Transmission and distribution losses — all countries

Transmission and distribution losses — Moldova

Transmission and distribution losses in Moldova in 2023 — 9%. Ranked 63 in the world out of 148. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 1.47 pp.

2023 9% −1.89 pp vs 2022
World rank 63of 148
Period maximum 30.63%2003
Period minimum 7.53%1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · % of output

Transmission and distribution losses — Moldova, 1990–20230102030401990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 7.53%1991: 7.78%1992: 9.25%1993: 18.33%1994: 20.03%1995: 23.59%1996: 23.09%1997: 24.72%1998: 24.4%1999: 24.28%2000: 25.49%2001: 26.12%2002: 27.81%2003: 30.63%2004: 29.11%2005: 29.53%2006: 30.17%2007: 28.72%2008: 28.88%2009: 23.48%2010: 10.61%2011: 10.79%2012: 10.69%2013: 13.08%2014: 12.02%2015: 9.14%2016: 9.91%2017: 11.52%2018: 10.93%2019: 10%2020: 8.96%2021: 8.77%2022: 10.88%2023: 9%
Change over the period: +1.47 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Moldova 9%
World 6.95%
Eastern Europe computed 7.79%
Transmission and distribution losses — Moldova, by year Moldova All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 9 −1.89 pp
2022 10.88 +2.11 pp
2021 8.77 −0.19 pp
2020 8.96 −1.04 pp
2019 10 −0.92 pp
2018 10.93 −0.6 pp
2017 11.52 +1.61 pp
2016 9.91 +0.77 pp
2015 9.14 −2.88 pp
2014 12.02 −1.06 pp
2013 13.08 +2.39 pp
2012 10.69 −0.1 pp
2011 10.79 +0.17 pp
2010 10.61 −12.86 pp
2009 23.48 −5.4 pp
2008 28.88 +0.16 pp
2007 28.72 −1.45 pp
2006 30.17 +0.64 pp
2005 29.53 +0.42 pp
2004 29.11 −1.52 pp
2003 30.63 +2.82 pp
2002 27.81 +1.69 pp
2001 26.12 +0.63 pp
2000 25.49 +1.21 pp
1999 24.28 −0.12 pp
1998 24.4 −0.32 pp
1997 24.72 +1.64 pp
1996 23.09 −0.51 pp
1995 23.59 +3.57 pp
1994 20.03 +1.7 pp
1993 18.33 +9.07 pp
1992 9.25 +1.48 pp
1991 7.78 +0.25 pp
1990 7.53

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.