Transmission and distribution losses in North America in 2024 — 5.17%. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 3.85 pp.
1960–2024 · % of output
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North America
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.17 | −0.12 pp |
| 2023 | 5.3 | +0.81 pp |
| 2022 | 4.49 | −0.89 pp |
| 2021 | 5.38 | +0.68 pp |
| 2020 | 4.7 | −0.8 pp |
| 2019 | 5.5 | +0.72 pp |
| 2018 | 4.78 | −0.5 pp |
| 2017 | 5.28 | −0.08 pp |
| 2016 | 5.36 | −0.44 pp |
| 2015 | 5.8 | +0.11 pp |
| 2014 | 5.69 | +0.03 pp |
| 2013 | 5.67 | −0.32 pp |
| 2012 | 5.99 | +0.24 pp |
| 2011 | 5.74 | −0.02 pp |
| 2010 | 5.76 | −0.22 pp |
| 2009 | 5.98 | +0.59 pp |
| 2008 | 5.39 | −0.4 pp |
| 2007 | 5.79 | −0.11 pp |
| 2006 | 5.89 | −0.03 pp |
| 2005 | 5.93 | −0.74 pp |
| 2004 | 6.67 | +0.77 pp |
| 2003 | 5.9 | −0.57 pp |
| 2002 | 6.47 | +1.51 pp |
| 2001 | 4.96 | −1.11 pp |
| 2000 | 6.07 | +0.19 pp |
| 1999 | 5.88 | −0.2 pp |
| 1998 | 6.08 | +0.06 pp |
| 1997 | 6.02 | −0.94 pp |
| 1996 | 6.96 | −0 pp |
| 1995 | 6.96 | +0.08 pp |
| 1994 | 6.88 | −0.45 pp |
| 1993 | 7.34 | +0.14 pp |
| 1992 | 7.19 | +0.2 pp |
| 1991 | 7 | −1.94 pp |
| 1990 | 8.94 | −0.74 pp |
| 1989 | 9.68 | +4.24 pp |
| 1988 | 5.44 | −0.02 pp |
| 1987 | 5.47 | −1.16 pp |
| 1986 | 6.63 | −0.51 pp |
| 1985 | 7.13 | +0.19 pp |
| 1984 | 6.94 | −1.36 pp |
| 1983 | 8.3 | +0.17 pp |
| 1982 | 8.14 | +0.76 pp |
| 1981 | 7.38 | −1.38 pp |
| 1980 | 8.76 | +0.13 pp |
| 1979 | 8.63 | −0.3 pp |
| 1978 | 8.93 | +0.39 pp |
| 1977 | 8.54 | −0.53 pp |
| 1976 | 9.07 | +0.15 pp |
| 1975 | 8.93 | +0.57 pp |
| 1974 | 8.35 | −0.09 pp |
| 1973 | 8.45 | −0.3 pp |
| 1972 | 8.74 | +0.28 pp |
| 1971 | 8.46 | −0.16 pp |
| 1970 | 8.62 | +0.29 pp |
| 1969 | 8.33 | −0.47 pp |
| 1968 | 8.81 | −0.02 pp |
| 1967 | 8.83 | −0.42 pp |
| 1966 | 9.25 | +0.39 pp |
| 1965 | 8.86 | +0.25 pp |
| 1964 | 8.61 | −0.04 pp |
| 1963 | 8.65 | +0.06 pp |
| 1962 | 8.59 | −0.26 pp |
| 1961 | 8.85 | −0.18 pp |
| 1960 | 9.03 | — |
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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