Transmission and distribution losses — all countries

Transmission and distribution losses — NATO

Transmission and distribution losses in NATO in 2024 — 5.77%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 1 pp.

2024 5.77% −0.15 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 6.9%2004
Period minimum 5.38%2022

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of output

Transmission and distribution losses — NATO, 2000–202455.566.572000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 6.77%2001: 6.09%2002: 6.81%2003: 6.49%2004: 6.9%2005: 6.41%2006: 6.3%2007: 6.26%2008: 6.05%2009: 6.4%2010: 6.23%2011: 6.22%2012: 6.42%2013: 6.26%2014: 6.21%2015: 6.29%2016: 5.98%2017: 5.87%2018: 5.61%2019: 6%2020: 5.57%2021: 5.95%2022: 5.38%2023: 5.93%2024: 5.77%
Change over the period: −1 pp Annual average: -0.04 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

NATO 5.77%
World 6.51%
Transmission and distribution losses — NATO, by year NATO All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 5.77 −0.15 pp
2023 5.93 +0.54 pp
2022 5.38 −0.57 pp
2021 5.95 +0.38 pp
2020 5.57 −0.44 pp
2019 6 +0.4 pp
2018 5.61 −0.27 pp
2017 5.87 −0.1 pp
2016 5.98 −0.31 pp
2015 6.29 +0.07 pp
2014 6.21 −0.05 pp
2013 6.26 −0.16 pp
2012 6.42 +0.2 pp
2011 6.22 −0.02 pp
2010 6.23 −0.16 pp
2009 6.4 +0.35 pp
2008 6.05 −0.21 pp
2007 6.26 −0.05 pp
2006 6.3 −0.11 pp
2005 6.41 −0.49 pp
2004 6.9 +0.42 pp
2003 6.49 −0.32 pp
2002 6.81 +0.72 pp
2001 6.09 −0.68 pp
2000 6.77

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.