Transmission and distribution losses — all countries

Transmission and distribution losses — Middle East & North Africa

Transmission and distribution losses in Middle East & North Africa in 2024 — 3.92%. Since 1971, the indicator has fallen by 6.03 pp.

2024 3.92% −10.5 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 14.66%2020
Period minimum 3.92%2024

Trend over time

1971–2024 · % of output

Transmission and distribution losses — Middle East & North Africa, 1971–202405101519711977198319891995200120072013201920241971: 9.96%1972: 9.48%1973: 9.07%1974: 9.58%1975: 10.11%1976: 10.94%1977: 11%1978: 10.9%1979: 10.56%1980: 10.89%1981: 12.46%1982: 11.49%1983: 11.12%1984: 11.23%1985: 12.21%1986: 9.47%1987: 10.56%1988: 11.17%1989: 10.64%1990: 10.38%1991: 10.62%1992: 10.38%1993: 11.08%1994: 11.5%1995: 11.4%1996: 11.12%1997: 11.99%1998: 12.17%1999: 12%2000: 13.12%2001: 12.8%2002: 12.72%2003: 11.87%2004: 12.86%2005: 14.07%2006: 13.39%2007: 13.79%2008: 14.47%2009: 14.09%2010: 13.04%2011: 13.1%2012: 12.76%2013: 12.82%2014: 12.3%2015: 13.69%2016: 13.93%2017: 13.73%2018: 13.72%2019: 14.3%2020: 14.66%2021: 14.13%2022: 14.28%2023: 14.42%2024: 3.92%
Change over the period: −6.03 pp Annual average: -0.11 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 3.92%
World 6.51%
Transmission and distribution losses — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 3.92 −10.5 pp
2023 14.42 +0.14 pp
2022 14.28 +0.15 pp
2021 14.13 −0.53 pp
2020 14.66 +0.36 pp
2019 14.3 +0.58 pp
2018 13.72 −0.01 pp
2017 13.73 −0.2 pp
2016 13.93 +0.24 pp
2015 13.69 +1.38 pp
2014 12.3 −0.52 pp
2013 12.82 +0.06 pp
2012 12.76 −0.34 pp
2011 13.1 +0.06 pp
2010 13.04 −1.05 pp
2009 14.09 −0.38 pp
2008 14.47 +0.68 pp
2007 13.79 +0.39 pp
2006 13.39 −0.68 pp
2005 14.07 +1.21 pp
2004 12.86 +0.99 pp
2003 11.87 −0.85 pp
2002 12.72 −0.08 pp
2001 12.8 −0.32 pp
2000 13.12 +1.12 pp
1999 12 −0.17 pp
1998 12.17 +0.18 pp
1997 11.99 +0.87 pp
1996 11.12 −0.28 pp
1995 11.4 −0.1 pp
1994 11.5 +0.42 pp
1993 11.08 +0.7 pp
1992 10.38 −0.24 pp
1991 10.62 +0.24 pp
1990 10.38 −0.26 pp
1989 10.64 −0.53 pp
1988 11.17 +0.61 pp
1987 10.56 +1.09 pp
1986 9.47 −2.74 pp
1985 12.21 +0.98 pp
1984 11.23 +0.11 pp
1983 11.12 −0.37 pp
1982 11.49 −0.97 pp
1981 12.46 +1.57 pp
1980 10.89 +0.33 pp
1979 10.56 −0.34 pp
1978 10.9 −0.1 pp
1977 11 +0.06 pp
1976 10.94 +0.83 pp
1975 10.11 +0.53 pp
1974 9.58 +0.51 pp
1973 9.07 −0.42 pp
1972 9.48 −0.47 pp
1971 9.96

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.