Transmission and distribution losses in Nicaragua in 2023 — 21.46%. Ranked 131 in the world out of 148. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 4.64 pp.
1990–2023 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Nicaragua
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 21.46 | +1.48 pp |
| 2022 | 19.98 | −6.37 pp |
| 2021 | 26.35 | −1.24 pp |
| 2020 | 27.59 | +3.81 pp |
| 2019 | 23.79 | +2.79 pp |
| 2018 | 20.99 | −1 pp |
| 2017 | 21.99 | −0.9 pp |
| 2016 | 22.89 | −0.75 pp |
| 2015 | 23.64 | +0.05 pp |
| 2014 | 23.59 | +0.14 pp |
| 2013 | 23.46 | −0.13 pp |
| 2012 | 23.59 | −1.17 pp |
| 2011 | 24.76 | −0.9 pp |
| 2010 | 25.66 | +1.65 pp |
| 2009 | 24.01 | −1.34 pp |
| 2008 | 25.35 | −0.99 pp |
| 2007 | 26.34 | −0.62 pp |
| 2006 | 26.96 | −0.08 pp |
| 2005 | 27.04 | −0.92 pp |
| 2004 | 27.96 | −1.59 pp |
| 2003 | 29.55 | −0.61 pp |
| 2002 | 30.15 | −0.36 pp |
| 2001 | 30.52 | +0.06 pp |
| 2000 | 30.46 | +3.45 pp |
| 1999 | 27.01 | +0.71 pp |
| 1998 | 26.3 | +0.97 pp |
| 1997 | 25.33 | −0.86 pp |
| 1996 | 26.19 | −0.82 pp |
| 1995 | 27.01 | +0.26 pp |
| 1994 | 26.75 | +4.5 pp |
| 1993 | 22.25 | +0.71 pp |
| 1992 | 21.54 | +0.17 pp |
| 1991 | 21.37 | +4.55 pp |
| 1990 | 16.82 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Panama
6.58
Costa Rica
9.17
El Salvador
9.77
Mexico
11.13
Guatemala
12.44
Nicaragua
21.46
Honduras
33.84
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.
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