Transmission and distribution losses in lower-middle-income countries in 2023 — 13.06%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 8.38 pp.
2000–2023 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 13.06 | −0.2 pp |
| 2022 | 13.26 | −0.88 pp |
| 2021 | 14.13 | −0.72 pp |
| 2020 | 14.86 | +0.89 pp |
| 2019 | 13.97 | −0.15 pp |
| 2018 | 14.12 | −0.62 pp |
| 2017 | 14.75 | −0.6 pp |
| 2016 | 15.35 | −0.25 pp |
| 2015 | 15.6 | +0.29 pp |
| 2014 | 15.3 | −0.76 pp |
| 2013 | 16.06 | +0.11 pp |
| 2012 | 15.95 | −0.25 pp |
| 2011 | 16.2 | −0.1 pp |
| 2010 | 16.3 | −1.08 pp |
| 2009 | 17.37 | −0.31 pp |
| 2008 | 17.68 | −0.71 pp |
| 2007 | 18.39 | −0.58 pp |
| 2006 | 18.97 | −1.07 pp |
| 2005 | 20.04 | −0.55 pp |
| 2004 | 20.59 | −0.6 pp |
| 2003 | 21.19 | −0.4 pp |
| 2002 | 21.59 | −0.72 pp |
| 2001 | 22.31 | +0.87 pp |
| 2000 | 21.44 | — |
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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