | 11.84 | — |
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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