Transmission and distribution losses — all countries

Transmission and distribution losses — Madagascar

Transmission and distribution losses in Madagascar in 2023 — 5.27%. Ranked 26 in the world out of 148. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 2.01 pp.

2023 5.27% −0.01 pp vs 2022
World rank 26of 148
Period maximum 5.86%2016
Period minimum 3.27%1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · % of output

Transmission and distribution losses — Madagascar, 1990–202334561990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 3.27%1991: 3.31%1992: 3.67%1993: 3.49%1994: 3.94%1995: 3.9%1996: 4.14%1997: 4.1%1998: 4.11%1999: 4.1%2000: 4.17%2001: 4.51%2002: 4.94%2003: 4.97%2004: 4.66%2005: 4.72%2006: 4.46%2007: 5.02%2008: 4.52%2009: 5.62%2010: 5.74%2011: 5.53%2012: 4.76%2013: 4.9%2014: 4.77%2015: 4.87%2016: 5.86%2017: 4.8%2018: 4.4%2019: 5.31%2020: 5.27%2021: 5.3%2022: 5.28%2023: 5.27%
Change over the period: +2.01 pp Annual average: 0.06 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Madagascar 5.27%
World 6.95%
Eastern Africa computed 16.21%
Transmission and distribution losses — Madagascar, by year Madagascar All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 5.27 −0.01 pp
2022 5.28 −0.02 pp
2021 5.3 +0.03 pp
2020 5.27 −0.04 pp
2019 5.31 +0.91 pp
2018 4.4 −0.4 pp
2017 4.8 −1.06 pp
2016 5.86 +0.99 pp
2015 4.87 +0.1 pp
2014 4.77 −0.13 pp
2013 4.9 +0.13 pp
2012 4.76 −0.76 pp
2011 5.53 −0.21 pp
2010 5.74 +0.12 pp
2009 5.62 +1.1 pp
2008 4.52 −0.5 pp
2007 5.02 +0.57 pp
2006 4.46 −0.27 pp
2005 4.72 +0.07 pp
2004 4.66 −0.31 pp
2003 4.97 +0.02 pp
2002 4.94 +0.44 pp
2001 4.51 +0.34 pp
2000 4.17 +0.07 pp
1999 4.1 −0.01 pp
1998 4.11 +0 pp
1997 4.1 −0.04 pp
1996 4.14 +0.24 pp
1995 3.9 −0.04 pp
1994 3.94 +0.46 pp
1993 3.49 −0.18 pp
1992 3.67 +0.36 pp
1991 3.31 +0.05 pp
1990 3.27

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.