Transmission and distribution losses — all countries

Transmission and distribution losses — Nigeria

Transmission and distribution losses in Nigeria in 2023 — 14.15%. Ranked 105 in the world out of 148. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 5.84 pp.

2023 14.15% +0.05 pp vs 2022
World rank 105of 148
Period maximum 20%2000
Period minimum 13.77%2018

Trend over time

1990–2023 · % of output

Transmission and distribution losses — Nigeria, 1990–202312141618201990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 20%1991: 19.87%1992: 19.87%1993: 19.86%1994: 19.82%1995: 20%1996: 20%1997: 20%1998: 20%1999: 20%2000: 20%2001: 20%2002: 20%2003: 20%2004: 20%2005: 20%2006: 20%2007: 15%2008: 15%2009: 15%2010: 15%2011: 15%2012: 15%2013: 15%2014: 15%2015: 15%2016: 14.44%2017: 13.94%2018: 13.77%2019: 14.04%2020: 13.86%2021: 13.9%2022: 14.11%2023: 14.15%
Change over the period: −5.84 pp Annual average: -0.18 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Nigeria 14.15%
World 6.95%
Transmission and distribution losses — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 14.15 +0.05 pp
2022 14.11 +0.2 pp
2021 13.9 +0.05 pp
2020 13.86 −0.18 pp
2019 14.04 +0.27 pp
2018 13.77 −0.17 pp
2017 13.94 −0.5 pp
2016 14.44 −0.56 pp
2015 15 +0 pp
2014 15 −0 pp
2013 15 +0 pp
2012 15 −0 pp
2011 15 −0 pp
2010 15 +0 pp
2009 15 −0 pp
2008 15 +0 pp
2007 15 −5 pp
2006 20 +0 pp
2005 20 +0 pp
2004 20 −0 pp
2003 20 +0 pp
2002 20 −0 pp
2001 20 −0 pp
2000 20 +0 pp
1999 20 −0 pp
1998 20 +0 pp
1997 20 +0 pp
1996 20 −0 pp
1995 20 +0.18 pp
1994 19.82 −0.04 pp
1993 19.86 −0.02 pp
1992 19.87 +0 pp
1991 19.87 −0.13 pp
1990 20

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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.