Transmission and distribution losses — all countries

Transmission and distribution losses — Mozambique

Transmission and distribution losses in Mozambique in 2023 — 16.62%. Ranked 113 in the world out of 148. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 1 pp.

2023 16.62% −0.66 pp vs 2022
World rank 113of 148
Period maximum 71.16%1996
Period minimum 2.74%1999

Trend over time

1990–2023 · % of output

Transmission and distribution losses — Mozambique, 1990–20230204060801990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 15.62%1991: 6.3%1992: 14.56%1993: 21.72%1994: 49.62%1995: 47.1%1996: 71.16%1997: 31.19%1998: 10.36%1999: 2.74%2000: 10.09%2001: 10.6%2002: 10.59%2003: 12.68%2004: 13.96%2005: 12.22%2006: 14.04%2007: 14.46%2008: 14.79%2009: 14.36%2010: 14.69%2011: 12.35%2012: 13.43%2013: 14.02%2014: 14.76%2015: 13.76%2016: 13.12%2017: 14.75%2018: 15.54%2019: 14.58%2020: 14.55%2021: 15.53%2022: 17.28%2023: 16.62%
Change over the period: +1 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Mozambique 16.62%
World 6.95%
Eastern Africa computed 16.21%
Transmission and distribution losses — Mozambique, by year Mozambique All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 16.62 −0.66 pp
2022 17.28 +1.75 pp
2021 15.53 +0.98 pp
2020 14.55 −0.03 pp
2019 14.58 −0.95 pp
2018 15.54 +0.78 pp
2017 14.75 +1.63 pp
2016 13.12 −0.64 pp
2015 13.76 −1 pp
2014 14.76 +0.74 pp
2013 14.02 +0.58 pp
2012 13.43 +1.08 pp
2011 12.35 −2.34 pp
2010 14.69 +0.33 pp
2009 14.36 −0.42 pp
2008 14.79 +0.32 pp
2007 14.46 +0.42 pp
2006 14.04 +1.82 pp
2005 12.22 −1.74 pp
2004 13.96 +1.28 pp
2003 12.68 +2.1 pp
2002 10.59 −0.01 pp
2001 10.6 +0.51 pp
2000 10.09 +7.35 pp
1999 2.74 −7.62 pp
1998 10.36 −20.83 pp
1997 31.19 −39.97 pp
1996 71.16 +24.06 pp
1995 47.1 −2.52 pp
1994 49.62 +27.91 pp
1993 21.72 +7.16 pp
1992 14.56 +8.26 pp
1991 6.3 −9.32 pp
1990 15.62

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.